The Ohio Independent Baptist, February 1999

Across 'the State· L to R. Rev George N1ka, Pastor & Mrs. Ro\ Gibbs. Pastor & Mrs . Derwin Hauser Pastor & Mrs Ken Spink The Berea Bapti t Church celebrated it · 60th Jnnivcr:ary Novem– ber 14-15. The cc lcbra– uon began with an open house on aturday afternoon follo\vcd b) a banquet. Pa tor Gc,Jr~c Nik.a. Rob Gibb · and Derwin '- HJu. er returned to g1 ve glory to God for H1:-- f J1thfulnc~s through the year . The undJ\ s ~ht)Ol hour and n1orning \\\)r. h1r er\ ice \Vere time of te· ti n10- n1c" fron1 forn1e r member · now in n1nu,tr). pcc1al n1u. 1c fron1 a joi nt ~ho1r of .. 1lun1ni and pre ·ent choir 1ncn1hcr,. Jnd short n1es ·ages from each of the fonner pa tor a · wel I a the current pa. tor. Kenneth pink. Faith Bapti t celebrated their annual Harve · t Dav ovember 22-24. - Dr Dan Gelatt from ABWE. Dr. Dwight Allen from A Second Look At port , ABWE mi ·ionaries to l'k.rJ1ne Bruce and Carol Bagley , BMM n11 ·1onar, to Fl orida Barbara Buhrow . ,1nd END n1i · ionary Jane Rus ·e ll were 1n, 1ted gue. t.. The, -hared thei r ... - rc,un1l,n1c Jnd challenged the congre- ~Jt1on fron1 God· \\'ord At the Harves t ... B.1nyuet on Tue,da) e\ ening. Dr. Gelatt hr\JU£!ht .. 1 challenge fron1 P~alm 100. .... .... Dr Gelau encouraged the v. orker for c;; the LorJ to be enthus iastic. .-\1,t 1n ~ O\en1ber Dr. Hov.•ard B1xb~. de.in of the ~e1n1 nary at Clark urnn11t. Penn~)l\an1a, poke Lo 31 area Lhurch n1ember gathered at Faith ... B.1rt1~t The empha!)1s of the day was on \\ (, r hip. v. llne . fello\.\ship and le.irn1ng Time v. as pent looking at pasl and prL ....ent ~hurch acll" itJe · a well as future Qoal and £oal achie\ ement ._ .... trateg1e De. nn1 Burns 1\ pa\tor at Fallh BJpll ')t 6 llcrcan Baptist cclehrated 1t!\ 25th annivcr~ary on 'cplctnbcr 19. pec ial gues ts included fom1cr Pa~tor George Kerth and his \l~ifc, Peggy.Virginia Fields. '" hose husband started lhc church, and .. croto Hill s director Gary ... ton11 and his wife. Nancy. God encour– aged the people with n1any fond 111e1nories and great fellow ' hip. Bcrean Baptist recently called Peter WiL on as their youth./n1u ic mini ter. Eric Cuenin i senior pastor at Berean. Norton Baptist church fan1ily is rejoicing to see God at work in their mid t, e pecial ly during the Christmas ea on. In December they began a month1 y c rvice at a local res t hon1c. cveral of their people were praying to be u ed of God to reach out to others during thi s time. a a pec ial birthday gift to Jc. u . One lady vvas given pern1ission to tell the true Chri st– mas tory in 16 c lasse in her loca l public chool. evcral people gave out Christ– mas trac t and received thoughtful replies . One fan1ily reached out in a spec ial \vay to one of their unchurched Awana familic . A number of teen and adult · he lped with two ' 'Happy Birthday Jesus" parties , one of whi ch was he ld in a government hou ing project. The Maternity/Family He lp Center mini tered with the go pel and material good to about 20 famili c , with one lady coming to know Christ. Dwi ght Strickland is pa tor at Norton. L to R, Tom Kesingeir, Pastor and Mrs. Lanning, Pastor Tom Wright , Lee Wise Edward G. Lanning, assistant pastor of Memo– rial Baptist, presented hi s docLri nal pos ition before an ord inati on counc il November 5. The council unanimously recommended the c.: hurch proceed with ordination, which was conducted Sunday , November 8. Tom Wright is pa tor at Memorial. Pastor Laird Baldwin The congregation of nion Bapti t off1c1all y wclcon1cd L.ai rd D. Baldwin a~ tl \ new pastor 1n a January 30th ~erv1tc. Baldwin succ.:ceds Pas tor Charles J. Arnett , who \crved the church for 27 years. Among tho\c who took part in the welcome were State Representative David Warren and Leonard Miller, a istan t pastor of Emmanuel Bapti st Church. Dayton. A native Daytonian and graduate of Wright State Uni versity, Baldwi n previous ly labored wi th hi s fatnil y as a home n1i ssionary in Louisiana. He began hi s preaching n1inistry at the Dayton Gospel Mi s ion over 30 years ago . Baldwin anticipates growth in the Englewood congregation whil e main– taining it di tinclivc Bapti t doc trine. On October 17 Uni on Bapti st held a rctire,n ent dinner in honor or Pas tor Charles J. Arnett and hi wife, Carole. Members of the church, represen ta- ti ve of si ter Charles Arnett churche , Northmont Women' Republican Clu b, Concerned Citizens of Northmont and other fri end were there to help the church celebrate Pas tor Arnett ' 1nini try. Arnett servc<l as deacon and Sunday schoo l teacher under the church's first three pa tors. and in 197 l the church called him a pa tor. Arnell grad uated from lhe Univers ity of Dayton with a degree in engineering. and ha a degree from Moody Bible Ins titute ' Scofie ld Bibl e correspon– dence course. The Arnet t · are recognized nati ona ll y for riding a motorcyc le to confe rences. once as far as Seattl e, Was hington. The Oak Knoll Bapti t Chapel has recently been invol ved in some unique outreach mini trie~. November saw the church host a Chri tian Coun eling Seminar on the ubject of tress and tress management. The eminar was u ed as a community outreach. In December the congregati on distributed the Je u video. wrapped in Christma paper, in the neighborhood around the church. Brad Burre ll is pa tor at Oak Knoll.