The Ohio Independent Baptist, December 2000

Across the State Dave & Darlene Murdoch + P.. 1sto1 Denni s tnrtin, First Bapti t of Bruns,, ick. \\ rit 'S, .. \\ 'c ,,. --re blessed to h.. 1, c the \ 1urdochs n1ini stcr at our chu rch rcccntl\. Thi..:v share their lo\ c for - - the Lord through their song · a,· \VCII a their h, c. ." + Fir t Bapti t of LaGrange dedicated their nc,, building on unda aften1oon. .... - :\lo, cn1bcr 12. The dedication en tice \Va follo\,cd by an open hou c of the faci li ty. :"\ocl and Dianna I-lack lead the fl ock in La 1nmge. '- + :\n ordination council \Va convened at :\orthfield Bapti t to examine Brad Rickard. \\ ho ha erved a an a ociate pa. tor of the church for ix year . An ordination en ·ic \Va he ld October 15. Don Rickard. Brad' . father, gave the charge to the candidate, and OARBC '-" tatc Repre entati e David Wan·en deli\ ered the charge to the church. Brad and hi \\' tfe. Becky, are gradu– ate · ofCedan·ille College. Mark A hley i enior pa tor at orthfiel d. On October 29, 2000, the First Baptist Church of Niles fan1i ly honored a very pecia l me111ber of the congregation, Mr . Margie Tompkin . Mr . Ton1pkin i the church organi t and ha devoted her~elf to thi ~o luntary ministry for the pa ~t 40 year~. al o e1ving a sub titiute organi t l O year previou . for a total of 50 1 ear · . Eager to ho\,\· appreciation, the congregation urpri ed Mr . Tompkins ,, ith a beautiful cor age during the morning ,vor hip ef\·ice and also with a reception after the evening ervice, \vhich included everal pecial rnu ic elections by the church· rni xed quartet, men ' quartet . and o lo i. t Eric John Hawout. ~!ember gave many' ,vann expression of the bles ing Mr . Tompkins ha been to them and \. oiced their appreciation of her fa1thfulne and lo\'e for the Lord . A love g1 ft \\ a pre ented to Mr . Tompkins along\\ ith e, era] card . Humble as ever. .... \1r . Tompkins expre ed her thankful- ne and apprecia ti on for a church family that lo,es the Lord and Hi music. G. Ben Reed 1 pastor of Fir ·t Bapti t. 6 + Mcn1 ber of the 1:;-ostoria Baptist hurch part icipated in an " ct of Kindne " outreach in the con,munity July 13. On that clay . core of profcs. ional and an1ateur bicyc li t · an·ivcd to ride in the "Tour of Ohio Bicyc le Race'' in do, nto\vn Fo tori a. Three hundred "I1npact 2000" card (from RBP) pi cturing an out-of-control bicycle rider ,vere di tributed along ,vi th free can of pop to the pectator . On the back of each card wa an invi tation and per onal 1ne age from the church. David Chaprnan i pa tor at Fostoria Bapti t . + Faith Baptist of Elida celebrated its 30th anniver ary on unday, cpten1ber 17 with gue t o lo i t Branda Suplita . At the ame time they held a mortgage burning fo r thei r Ac tivities Building. A reception followed the evening ervice. Dan and Joyce Ada1n head up the work at Elida. + Faith Baptist ofKenton officially began it bu ilding expan ion program on unday, Nove1nber 12. The church recently purcha ed an additional 4.5 acre to accomn1odate the expans ion. A groundbreaking date i scheduled to be announced in February. + ot on ly do brand-new churche use the telephone to find pro pect for church growth, so al o did the Calvary BaptistChurch of Findlay. Recently in cooperation wi th Conti– nental Bapti t Mi ·ion , they dia led up every home in Findlay and di covered. many interc tcd partie . Some ha e been aved a a re ult of thi s effort and church n1embers are following up on other who expre ed intere t. Gordon and Harriet Dick on lead the work at Calvary. + The First Baptist Church of Bowling Green tarted a monthly Round Robin Qui lt Group & Bible Study. Fo toria women were their gue t for the .October Ladies Missionary Fellowship meeti ng with Pat Warren as peaker. The evening \Vas both encouragi ng and beneficial. The men met simultaneou ly wi th Da id Warren for a men 's workshop on the ministry ofdeacon. + Ken ~fain , founder/ executive director of Answers in Gene is, held a seminar al Fir t Baptist hurch of Blanchester, November 12th and 13th . 11 is topic ,verc " Dinosaurs a, Mi s ionary Lizard ," "Reconnecting the Bible to the Real World, Beginning with Genesis,"" ix Day or Mill ions or Years?.' and " An wcring Your Most A ked Questions About Gene i ." Other churches a well a vi itor co,nbined wi th First Bapti t n1embers for a large attendance. Ken Ham ' dynamic pre entation equip one to put on biblica l glasses and be amazed at how the Bible explain the real world. Ken, a nat ive Au trai lian is the author of many book and articles on Genesis and i the host of a daily radio program, heard on hundreds of tations interna– tionally. Jan Michae l Schaedel is pastor at Blanche ter. + Englewood 's Union Baptist celebrated its 40th anniversary on November 5. Former pas tor Jerry Locher and Charles Arnett spoke in the morning service and Dr. Jame Entner and pre ent pa tor Laird Ba ldwin presented afternoon messages. Baldwin who began his pastorate at Union Bapti tin 1998, recently received hi Doctor ofTheology fro1n Ander onville Bapti t Seminary of Carmi Ila Georgia. + South Bethel Women's Missionary Fellowship met September 28 at Fir t Bapti t of Troy. Officer elected for the ne\v year are: pre ident, Debbie Vallery; vice presiden t, Jean Worch; secretary, Joanne Frank and treasurer, Jean Fi her. TheBible Baptist Church ofMadison i pleased to announce that it ha called James Burnett to come as youth pa tor. James is a 2000 graduate of Pensaco la Christian College with a degree in Youth Mini trie . He erved as a summer evange– li t with Neighborhood Bible Time. Pa tor Jame grew up at Bible Baptist, and they are looking forward to hi 1nini try among the youth.