The Ohio Independent Baptist, August 2001

ffiiiiiiiiiiiiili Deadline forOctober 01B Septen1ber 15 en1a1l address dandlthon1as@glassc1ty net Or write 327 East Drive Dayton OH 45419 Fr,,111 011r Hearts To Yours Dave and PatWarren State Representative Conferring in Columbus n thi , 018 i ~ue \Ve introduce you to the O RBC Conference coming October 22-? , _oo l, in We tervi ll e, Ohio. Earl Deugan. conference coordina– tor. and the good folk at the Grace Bapti t Church there are working hard preparing for our arrival and \vi ii ee to it that \\·e en ea \Vann and real \Velcome. No\\· 1 realize that it i only Augu t \\·hen n10 t of you are read ing this. It' till the good old ummer time and Fall eem a great di tance away. And thankfully you are right! o a ll that I am a king of you at thi time i to mark the date in your y tern (day-timer, computer program, palm organizer, ragged piece of crap paper pencil mark on the back of your hand) and to decide to come to Columbu for thi good time together. .... That' all. It i mind-making-up-time and thi i my encouragement to you to " ho\v up.,, Mark it down and ome on out. 'A,11at' happening thi time? You wi II panicularly benefit from the preaching/ reachingmini tryofDr.RobertGromacki. He \viii be bringing the Corinthian -, - How To Reach Us... State Representative David & Pat Warren 360 College Hill Drive Cedarville OH 45314 937-766-5913 warrenoarbc@juno.com Church Planting Coordinato Max & Phyllis Tucker 9163 Steamboat Way West Chester, OH 45069 513-942-1295 ltuckers@ ·uno.com corrc ... pondence hon1e to u \Vith relevant application . Dr. Gro1nacki ha been an in tructor of and a fr iend to 1nany aero Oh io. What he ha to ay i a lway biblica l and practical. He ' one good rea on to " how up." Here' another. Our A ociation wi ll be deciding on the expenditure of ome fund . The Council of 12 feel it i time to act on the Re erve left over to cover c lai111 from the fonne r health insurance pl an. All claim have been cared for and no other claims exi t; no claim have been pre ented for at lea t ix year . Thi account hold over $35,000 and the me enger at the Conference will vote on the Counc il 's recommendat ion. Since mo t folks do enj oy pending money, thi seem to me like a econd good reason to - - Max and Phyllis Tucker ChurchPianting Coordinator A Crown That Will Last Forever I Corinthians 9:25 , , Everyone who competes in the ga111e goe into strict training. They do it to get a crown that will not la t· but we do it to get a crown that will la t forever." IV My wife, Phylli , ha been he lping our grand on with hi homework. Being a typical boy, he wou ld of course, rather be outside riding hi s bike or fi bing at the pond near our home. However, Phyllis found a little incenti ve by offering him a model boat a a prize if he would stick to his chedule. Hi eye li t up and he wa MOTIVATED!We all know that this prize will soon pas away ei ther by bei ng broken or just worn out. We a believers in the Lord Jesus Christ have been offered reward that the King Jame Version call incorruptible and the New King James Ver ion call imperis!iable. Whatever translation you prefer these defi ni tions ofour crown make them exciting to anticipate and motivate u to action. THINK of the soul-winner's crown as described by Paul in I Thessalonians 2: 19, Pray for three church plant possibilities: Marion, Wooster, and one near Cincinnati. come to the onference. :) Oh ye , furthermore! Insp iring wor hip, warm fri end hip, informative work, hop , and a bit of a breakaway from the u ual- al l the e await you and more in Columbus thi October. Now where i that pencil ?? PS We want to thank those churches who paid the way fo r their pastors' wive to attend the Fir t Lad ies' Retreat thi month in Canton. Sometimes the ' s ilent partner ' gets overlooked. She tand by and supports her husband and hi ministry in many ways, often minimiz– ing her own need in order to maximize hi availabili ty and expendabi li ty. Thank you for expre sing your appreciation to her in thi s tangible way. For what is our hope or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Are not even ye in the pre ence of our Lord Jesu Christ at hi coming?" Please note that people who were saved in Thes alonica are hi joy and crown that is indeed a living and a la ting reward . Paul will have the joy of vi iting with them forever. Indeed, this is the sweet now and now, and the weet bye and bye all wrapped into one g loriou crown. Remember, that in order for Paul to have this crown in heaven he had to go to The alonica. That means he responded to the call ofGod and went there to win souls and to plant a church. At the heart of church planting is soul wi nning. And the crown ofjoy will be the people who are saved and brought into a New Testament church. These converts will be a soul -winner 's crown that does not fade away for everyone involved in the church plant. THI K of the so ldier 'crown as de cribed in II Timothy 4, or the sufferer 's crown as spoken of in Jame 1, or the shepherd ' crown as referred to in I Peter 5. Certainly we must not forget the striver s crown as referred to in our text where it is stated that we o run that we might obtain. If you concentrate on what you cannot do then you will not do anything and there will be no reward 'at His appearing.' Rather let these rewards motivate you to obtain a 'crown that will last fo rever."