The Ohio Independent Baptist, August 2000

.... ,~, ..... ,, . Deadlin for the ctober OIB: Congratulations! September 15 emai 1 add.res : dandlthomas@glasscity.net ( ongratulat1nn~ 10 our tt11 onal I alcnts ror ( 'hr i sl \.vinner\ . ( ourtncy ( rcl' l1 look I 11 place 1n the f·crna lc Publi c Speaking category and Mark A\vub:ly w >n 2:·• place 111 1hc _Male Pu?lic Speaking category Both winners arc ,ne,nhcrs :,r (,race Bapl1'-l ( hurch, ( cdar\1 1llc , , l · a.1t~r ''Let s Do It'' c cannot think of a better title for our nc,,· chur h planting cndcn\'ors than to " tretch and o,, ." Thi. ,vill require ur . eeki ng through prayer od' . ble ing on the seed thnt is o,vn. ,od ,v iII n t do apart fron1 prn)'er ,vhat He ha prorni ed to do in and through prayer. When the di .~ iplc ~. a,, Je u praying in Luke 11, they can1e to Hin1 and aid, "Lord teach u to pray al o." At the heart of the Lord' an '"''er to their reque t wa the ,,·ord ··importuning," which impl y 1nean . ··per i tent and con i tent praying." We mu t make certain that we are not importuning the Lord reluctance, but Hi wil l. We do not j u t ,vant to pur ue good idea but to make ure they are God ' ideas. The life of Chri t \Va a Iife of prayer. If thi i the an1e Chri t that i in u , and it i and ' , prayer wa number one in Hi life, then it mu t be number one in our life. This mean that we wi ll not only pray but al o make our el e ava ilable to be the an wer to our own prayer . Tran lated thi imply mean to each of u that we mu t prayerfully '"Stretch and Sow." In 1 Corinthian 3: 2 1-23, there are three beautiful tatement : "'Christi God 's·" ·'ye are Chri t ' ;" and, all thing are State Representative David and PatWarren 9 KyleDrive Cedarvill e Ohio 45314 937-766-5913 warrenoarbc@juno.com www.OARBC.org Church Planting Coordinator Max and Phylli s Tucker 6616 Fountains Blvd. # 10 We t Chester Ohio 45069 513-759-079 1 I pltucker5@juno.com 2 your, ." We ha e taken the1n in rcver c rdcr." hri ti od' "in Hi dei ty and in IIi , hun1anity. "Yc arc hri t ' " by creation, redcn1ption, regenerati on and Hi providential care. When we look at the little phra e, "al l thing arc your , ' it begi n with an inventory of piritual leader , reminding u that a we "Stretch and ow' we have to work together though there be differing per onalitie , differing background , and corning from di fferent culture . In that piri tual inventory in ver e 22, we are al o reminded that we have " things pre ent and things to come. ' "Things present' will be both plea ant and unplea ant, and even tho e thing that are unplea ant can be of great piritual benefit to u . "Thing that are to come" is more than the weet bye-and-bye but can , if we pull together, pray together and work togetl1er, be the sweet now-and -now. "For the Lord God is a un and hield: the Lord wil l give grace and glory: no good thing wi ll he wi thhold from them that walk uprightly" (P aim 84: 11 ). REMNANT MINISTRIES Since 1904 P.O. Box 21100 Cleveland, OH 441 21 (440) 684-0220 Cleveland • Cincmnat1• Phoenix• Florida • Rio de Janeiro.Brazil 2000 OIB Deadlines The OIB will publi sh two more issues in 2000. Please note we must receive you r copy, including photos by the dead– line. Copy DeadIine Septembe r 15 ovember 15 Is ue in Churches You can reach us at: OIB Oc tober December P.O. Box 293058 Kettering, Ohio 45429 or • e-mai l: dand lthoma @glas c ity.net 937-294-0293 Meet Max and Phyllis We are very happy to announce that the Council of 12 has decided to invi te Max Tucker to become our Church-Planting Coordinator, this decision to be ratified by the me sengers at our October conference in Toledo. Many of you will already know Max as the pa tor of the Norwood Bapti t ofCi ncinnati. Allow his own testimony to convince you of his gifts and calling for such a task a thi s. Max "ln our Christian school at Norwood Baptist Church in Ci ncinnati I very often counsel boys and girls who come from unsaved familie and broken home . I thank God that I had a Christian home and a rnother and father who loved the Lord. l was saved at the age of nine and when I wa eventeen years of age, I had the opportunity to be involved in my first church planting experience. My father mother aunt and uncle, a Bapti t mini ter and I converted a poo l halI and started the first-ever Baptist church in Lanca ter, Ohio. Coming out of a denominational church, I became aware, at a young age of what it meant to be part of an independent church in fellow hip with other churche of like precious faith . Feeling called to the ministry a a child, I went off to Practi cal Bible College in Johnson City, ew York, where I met my wife Phyllis. Sub equently I attended Cedarville College and graduated in 1953 . My li fe s verse is Psalm 84:l l . After many years of pastoring and building churches and being involved in continued, page 4