The Ohio Independent Baptist, February 2003

I >ear Ohio Family, by Susan Johnson, OWMU President enturi e ago Paul aid, " Brethren. my heart' de ire and prayer to .__.... God for I rael i that they may be aved .' ' Ju t ye terday my hu band and I were in the land o f I ·rael and we witne . ed that ame heart throb by God ' ervant · er ing ther e. W e were pri vi leged to . pend 3 week in I rael w ith B apti t for I rael I n titute (BII). W e attended the Bible Prophecy Seminar there and my hu band taught a Bible conference for the taff and tudent · of B II. L eeland and M ary Crott were God· in trun1ent · to devel op that mini ·try some 30 year ago, and today God is u ing Hi · people mightil y through His work in I rael. I arn tilJ try ing adju ·t to being home, but I would like to ·hare ome thing I aw and learned whi le being w here God wanted me. God Love: Brad and Jeannie Brough, Soni , Nate and Jess, and Chari were the Bil full time and short term staff in r raeJ wh ile we were there. The)' lived to love those JJeople and so proved Goel 's incredibl e Jove Lo Lhe people on the kibbutzin1. W e spent Li 1ne wi th Jewish unbeliever , and wi tnessed the great bond o f love the staff had for thern . It wa~ amazing to ·ee act~ of love: Jess sharing food with D aphne; Nate helping Noam do a welding project ; Son i running Ruchama to Haifa in the midd le o f the ni ght to see her daughter who had en1er gency surgery; Brad and Jeannie fix ing an old swing set to be like nev., for Gi lboa and SwaLLi ; hari ~ hanging out \.\ ith a teenager nan1ed M aayan . In J<,rae l a foreigner i~ not able to initiate ~p1ritual conver<,a ti on. They ha\c to /1, •e in \ Li ch a way \O a~ to prove thl!1r faith and earn the r1ght to talk abou t Yc\hua (Je<,u<,) . What about Gc>d '~ cJe1non\lration o t Jo\ C through YC)U ? Would \0111conc be con\ ince c.J that you hJU a real rclat1on\hip v..1th God ju\t hy the \\a) you love the un\a\ed around )ou' 1 /Jo _loll 11,e to love JJeo1Jle'' (;od '~ J'o" er: ~ ' e \\ere priviJegct.1 Lo \pend tin1e v.i th s u111e lh! \.\ belH!\l!f\ What u J<>Y to talk \.\ i t h peopI e \.\ ho kn < > v. ( · h 11 .., t a n d a I e not asha1ned <>f their faith . I hough n.!Jl!L te<.1 and pcr~t·cuteu for v. hat they bellc\e, still the) stand slluug ant.I grov. V...' e ,a\\ the fruit of 111a11) )Cars of people ~ i11\t•s tt11ent of 1<,, t: , ti1ne and gi v ing p1 <,duce change th1 ough hr i:-;t 1'01 the prai e of God ' g l ory. One day whil e in Jeru alem at the Bibl ical Re ource Center, we met a young Jewi h coupl e from Cal ifornia. They had come w ith their 2 young boy to l i ve in I raeJ perrnanentl y. T hey to ld me that they were only there becau e they beli eved w ith all their heart that God wanted them in I rael. Both of their fan1ili es in Ameri ca were very fearful and up et that they would go to Ji e in . uch a vol atile p lace. What I aw over and over again wa. evidence of God cal ling and sending Hi s peopl e to be where He wants them, and u ing them to . hare H i s truth o more will be Hi peopl e. WOW !! ! God i doing a mi ghty work in L rael ! H ere in Ohio, God i. ju t as rnighty ! L ad ies, be strong i n the L ord in your per ·onal I ife and w i lne · for our great God. Our assignment: L ove in . uch a way that the l o t around you would be convinced that you have a real per onal relation ·hip w ith Je us Chri st. 2002-200; Pr~ect FamilyHomesforowhans rn Lambia , Africa Ministr_y ofJim and Rachael chambers Goal:$10,000 for 5 famil_y units I or an 1ntormat1ve and 1nsp1 r1n~ v1dc-..oott hepr0Jectpl~ Sccontact tJC)urloG.:ll 0rc-_...1 president. 2002-2003 OWMU Offi cers President Susan Johnson 16401 Mayfield Rd . Box 247 Huntsburg , OH 44046 440-636-5543 Vi ce-President Margaret Warren 83-24th Street NW Barberton . OH 44203 330-825-7072 Secretary Betty Dyak 1911 Eldridge Ave Akron , OH 44301 330 724 9676 Treasurer Francine Beres 4331 Ellsworth Rd Stow, OH 44224 330 945 9346 Spring State Meeting April 8, 2003 more info coming to your churches soon! r-------------, I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I Area Women Got the "Fridged Winter Blahs?" Come for some Warm Christian Fellowship at the West Moriah Women' s Fellowship Saturday , March 8 at the MCL Cafeteria, Westerville, OH 11 :15 AM to 1:30 PM We hope to see you all there! North Bethel Women 's Union Berean Baptist , Marion April 3 Speaker: Felicia Oana , with BMM to Roman ia NE Ohio Spring WMF Mayfield Village Baptist Saturday, March 29 9 a.m., breakfast, 10:15-Noon , meeting Speaker: Missionary Penny Whitty CAWMF Faith Baptist, Boliver I April 29 I I I I I I I Speakers: Larry & Sally Fogle Bibles International _J L----------- Ohio Independent Baptist is a publication of the Ohio Association of Regular Baptist Churches 11: ditor , late Rcprescnlat1, c L)a\ id \\'arrcn t\ ssista nt Editor Pat v\' arrcn l\ I a na g i n g t-: d it or l ~ i ndn fhon1as rcchnical ,\ s~i tancc llc~p...,tcr C1raph1c" Randnlph, 1\JL'\\ 't or~ Ph.:ns l' d11L'L' l ,ill con1111l:1II\ , COi i C\ptHldl'tll' l' , ,llld llC\\" l l \ Ohio Independent Baptist '.::! 7 I .1.... 1 l)n\ l' I) .1\ ton l )11 -t "' t I 9 l)' 'l 294 -029' I ht• () IB 1, puhli.,ll\d ,1, 11111\, J)ll ,,.11 b, t ill < >h 1l1 \ ,,11ci.111,1n ,,t R1..~ ul.11 B .1pt ,t l ln11 " l1" :-., ~}. 7 I .1 .... 1 I >11\ \ I ),I\ t,111. t >II · I "· I I') \ uh:-.\·11pll\111' th. 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