The Ohio Independent Baptist, June 2000

Across the State On March 5. to honor Pa tor Robert and A trida Kuhn for the ir 15 year of faithful ervice at Brown Street Baptist, the congregation and fri end urpri ed them wi th a check for $4,300. The ugge tion wa made that they u e the money to vi it Latvia the land of A trida ' birth. Joining in the urpri e were A trida' i ter and brother-in-law from Penn ylvani a and Pa tor Kuhn' brother fron1 ew Jer ey. Bible Baptist i glad to announce that it ha called Robert Ladygo a pa tor. Ladygo ha been the youth pastor at Bible Baptist for the pa t 17 yea rs. He i a graduate of Bob Jone Uni ver ity, having completed hi MA in Pastoral Theology there in 19 2. A fellowshjp dinner was held after the morning service on May 28 to welco,ne Pa tor Bob, his wife, Debbie. and the ir children. Ba iley Road Bapti t has announced plans for a 5Qlh anni ver a~ celebration on Jul y 23. Dr. David Warren wi lJ be gue t speaker for the morning worship hour, and dinner on the grounds wilJ be followed by a Concen of Prai . eat 2:30. Several former pastors and n1en1bers plan to join them for the day. Plea~e call 330-654-2397 or 654-2346 for re ervation . Les Web~ter is \enior pastor at Bai ley Road Bapti st. Pastor Robert A. Fov.·lcr, Jr. ha accep ted the position of a!> ·ociate pa!>tor of !:l tudent and music mi nis tries at ( 'alvary Bapllsl. lie and his \vifc, An1y. began their n1 ini ~try at ( alvary on January 5, 2000. A gradua te of l:3apti~t Bible ('ollcgc of Clark~Surnn11t , Pennsyl\an,a. f·ov. 1 lcr hold\ a degrel!'> 1n 13iblc and 1n Sacred tv1u~ic. a~ v. ell a-, a Ma~tcr of Ot\ inlly. A1ny al-,o holds a 13 <; 111 U1bl c v.·1th an cn1pha., ,s 111 t.:ounsel1ng fron1 13apll">t 131 blc('ollcgc. Senior pastor al Cal\ ary 1\ l)a\ 1d JI 1xson . 14th Annual School of Church Planting Jun~ 19-22 Jnd1anapoli ~, Jnd1ana SfJUIIMIJt'd h) the 1 011'1 \ lllL'IJC,111 I 1elcl ( ut111l ,I of ll.1pt11> t \fld 11 -.,torh • I i a:s ll aHH:d o\ c, 250 nlt:n 111 s 11 ah:g1c-.. aud lcL·hn14ut: :-, of stan,ng and grov.111g chu1 chcs • l'racll ra l tnun1ng fo1 pas tu1 s, chu1ch ~I a If , s t udcnts, g, ads & 1111 ss1una11cs J·u1 J1101 e inl<J ~rnail kda, is(c, bbc ~du 01 phone Kt'n l)J\ is at 57U-5h- 9269 On March 26, the Bethany Youth Rall y me t at Struthers Bapt i. t Tabernacle to hear the Li fe ii ne Player fro,n Cedarvi Ile Coll ege. The Player~ al o pre ented a program for the church fan1 jly the next mon1ing. The fo llowing ,veek the church ho ted a mi sions confe rence featuring Cyru and Juli e ModMondo., Ken and Angela Baker and Dr. Will iam Finn igan. On Apri I 29 the congregati on urpri . ed Pastor Bill and Penny Truni ck with a party in honor of their 25th wedding ann iver. ary. At the request of the Firs t Baptist Church of We ll ington, pastor · from fifteen of our fe llow hip chu rche n1et to examine Pa. tor Denni , Gamber concerni ng hi. call to the minjstry and hi doctri na l posi ti on . The counci l n1et on Apri l 13, ,vi th Pa tor Brad Qu ick fron1 First Bapti. t of Elyria erving a moderator. Afte r hearing Dennis· turdy presentati on of the Word of God , the council unan irnou ly recomn1ended his ordination. Fir t Bapti st of We ll ington he ld their ordination , ervice for Denni on unday afternoon, Apri l 16, with guest speake r Reverend Ken Mosher. from Bapti. l Bible College of Clark. Summit, Pennsylvania. Denni~ wa~ aved at the age of fi ve. He grew up in Flint Michigan, and then married hi . very supportive wife, Nancy, in 1973. They now have three grown children. At God· leading. Denni and hi · fa1nily left Buick after l year to prepare fo r the ,ninistry at Bapti ' t Bi ble Col lege and Serninary in Clarks u1n1nit. ince August of 1998, Denni s ha erved a~ associate pastor wit h Paslor Thomas Alexander at the Fi r ' t Bapti t Church of We ll ington, Ohio. QUIZ UPDATE T he J lebron Qui l League fini he<l another great yea r or n1cn1ori.1i ng Ciod 's Word . Thi. yea r 60 quiLzcrs fron1 even churches con1peted in the League. Av:ards \ ere g iven for first and second pl ace tca1ns as \\'Cit as for the top fi ve qutLl'Crs. The text for the yea r \\'as John I0-, I 1 he final stnn<l1ngs ror the yea r urc: \\ I Po111h I \\ 1 llow1L t.. IO 'l - 2 \pl'll ll'J l) ' " \\ l' fllll !! IOII 8 ·I -t \hh1; <,1a} x I 'i ( .1111dl' II 'r l' ll ll\\ 7 " fl Ahht• C,rl"l"ll 7 ..., 7 ~1Jd1,u11 Rl'd " 1 X C a111~1L11 BluL· I !\ lJ ~ t .1d1 ,on \\ llll l' ) ICl - Ill B l'l l" J I I 'l'op '1' ivc Quizzer~: I . Ja11 111t' IIL·l1tt11... k \hht' l{oJLJ H.tpu , t, ( • ))IIU 2. 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Wilh a Passion fo r His Word, Pa:tor Cal Searle Can1den Bapti. t Chu rch First Baptist Christian School A ministry of First Baptist Church Traditional K-12 School ee<le<l . Fall 2000 • Principal • pantsh Lcachcr • High School .' c,cnce teacher For 1nfon11a11on and ,1ppl1cauon, scnu rcsu rnc lo: Ral ph (. '. l)ulT). \un1,r11 ..,1ra tor I 1400 LaCi ran~e Roa<l P.() . Bo \ 929 f:I) r ia. ()h10 440]6-0929 44 0 -4 5 -5 I<' 5 hio l ndcpe r1de 11t Bapti~t i~ a puhlication of the hi o Associ,1tion nf Regular J3apri~t Churrhc, Ed itor State Rcpre ....entutt\ c l ),l\ 1J \\ '.1rrcn la nagi ng 11:di tor I inda 'fhonu\\ l ~ayout & l)rsign J 1111 ( ' la,1-. 'I' l' l'h II ira I ,\ ~~i ">ta net.• R~gi ... 1~1 (11,1plllc..., R,111do lph . l' \\ ''\' l )I I,. PI L',t,l' dt1L'L t all llHtllllL'l\L,. L'OITL'"Plllllk'lll'I.' , .111d li t'\\ , tu ()hio lndt.•pcndcn t llapti,t J> () B l) \ 29 H>"X " L'lll'I IIH! l )1 1 .l .... t 2l) ... l ) , 7 ~l) i 029 \ u, t' 1u.11 I d.1ndltho111a .... 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