The Ohio Independent Baptist, June 1999

Proposal, continued of size of town , area of the tale, demographic informati on and the presence of other fund amental churches in the area. Ohio has many n1 id- ·ize lown that could be targeted. Common Birthmarks What kind of churches will these be? The church plant wi ll share these ~on1mon birth1narks: • Fundamental in doctrine • Baptist in position and name • Appreciati ve of our Assoc iation • A core group of burdened but not belligerent people • elf-s upporting, self-governi ng. and self-reproducing • Ha, e the upport of its sister churches in the area Financing This Effort How to pay for this? First. there are the prcv iou ly menti oned RBF ,nonies; these are no t renewable but can get u~ ~tarted ,vi th car, equipment, offi ce expcn~es - start up cos ts. Second , we wi ll need lo challenge all of our churches to rut the OARBC on their budgets and. thus prov ide for an ongoing flow of fund\ . ~fhird . our churches wi II need to be challenged to Increase their cu11 cnt budgets In light of the second man on \laJ'f. Fourth, lhere are individuals in our churches across the State who could hr challenged Lo \Upport Lhi s both regular ly anc.J 1n one- tin1c gift~. Ind i– vidual donor\ could play a large part in gelling thi s olf the ground . In act uality. \.\l' will need lo double thi.: giving t o o u1 J\ .., ,oc t~tton W i.: wtl I puc ou t the chal l~ng~ lo hoth 1..hu1Lh anJ in<l1 v1JuaJ \ upportcrs but not h~g,n a \earc.: h procc~s fo1 the right 1nd1, 1dual until at leas t 5()'Yc of funds for th~ ftr..,l year expen~c" arc c:on1 n11t tc<.J . I he: f1nan<.:1al package lor tht ~ posiuon should b...: very 'itn1tlar to that of Lhc State l{~prl'!)entc.1t1\ c \alary, t Jr. work fund\, ,, If tl:l: lun<l s ILl1rc111en1 , ,n~urarH.c, Cl<. Hymnals Needed 1 erry and Lanai ornpk1ns. of the First 13apltst Church of Stryker, are asking our help on behal f of their brother. a Bc1ptrst pastor 1n LaBelle, Florida Pastor Tornpk,ns recently spent a week with three Jamaican pastors . who, he say5 , are doing an unpress1ve 1ob with only llrnitad resources One groat need 1s for used t 1yrnncils. II your c.llurct1 ha~ liyrnnals to off r Jan1e11can Chnst1ans, please conta~t Pastor Tornpk1ns by ernc:11al tsmton1pk1ns@1uno corn o, phone t,irn at 94 l ·675-4664 . Job Description What will this person do? • Survey potential areas for church pl anting • Coun e] individuals and groups who reques t help in church planting • Coordinate e fforts among local area fe llowshi ps l o plant churches • Minister in local churches to keep the need/v is ion ali ve • Act as liaison and resource for church planters ancJ mis ion agencies • Deve lop statewide plans for future projec ts • Represent church planting in schools • Be an encourager to people involved in church planting • Act as a catalys t 10 stirnulatc new church plants Personal Characteristics Of The CPC What kind of a person must he be? l . He n1usl fu lfill the qualifications li sted in I Ti1nothy 3 and 1,ilu. I 2. He must have sonic experi ence in the fi eld or church pl anting 3. He n1ust fee l very comfortahlc working with the Slate Rcprcscntativc 4. He must exhibit loyally to the OARBC in principl e and prac tice 5. He 1nust sense a burden/call to this kind of n1inistry fron1 the Lord 6. He n1ust be open to various n1ethocJ~ of church planting 7. He n1u~t be able to ·work with a variety o f pcrsonalittcs and leadership !)Lyl e 8. He n1u~t he willing ancJ ahlc to travel 9. He n1ust have the full support of hi~ wtl c ant.I 1n1 n1<:diatc fa,nil\ " Timetable When could this take place? With the r~r31 .: ~ituatio 11 coining to <.: IO\LIIC we arc ready to launch this effort. Wc n,u~t , tr ivc for a ~c nsc of ownership hy all , nnt s1n1ply hy a rev. . It ,,viii Luk.c ti111c 10 info, 111. J1 "1l'US~. an,;wcr ques ti ons, lOnv1nL"\!- tl> deve lop r~al o,v ncr"h1p at th~ gra~~rool.\ leve l. ·r alk1 ng nbout lh t, 1n c htu cltt:,, 1n area fellowship~. and with 1nd1 v1duah. wtll give OJ)porlun1ty tor people to ernbracc the td~a \Vll hnut lec: ling i1 i" he,ng rorl:cd upon thern We wi ll rnakc a ClHlCll'lC rropo,u l to ou1 A,'ior1a t1 on th1, ()ctohct 111 Pur1, 111otHh Alte1 thL p1npo,.ll 1~ ttlLt:plctl hv 1he /\,,11t.Hlt1on thl· lund1a1~1ng l'.lfn1t, l.·,ln heg1n . and lhL'll lfl t !,L'.,lf'L'h t 0 1 thl j)l! l 'il HI. We can Ewes your news! Send your chur l h newc-, co PO Box 293058 Kt: ~t,ering 0~ I 454?9 Ol1io I11dcpc11dent Baptist is a publication of the ()hio ,\ ~~ot:iation of Regular f!apti~t ( 'hurche, Editor Slate Rcpn:~cntat1vt· l).t\ id 'A'artcn Ma11agi11g Eclitor Linda ' f' hn1na, Proofrcatll'r l )~hl)J ,\h BI \\t•tl l'l'rhni cal 1\ ~si!'>tanfl' l{c~t,tl'J (j r.1phtl ~ R.tndolph , '\c.'\\ \ or!-. 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