The Ohio Independent Baptist, October 1999

, t.7:-~~ Pennsylvania Pete as "Ark-ologist" AKA "Mr. Dan" Pas tor Arch McCune of Vienna Baptist writes, "We would like to thank Faith Baptist of Bolivar and Pastor Floyd Stanfill for headi ng up our VBS this year. They conducted Lhei r own 'Noah ' World' presentation, and it wa excellent. Each one that can1e and helped wa excited about serving our Lord, and this was evident in the quality of the program. Although we did not have a lot of chi ldren, the ones we did reach as we] I as our own church family were edified and challenged_,, Twenty teenager and three adult sponsors from G race Baptis t Church in Cedarville recentl y completed a two-week mi sions trip to the Phi I ip- pines, on the island of Luzon. The group was hos ted by Gary and Becky Kuhn, a miss ionary fami ly the chu rch supports. The Grace Youth Mi nistries team conducted basketball games plus drama. and puppet presentat ions in churchc '), public schools. co lleges, and even a women·~ prison. They al ·o painted the inter1or of one church and the exterior of another. The GYM team had n1any opportunities to share the go1., pel with indi vidual Filipinos. It wa5 an incredible experi ence for the entire tean1, ren1arked Jeff Sanders. a1.,\ot..1ate pastor at Grace. "We went with the goal to ~pread the gospe l and t o rn1n1 1., ter to the r:iltp1no believers there. We at..c.on1plt !-,hed that. but ,nany ti,ne~ v.e found thc1n to be a greater cncouragen1cnl to u~." l)<.1\ id Grahan1 I \ \cnior pa\tor at G1 aLc . Ji"'a ith Ba ptis t ha, ex– tended a cal I to Dan O\born to ~e r vc as a\~J~tant to the pa~tor for youth and outreach Dan, along with hi ~ wife , Brand, , served u l (J ~eek pa'>tora l inter 11 sl11p at t=aith thi s ~un1n1t:1 J)an 1s a 1999 graduate of ( 'cdarvdlc ( 'oll egc . DLnni s 13ur ns 1~ ~c n1or pastor at l"' dith . On October I, Midview Baptis t members David and Brenda Mayo and daughter Cortney wi ll move to Hamillon, New York , where David wil I pas tor Cornerstone Bapti st Church, a Bap ti st Church Pl anters mis ion church with 40 members. The Mayos recentl y finished ten years with Bapti t Mid Miss ions in Fortaleza, Brazil as dorm parents and as isling with two mi ssion churches. S ince returni ng from Brazil, the Mayo · have been ac tive at Midview, where David 's twin brother, T im, is pas tor. On September 12, Emmanuel Baptist graduated to self-support. Six year · ago the church \Vas a new plant by Baptist Mid-Miss ions missionari es Jim and Carol Ruck. Steve But ler of Bapt ist Mid-Missions spoke in the graduation service in the 1n orni ng with Jim Ruck charging the church. A certifi– cate of graduation wa pre ented to the church. After a fellowshi p dinner, the installation service for Pastor David Elmore was held, with Steve Buller, Pastor Marvin Clark and Pastor Elin ore speaking. Jim and Carol will be in the area and avail able for whatever God has for them in the future. Emmanuel Baptis t recentl y welcomed Rev. Torn Be nefie l as A sis tant to the Pastor– Business, Miss ions Coordin ator. Pastor Benefi el j oined the staff offi ciall y on Jul y J. Torn and his wife, Kari n, served as CBF Pastor to the University of Toledo for 9 year under Bapli l Mid– Miss ions and prior lo that two te rms in Brazil as church planter. The Benefi els have two children, Kari and Kri s. Bruce Sparks is seni or pas tor at Em,nanuc l. Calvary Ba ptis t rece nt ly honored Pas tor J in1 and Janice McClain on the 20th anni versary of their 1nin1 stry . A graduate or Bap ti st Bi ble Coll ege and Sen1inary, McClain began his pas torate in Norwalk In f.'cbruary, 1979 Calvary is a gr O\.v ing church, and \V i II begin double scrvic.:cs th1 .... fal l R.eccntl} n1c1nhcrs voted to purcha .... e J41n<l adJttce nt to the c hut c: h for ex p,1ns1on . 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