The Ohio Independent Baptist, June 2001

tiilfiiliiiiliili De:tdllnefor AugustOIB: July15 en1ail address: dandlthon1as@glassc1ty.net Or wnte 327 East Dnve Dayton OH 45419 From Our Hearts To Yours Dave and Pat Warren State Representative "Bound b) the \\'ord and to Each Other" ha: b~cn our n1otto ahno t fro n1 the beginning of our n1ini try to you three vears ago. - ~ \ \ ·e are happy to serve a group of chur he · \\ ho ·en e that they are bound b.Y the teaching of cripture. We al o find our elve happily bound to you - to each one of you. nd ,ve enjoy opportunitie ~ to put hoe leather to our feeling b:y pending time ,vith you. \\' ith Paul our heart de ire that our God 1night "grant you to be like-11i nded to\vard one another, according to Chri t Je ~u . that you may ,vi th one mi nd and one mouth glorify the God and Father of our Lord Je u Chri t. Therefore rece ive one another. ju t a Chri t al o received u . to the glory ofGod." (Rom. 15:5-7) ''Likeminded" - A we cri cro th~e tate. ,ve are thankful to ee a group ot pa tor and people ,vho hare the go ~pel and preach the ame cripture . Our a ~ociation n1ay have left the main trean, denomination in order to tand for the "Five Fundamental ," but it i obviou that \Ve hare many more co1nmonaltie than ju t tho e five. At 2 How To Reach Us... State Representative David & Pat Warren 360 College Hill Drive CedarvilleOH 45314 937-766-591 3 warrenoarbc@juno.com Church Planting Coordinator Max & Phyllis Tucker 9163 SteamboatWay West Chester, OH 45069 513-942-1295 pltucker5@juno.com lea ·t nineteen are Ii. tcd in our tatemcnt of faith and it i a joy to cc brethren co1ne to the a1ne under · tanding a they tudy the cripture in eparate context - a ll taught by the ame pirit and Lord. "With one mind,, - How refre hing it i to ec folk ,vho love the ame ·cripture draw together in a comn1on fe)low hip to glori fy the Lord together \Vtth a group of people who hare thi one n1indedne . With "one mouth ,, - How refre hing to hear the a1ne me age coming from our pu lpit and peopl e aero the tate. A a group of churche hare the san1e 1ne age, the Lordi glorified more boldly and broadl y. ''Receive one another'' - We thank the Lord for the \Vay you have received u into your churche . We al o thank the Lord when we ee area pa tor and wive drawing together for fellow hip and in thi en e "receiving one an– other.'' A our ladie n1eet aero the tate we al o ee our people " recei ing one another." And, of cour e, our tate fall conference give u another opportu- - "' . n1 ty to rece1 e one another." We do not take the e "one another' ' opportunitie lightly. They are opportu– niti e to glori fy the Lord together. We long to ee all of our fel low hipping churche and pa tors and wives "receive u " and " receive one another" for the glory ofGod. We also long to ' ' receive" into our fe llow hip other churche and church plant who hare the ame bond to the Word and to fell ow believers aero the tate. --Dave and Pat ••••••••••••••••••••• • • • • • • • • • • • • Sendusyourchurchnews: • • • • • • • • • • • • 0/B • • • • • 327£ast0rlve : OaytonOH45419 • dandlthomas@glassclty.net : • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Ask Dave how $1,000 could help to honor some worthy Association workers. Maxand Phyllis Tucker ChurchPlanting Coordinator " If l 'mdreaming, letme drearn on."Dreams are often difficult to put into words. As we have li tened to the pa tor of our fellow- hip, and mi ionarie already on the frontl ine, we have indeed developed a dream. A dream to develop clusters of churche aero s the tate of Ohio that will ~ome together for the purpo e of a i ting 1n the Church Planting Mini try. OUR GOAL i therefore to bring together a cluster of churches in various key locati ons around the tate. We will be endeavoring to have no less that five no rnore than seven in a clu ter. One pa tor and church would be the loca l coordinator. By having a group of churches, we cou ld . hare the expen e and not pull on one church more than they could withstand . On vari?us Sundays churche would bring in mu 1ca l talent and laymen to teach pecial le ons. We would al so be drawing from the e churche for vi itation and manual labor. Thi i our dream. If l am drea111ing, let me drea1n on. OURMODEL being the Church of Thes alonica. Verse three found in I Thes alonians Chapter one, i our key ver e: "remembering without cea ing your work of fa ith, labor of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Je us Ch1i t in the ight of our God and Father." l) God sent Preacher 2) with a di tinct Mes age 3) who preached in Power. People re ponded and the me age went forth. OUR VISION i for the churche comm itted in partnering to hare and give of their unique gift and re ource ; churche who wi ll dream ofreproducing after their own kind , purpo ing to reproduce by : A. PRAYERANDPLANNrNG Havi ng a weekly prayer list from the mi ionary pa tor. ' God will not do apart from prayer what He ha promised to do in and through prayer.' B. PAYINGANDPROVIDING Here i how God could make u the answer to our own prayer . Paying continued page 8