The Ohio Independent Baptist, December 2001

Conference Honors Faithful Laborers Gerald & Rosemary Phipps WO couples \Nc rc honored at this yea r' s confe r– ence. On Monday even ing R~v. Gerald and Rosemary Phipps were honored for over 40 years o f . crvi ce l o the Lord. n(l l ~imply a'.-1 pa~tor and ,vifc. but a lso as a bu ilder, lit era lly . or churches. They have ~cn ed together in many states including Ca lifor– nia and Oh io. -r hcy currentl y reside in ( 'c<lan ·illc. ()h io, an<l Re\. Ph ipps, Vv'ho recently turned 79. continues l o serve 1nter1 m pastor– ate~ along the v. ay. Also on ;Vl onday evening \\ e honored I{e\ . l3 i II and Loi~ R u~scl l for O\ e r 40 year\ of n11n1!-t try together for the Lord . ·rhcy currentl y Bill & Lois Russel l -,c1v c the !'JcVv Ric hlan<l l3ap11~t ( hurch in l-3cllc ( 't.~ntcr. ( ) hjo. () \ er the year!) they ha\'c been cngagc<l both in c:in1p "" ork (Sk 1 V ic~ Rane h ) and in '-1~\t:rul ()h1 u pu:,, luratcs. Ll ill' s r~ccnt 1111 11 1 .... try tnp to Ind ia '" onl y another l'\illllph.: o r the \ ihrancy ant.! ~n~rgy they lta, c put into the: \\ \}rk o f the I nr<l . Buses & Vans Fo r Sale 15 -84 passenger vell,cles available Buy quality for less at r,r,t,!J,:f Transportation 1/f,;l,i;~l,;I Equip. Sa les Corp. L40\ St-dlfliill Rcj OttigtJII 01 i 4: 1118 41 iJ ·HJb·28.J!> Tall -tr ee nat1onw1dc l 800·22 / · 3572 "819 church d1::.coun ts• ask lo, Bud Graham Boardman Wins State Rep Award FELTY.HEINLEN . The State Rer Award, a ,~ deco ra t ive \vreath, went to the Bonrdn1an Bapti st ( ' hurch in Youngsto\vn, \.Vhcre Dennis Mass ie pas tor~ alongsi de hi s \vi fc . El eunora. The ~,. inni ng church ca11c from the Beth any Fc llo~ 1 shi p. the Dennis & Eleanora Mass ie a rea that had the most churches repre– sented at the (.'onfc rcncc . F r-0 111 that fe ll ow' ·hip two chu rchc~ tied for having an eq ual nurnbcr of people attcnJing. The tic \Vns broken by awarding it to the church that ha<l the n1osl prcrcgi~tcrc<l . Council of 12 A n in1portanl f cature of our annual confe rence is the seat ing o l' the nC\\ ( 'ouncilof' 12. ~f hc 2001 -0 1 ( 'o unci l of I ' i:-; as rollov.. s: Ter,ns E.,-,,irinK '() ] l3ill Davis, li cdfor<l (Sccr~tary ) Jin1 Mc( 'lain, orv-.:alk l!cn l{ccd, N i le~ Ton, Wright. c·o1u111bus (( 'hair) Tern,.,· l:XJJiring '03 Ma rk A~hl~y. Northlic ld J)avi<l ( 'hupn1an, Fostoria Tin1Kenoyer, ( 'ul un1hu:,; (\/ ice ( ' hair) .11111 l{ead . l:a~t l. i\crpool '/ (, r1n., r:., I )/ r I 11,'J. . 0./ ll ill AhcrnntJry. ( 'olu111hu, ( I rl:a,url'I') Merlyn Jone~. t\'l t. \ ' c rno n ( al SL'arll·~. l·a .... t ( ' ll' \ c.: l~illd .1 ..: 1'1 \,' ill c ll '-. ll c ll t' lonta111c ARCHITECTS & PLANNERS. INC. 336 Sturges Avenue, Mansfiel d, Ohio 44903 Phone: (419)526-1988 Fax: (419)526-1989 website : fel ty-heinlen .com "J:eft_r· Hein /en .4 rcbitect.s t111c/ />/anne~. J'Ourp1vfessio11al partner in cburcb g,vu·tb." OARBC Pro1)Cli)' U1SU11311C£ Cn,: nq> Plat1. Participating churches have contributed annual di vidends exceeding $13,000 to your State Association 1\ d1111111 ~1c rl'd hv !{ LIPP . \ i!l.' ll l'\ . ~ . ( ·l) lu1nbu ,. ()lit~) ( i J-l--tXn-59 I I ll) ll - lrc..·~: I XOO 2:-i , . lJ~5X l-1\.\ : 6 1-l -l Xh ~-l{) 't Bagti st Children's Home & Family Minist ries • Adoption (including foreign) • Group Hon1es • M aternity/ Paternity Counseling > Fam ily Counseling ,Doing togc tlie r (J., 1 /iu t ·u·e t-an 1 l cfo ,i(one! {)hid () tlll' l'.' 9J-i '22 llllll() ( h.u Ii:-. t\1t ,i11Pi:. Oh1l, l )irl·1.· t,,, Our p urpose Is to glorlfy God through our excellence in Design/Build Services. S·E-m /BRENTWOOD Our goal Is to delight our clients with the process as well as the tint hed product . ltS/ ~rn.. 11• St11tu Sh vi:\ 61 COlu.rnl>v, 1'•••' WU1$t.- •• 1111, Oh1l• 1~, Cooa.rv• II• 0n... 1 • , 1 1 f> 14 794 3100 937 /t,o ~~ DMIICI 5 Bu,m•lil '\IA M J~~·h harl>.h.1111,,1 I'•" 1h ,a. I\ l h.l.µ • J1 At,\ C.lllQl>l't D Ll1.,, J\t.1' ~ build Churc t1 and Chris tian School Design and Construction I