The Ohio Independent Baptist, October 2002

'l' hl' ,\bbc l{oad Baptis t h u r ch of i: I~ r i ,l r~ccn t I\ \\ c lcon1cd .; it~ tlC\\ pastor and \\ i le. 'arl and \1 ichcle Prokop. ("arl scr\ cd the Lord at the l"3cthcsda Bapti . t ( ' hurch in Rro,\·n bu rg. Indiana. before con1ing to . bbc Road. . Eric and ( ' arric Pu ff' arc no,\ en 1ng as \ outh pa ,· tor and \,·ifc at the ~ orthficld Bapti t C hurch in ~ orthfi eld. They j in the tcan1 led by \ lark and Debbi~ ·hlc 1 . On cptcn1bcr 21- 11 the Fa it~ Baptist hurch of .,.\mher t celebrated tt ~ 5 O th .~\ nn i, cr a ry \,· i th thc the111e " F i ft y '\' ear~ or Faith ." aturday C\ cning featured a ~pecial 111ll ica l pre, entati on and on unday. lorn1er pa tor Leland Ho,, ard and Bob Barrett poke. unday afternoon the attendee enjoyed a catered dinner and sha red te ~tin1onie . The congregation ga, c a pee ia I orrcri ng to purcha c .?O round tabl~ , ~50 chair ·, and · il, er\\ are tor luture u c. Pa tor \ 1 ikc Pl og and hi ,vi fe Dee lead the . n1her t \Vork. T he Bethany Fello\v hip pon orcd a round-robin Bible on terence. epten1ber 8-1 1. c ion \\ ere held at Board1nan Bapti st, Fir. t Bapti ·tof ile, Lea, ittsbu rg Bapti C Poland Villa£c Bapti ·t. and Bailey Road Baptt-- t. Da, e Warren de, eloped the then1e .. It' all about Chri . t. not us' ' fron1 high point. in Heb re,,·s. Thi · effort wa · a .. ti r t in a long ti n1e,. fo r the Bethany area and \\ a a rea I succe. s by a11 tandard. or n1ea urcn1cnt. \ ' ienna Bapti t ( ' hurch ce lebrated its 3 'th birthday on .A ugu t I 1th. pee ial gue~t ,, ere Re\. and Mr . Max \lcC' ull ou~h and Re, . and Mrs. Frank ()dor. Brother \-1 cCullough i a former pa tor at VB(' and brough~ the n:e a~e for the da\. Brother Odor I the founding pa~tor and al"o pa\tor en1eriti ~. .\rch and c·indi McCune arc current ly ...,er, i ng at \ ' I3('. 6 T he Oak Knoll Baptist Chapel of 1\1 a rion has cali ed 1 Mi I lcr to scr c a it next pastor. I l e and hi ,vi le, Debra, bega n their n1i ni stry in Mari on in ugu ·t. I and Debra co1nc t Mari on rron1 the inci nnati area. • Celebrati ng one hundred and four years of n1 inistering to the people of Toledo. Ohio, E n1manuel Bapti t Church i pJea. ed to announce it · 20th senior pastor, Philip De Cou rcy, a native of Belfast. Northern Ireland. Pa. tor De Courcy will a., ume the heln1 of ~he. conoreoati on of 1,200 ,nember. beg1nn1ng ;:;::, e August I 1th. De Courcy holds .a Ma: ter · or Di vi nity degree fron1 Ma. ter . emi nary in Cal ifo rni a where he_ graduated with honor.. He came to the United States in 1994 at the invitation of Dr. John MacArthur. president of the Mas ter' . . en11nary . Pastor De Cou rcy is an avid reader and is the aut hor of the book tc111cling Roon, On/\' . He is also an enthusias tic ~occe r player. coach, and ran. He and hi ' wife. June, a nati ve or Scotl and , ha c three daughters: Angela ( 13), Laura ( I I). and Beth (9). Before becon1ing a pastor. De Courcy was an aircraft engineer for sc en year~ in Ireland. He then served as an anti -terrori~t pol iceman in Belfa. t, . where he was awarded n Medal of erv1ce. De Courcy·s fi rst unday behind the pulpit at EBC was ugust I Ith . Your News, • Just email us at dandlthomas@glasscity.net or write OIB, 327 East Dr ive Dayton OH 45419 + 'fh e Faith Bapti t hurch of r eenville has ca lled ~ ric Malgren to serve as its new you th pastor. Eric and hi . wife. Elizabeth , wi ll be serving along idc Max and Carol McCullough, enior pas tor and "vi fc at Faith . Re . Doug Krancnbu rg ha accepted a call to pa tor the Good hephcr~'s ~~pti t C hurch in idney. He and his \,v1fe. Judy, ,viii be comi ng in October fron1 Warren, Ohio, to begin thei r ,vork in id ney. Thi pa, t ummer the G r a nd Heigh,ts . Bapti t C hurch of Fa irbo.rn called Chns 1-l ut chi n on to erve a their youth pa tor. Chri i a recent graduate of Cedarvi ll e Univer ity. Jin, and Loi Burt lead the \VO r k at Fa irbom. + Washington Heights Baptist, Dayton , celebrated it econd annual "Celebration in the Park" eptember 1. O er 550 joined together a_t a . co1n munity park for a pec1al time of ,vor hip , ce lebration ~nd outreac~. The e ent featured a pec1al pre entat1on by Da id Ca in and a concert by Cro way a outhern go pel quartet f!·o111 a h i_lle, Tenne ·ee. Ce lebration 111 the Park I an intenti onal effo rt o f Wa hington Height to reach out ide it building and impact the com1nunity 'A' ith the me age of Je u . The combined choir and orche tra of Wa hington Height Bapti t outhgate Bapti t ( pringfie ld ), and Patter on Park Chu rch co ll aborated fo r a erie of three 9/ I I Con1n1emorati ve Concert . The progra,n, entitled "Lift Up Your Eye ." reminded what one' re pon e hould be in tin1e of cri i . The prograrn included a po\verful tc timony of an Ohio Ta k Force One n1ember who wa among the fir t ca ll ed to er eat ground zero. The 130 oice choir and 35 men1ber orche tra were under the joint direction of Charle Paonard (Wa hington Height ). Jon Moh le~(Patter on Park ) and ick Tynan ( outhga te). Clo e to Jqoo , indi idual \Vere touched by tht po, erful progra1n, and there v ere a r:iumber of fir t-tin1e deci ion for Chr1 t. The ac ti e Young at Hea rt Mini try at Wa hington Height ha it eye et on Canada. A group of 3 enior under the direc ti on of Pa tor her111 Bo'A' er headed to Quebec ept. 27. Hi ghli gh t of the trip included tou r of Nlo~t re~l the I le of oudre , whale \Vatch 1ng 111 t. Ca therine Bay, and Quebec City. The Youno at Heart Mini try touche the Ii e ; r over 225 enior citi zen each month with a va riety of mini trie .