The Ohio Independent Baptist, April 2002

Jay Williamson + ()n i cb . _..i the Bethel Bilptist l "hurch. ·rolcdo . (. )ffici.ll l, ,, clcon1cd • l h l' II 11C\ \ pa "l 1,.) r an d \\ i f c. Ja) a 11 d J j I J \\ tlli.1111-..011 . The ~undav 111orning . ..... 111-..t.tll.llion "e r, 1cc included 111e: .... age~ by Re, . h.1rlc..., \ 'cr111il)ca. ( ... n1111anucL fnl cdo ). Re,. hip Bernhard. (long ti 111c frtcntl. no,, pa toring in Wi ~consin ). and Dr. D,l\ id \\'arrcn. During a fe ll ov,\hip n1cal the Bet he I people prc ....enled a . p<.)or on t h c \ \ ~ i II i a 111. on!-. · I i fc and t he n prc-..cntcd thc111 ,, ith . c, era I ,ve lcon1 ing ~ i ft . '-- + :\leado,,·brook Bapti t in Lima ho~ tcd the 1 orth B~Lhe l pring Ra ll y on Thur .... c.li.t) . . pri I -l . A 111) L )\\, c, B WE n1i -.. . ionar) to Portugal. \\'a\ the pecial peak.er . ,, ith the theme. "U~cful f<>r the ~ Ia~ter- A Ve::e I for Honor." fron1 1 Ti1noth) 1 :21 . nev. , ice-pre~idcn t and a.. i Lant sec retttr\ v.. ere e lected. • + leado,vbrook Bapti t of Lima he ld it~ annua l Pot of Gold Banquet on atu rday. March 16. The the1ne of the banquet. ..The Trea~ure o r God·~ Pron1i,e~:· \\a~ hi ghli ghted b, Dr. Da, id Warren. r------------. I I I I I I I I I I I I I Lower Your Phone Bill! ._ 4.9¢ ••• ••• a minute long distance state- to-state (24-hour/ 7-day) No codes to dial Residential, Business, Churches No monthly fees & no minimums Toll-free or 800 service 4.9c Great Fundraising for Schools & Churches sign up today on-line www.lowermyphonebtl l.com/ jg or call Bro. Jim toll-free at: 1-877-297-3135 I I I I I I I I I I I I I L---------- -J 6 Fellowship Baptist install s new pastor + On March 17 the ~~ello\-\ 1 hip Bapti t Church of Dublin he ld an in. ta llation sc r ice fo r thci r new pasto r and wife, Jim and Jack ie le vanu. . J i 1n and Jackie come to the Colu n1bus area from Ca l, ary Bapti ~t hurch. Waba. h, Indiana. + Dave Mullins ha~ re: igned the pa. torate of the Miller burg Baptist Cl1urch to becon1e the progran1 direc tor al Sky iew Ranch. He as. u1ned hi~ new dutie in March. +The Akron area pastor and • wive met on Thur. day evening, March ') I. fo r a "Date Ni ght" at the H,trtville Ki tchen in Hart vi I le. + On March 24, the Ne"v Milford Bapti t Church of Rootstown we lcomed it. new youth pa. tor and wife. Jim and tac ie Patten. At the install ati on ser ice that evening. Rand y Patten. J in1 · ~ dad and alsoexecuti ve di rec tory of the ationa l A.. ociation of outhetic Coun:e]or . ga e the charge to the candidate. Dr. David Warren ga e the charge to the church. Jim and Lacie join Ri ck and Patti Reynolds. who lead the Rool~town work . + Re . Don Work1nan, pastor at Faith Bapti t Church in Street boro Ohio, reports the succe . ful con1p le tion of a Farnil y Center. The proj ec t inc lude a new kitchen area, fell ow hip ha ll. new carpeting. and a newly paved parking lot. '. ~~ Jason Nightengale + On March 24, Wa hington Heights Bapti t of Dayton ho~tcd the word~owcr. Ja. on NighLcngale, in both iL~ n1orni ng and e en ing ·crvices. U ing dran1atic oral interprelali on, Jason focused in the morning on the event. leading up to the pas~ ion of our Lord: in the evening he gave aver, e-by-verse. fir ·t per. on account of the the entire book of the Re e lation. + The Grace Baptist Church of Cedarvi lle :ent a lea1n of fi e to Salt Lake City for the MedaL For Glory go. pel outreach at the Winter Olympic. . The team con, i ted of Pa tor Mi ckey Farlow. hcrman Mackereth, Eleanor Taylor. Pat Michal. ki and Maril yn Ware. Sherman Mac kcreth. a team leader, was at the Winte r Olympic. fo r the full time of 17 day. : Pa. tor Farlow. al. o a team leader. and the res t were there fo r the la t 9 day. . Medal. for Glory partic ipant u ed a one-on-one witne s ing technique with a tract and the Utah-:haped Medal. for Glory pin . Each day saw the team. going by bu. or an to a different enue.Tcan1 n1en1ber~ would approach a person and L tart a conver. ati on working it into a go. pel pre. entati on. u ing e ither the tract or ex plaining the go. pel u. ing the bl ack, red, white, green, and gold co lor. on the pin . Each ni ght the Grace Bapti, t team woul d con1e together for a tes ti rnony ti me. Through the mini . try of all the tea1n : togethe r, 94 people made profe: ·ion. of fai th and seed wa :own or ,vate red in thou. and. of other contact . Follow-up on tho. e who filled out card wiII be done by mi ionarie or churche · in the areas where the. e people are fro1n. Pray for thi s continuing mini , try.