The Ohio Independent Baptist, February 2001

+ l ,re dc,tro,cd the ht)ll\l' l)r i\1u~ic ,tnd , ·t)llth Pa!-tl r Kei th l,1rtl)t1, of ~ ... aith Baptist, (;rcrn, illr. 1'c1th 's ,, 1fc, K,1th\ , ,, ,ls ,1,, H) he I ping rclat1, cs ,l t the t1n1c . Ket th .1nd hi. 1,, o children,, ere ,1 . lccp on \\ . 'dncsda, night. Januar\ I 0, . '- . ,, hen d,1ughtcr Kcrah ,, okc up t the ~n1cll of "n1o i..c . quickl 1 1 ale rt ing her dad .1nd brother. The 1\l ari ons thank their chur ·hand other friend s fo r help ,,·ith L"lc.111-up. pro, i:ion c r a furni hcd hon1c. .1nd other kind : of support. They rejoice to sec,, a: s the Lord ·pared their Ii, cs ,1 nd arc con fide n t ~1 e \\ i 11 u: c t his tragedv for l-l is olorv. ...... .. ::::i .,, + En1manuel Bapti t ofXenia \\'e lco1nes their ne,, pastor and hi " , ife. Don and Laurn Linne IL along ,vi th their t,vo .. child ren. The Linne ll con1e to us frorn a nine-year pa.· tora te in Kanka kee, lllinoi . . + T he ortheast Area Pastors' Fello,vs hip (NEO) i pon oring an all-day . en1inar. Tue day. Febn1ary 20. on hon1iletic publi c ... peaking for pa tor and \\·ive . They are inviti ng the Hebron and Bethany fello,v hip to join 1hen1 . +Bibl e Bapti t C hurch in i\1adison ha ca lled Jaine Burnett a youth pa tor. Janie , a ")000 graduate of Pen aco la .... Chri tian College. er\'ed a u111 n1er '-' e, angeli t \\'ith e ighborhood Bi ble Tirne. Janie gre,\' up at Bible Bapti t. \\'here Bob Ladygo i~ en ior pa. tor. + Re\ . Todd Lozier \\'a ordained to the go pel n1ini LT)' by the Hunt burg Baptist Church on epten1ber 17. An ordination council n1et epten1ber 16, \\ ith 1 3 pa tor and me enger at tend– ing. The council unanin1ou ly recon1- 1nended that Hunt ·burg Bapti t proceed \\ 1th the ordination of their a i tant pa tor. • A. graduate ofCedan ille College, Todd and his ,vite, Je. ica, ha\ e en'ed at Hunt burg Bapti t for two yea r . • The ~orthea t Ohio \\'omen' Mi sion– a11 Fello,,ship \\ tll hold it . pring rally at Hunt. burg Baptist on 1arch 27. Speaker \\ tll be '\ onna ~ulph. Fai th Bapti t ( '01nmunit\ c·en ter. Cle\ eland. ~ 6 • rhc church ll1111il y a l Riley reek • Bap t is t , L3Iu f (1on, surpri sed Pastor and Mrs. Dale l3ycrs , ith n tugboat, denoting their e pcnsc-pnid tr ip to the Pastors' and Wi ve ' crui se on the Ohi o Ri ver in priL along ,vith sc,·cral other ni ce gifts. + Dr. Ilo, ard Bixby, Dean of Bapti t Bible ollcgc and cn1inary, conducted a "Layn1cn'~Out reach linic" at Kenton Faith Bapti t on oven1bcr4-5. On aturday Dr. Bixby ·poke on uch topic as, " Locating the Un a cd," and "The Proce of Eva nge li tn ." Outreach opti on and prac tical "how to" ugge ti ons were di . cu , ed a we ll. Dr. Bixby u c hi fir t-hand kno,v ledgc of outreach n1 ini try and humor to pro ide a practica l mean to reach the lo t. + Fello,vship Baptist, Lorain, ho ted Max and Phylli Tucker for a v eekend of n1ini - try. The Tucker challenged the church wi th the "Stretch and ew" endeavor. • Pa tor Ron and Tammy Puff, of Grace Baptist, Minford, ho ted the Maranatha pa tor ' and \.Vi e ' Chr i trna fe ll o"v hip. Game and refre hment were part of the relaxing evening. + Pa tor and Mr . Da le Fi her, of HighviewAvenue Baptist, ha e retired a ofDece1nber 2000. Whil e the church rejo ice fo r him, they , ould apprec iate your prayer as they begin the earch proce s fo r a ne\v pa tor. + Third annual ·'Date ight" for pa tor and wive in the North Bethel area i 6:30 p.m.Thu r day, Feb ruary 15, at the auder' Barn Re taurant in Archbold. West Moriah • + ~rhc 'f'i vc rton Baptist ( ' hurch, 1:3 ri n khavcn, ,vc lco111c <; Pastor Bruce [3 utl cr a<; seni or pas tor. Butl er and hi s \v ife, [3 arb, have . five childrcn. ll is mini s lry tl~ c rc fo I lows the 5 I -year min is try or JI rn JI unte r, who wen l hornc lo be "vi th the Lord thi s fa l I. East Moriah • • ongratu lat ion s lo Albany Baptist on the compl et ion of th ei r ne\v audito– riu,n . The sta te-of– the-a rt facility wa dedi ca ted in Novem– ber. Mike and onni e Ro e, Be rt and Sharon Chri tia n and teve and Janet Wintl e lead the wo rk the re. + With the ret ire– ment of Pa tor and Mr . Le Web ter at the end of Febn1ary 200 I. the Bailey Road Baptist Church ha voted to ca ll it youth pa tor, Gary Marburger, and hi wife, Heidi , to be their new enior pa tor and wife. + First Bapti t , Bowling Green, report a God-honoring Ch ri tian bapt i ,na l er ice; it wa a pirit-fill ed event. Awana c lubbers celebrated Je u ' birthday wi th a party and cake for Hi m after the ir Chri tma prograrn . Many new and renewed commitment ca lled "Birthday Gift for Je u " we re turned in to Pa tor David Fath who de ire to encourage the congregation to kee p fa ithful to the ir commi tment . + Pas tor and wi es in the C anton area gathered in the home ofTim and Vick iMi hler. Tim pa tor Ca l ary Bapti t of Ma ii Ion. Each coup le brought refre h,nen t and white e lephant gift . Devo ti on and mu ic rounded ou t the \veet fe ll ow hip .