The Ohio Independent Baptist, April 2001

+ The Evans,ille BaptistC hurch of iles i mourning the lo of it former pa tor Rev. Don L oo1ni . Pa tor Loami erved the Evan ville church for many year a a faithfu l and caring pa tor. He had uffered for many year from Hun~ington d~ ea e. The Evan ville Bapll t Church 1s ~ow. led by Rev. Richard Mo pen and h1 wife, Joyce. + The Bailev Road Baptist C hurch of ~Orth Jackson welcomed its new senior pa tor and hi wife, Gary and Heidi Marburger. Gary had erved for se eral year a a i tant to Le Web ter, who recently retired . + Vienna Baptist Church announce the appointment ofDaniel. E. McCa rthy a~ as ociate pa tor. Dan Just recently retired from church planting with Bapti t Church Planters and i the congregation 1niss ionary upported a sociate pa tor . He will be as urning the duties of outreach & di ciple hip. Arch McCune i enior pastor at Vienna Bapti t. + The truther Baptist Tabernacle hosted a mis ionary conference March 23-25. The Saturday erv ice featured a Pas over fihn with Bill McVey of Jewi h Awareness Mini trie . Ken Baker of Bapti st Church Planter poke on Sunday. The Canton Area Women' Mission– ary FellO\>\'Ship wi ll me~et on Tuesday. April 24, at Mi llcrsburg Baptist Church. in the heart of Ohio's A1ni~h country. Their ses~1ons w1 II bcgi n at IO a n1 and conc lude at 2: 15 p.m. wit h lunch being '>erved al the church. Mark and l)ebb1e Sey,nour. n11 ss1ona r1 es ')Cr\ 1ng "'1th Bapll'>l M1d-M1ssion~ in (had.Africa,"' ill prc')ent thc11 n11n1')1ry 1n both the n1orn1ng and a ft ernoon . sessions. G1v1ng to the Oh10Assoc1at1on of t". RegularBaptistChurchesor the 01 B? Send your checks to AssistantTreasurer Ph1IM1ller 1750Fhnth1II Dnve Colun1busOH 4'3223 Thanks! ' 'Elevating' ' Their Love First Baptist Christian School AministryofFirstBaptistChurch Traditional K-12 School Teaclzers needed: • Spanis/1 • Social Studies • Scie11ce • E11glish Send resume to Ralph C.Duffy,administrator 11400 LaGrange Rd Elyria OH 44036-0929 440-458-5185 Projes\·io11al C0/1Slilli11g (,//1(/ sales /or ) 'Our /inancial ancl insurance l1<!<!lls .4uto • Church • l/on1e • D1sahilit_r • L(/e • Busine.\'\ • A1111uitie.\ PHELPS FINANC IAL ER\' ICE , I C. Pastor Bill Abernathy & Ross Bradley officially open Immanuel's elevator mmanue l Bapti t Church of Colun1bu '"E levating Our Love' ' fund rai ing dri ve culmina ted on unday, January 28, with the grand open ing and dcdi ca tio~ of a m.al l e leva tor de igned to g ive handi - capped indi vidual acce to a ll three floo r of the church' faci li ty. "Fo r a nu,nber of year the people o f l1n1nanue l have been concerned that tho e in whee lchai r or who othe rwi e have diffi culty \Vith tep were limited in the act iv itie ' and mini tri e in whi ch they could parti c i– pate," con11nen ted Bill Abernathy, Iin,nanuc I ' en ior pa tor . l1n 1nanue l had been aving fo r the e leva t~r fo r ·evera l yea r . But in January o f 2000 the church boa rd chall enged the congregation to give_abo e their usua l offeri ng toward the final 12,000 . needed for the project. The needed gift and pledges can1e in quickly. Pastor Abernathy expects the need for the e levator to gro\v a~ the church po~ itions itself to rea.ch out t~ those "''ho wi II I i \ c in a scn, or ho u ~ 1n g project being bu il t near the church. Dorr R Ph\.!lps. CiP. CI P. RIP. I l 1( r 6"9-11 P,tr~ McaJo\\, Drl\ c \\'csll.:n ilk. ()h10 430X I PIJ<>Nl· 61 4-899-6000 r AX . 6 I ..J -.'99-6022 TOLi FRl I 1-877-47 1-..,997 \\ "v, phl:fp..,linanc1al con, Bagtist Children's Home & Family Ministries • Adoption (including foreign) ,. Group Homes • Maternity/ Paternity Counseling • Family Counseling ~ 40 'Years of nc11 Canng Ohio Office 937 322 .0006 Charles Monroe. Ohio Director Buses & Vans For Sale 15-84 passenger vehicles available Buy quali ty for less at fljf'J1'fJ!':l Transportation IJJ,,;"j,;t:J Equip. Sales Corp. 6401 Seaman Rd . Oregon OH 43618 41 9-836-2835 Toll-free nationwide 1-800-227-3572 "Big church discounts" ask for Bud Graham Our purpose is to provide God-honoring Design/Build services S EM I BRENTWOOD Our goal Is to delight our clients with the process as well as the finished product. 16/ SO th S1111, Strool Wtl1>h rv I tl 0111 1 4 \081 (l 14) 14 :1100 Wtlh«rr (' P tHIO!>tl ;\IA J 1ck A Chnp n JI A A Design/Build t, 1 l ,,,t, P "" -15 HI Church and Chrl tlan School Design and Construction o do 7