The Mail-Journal, Volume 13, Number 45, Milford, Kosciusko County, 1 December 1976 — Page 7

Church organized at Van Curen home

By MRS. WALTER HUNTER The Calvary Baptist Church of Oswego first met and organized April 4, 1954, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. George VanCuren, with an attendance of 49. At their gracious insistence, services were conducted there for the following seven months, while a basement church was being constructed. Rev. Robert Robinson was the temporary pastor. A ground breaking ceremony was held on June 1. Rev. Robinson completed his pastorate on May 10, and on June 10, Rev. Charles Butrin was called as pastor. The church basement was built on the site of the former Oswego school that numerous members had attended while children. We have many happy memories of those days, such as holding our tin cups under the spout of the old pump on the school ground and having some student with big muscles fill it to the brim with cold, sparkling water. We were comparatively few in number, and not rich. Humanlyspeaking, it seemed impossible to pay for the church building. But like Abraham of old, we stepped out in faith and with God's help and much sacrificial giving, were able to meet our financial obligations. We met for the first time in the church basement on Nov. 7, with 91 present. The church mortgage was paid off in the following five years and as the church record reads, "It is with deep thanksgiving to God that we come together tonight to burn the mortgage on the basement." At this time, 31 new members had been added to the church. The average attendance had been 68, and the church membership at that time was 75.

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THE WORSHIP WINDOW ./ Calvary Baptist church explains position, aims I By GARY T. MEADORS Calvary Baptist church pastor \ wM The Calvary Baptist church is an independent, missionary- " minded Baptist church Our program is Bible-centered and \ 1 fe? * -, ■ |||g Christ-centered We stand squarely within the conservative. fundamentalist position, yet we operate m terms of the 20th century world We begin with the Bible, the inspired word of CALVAdy dad God. which is without error and the only true revelation of God's dAPTIST will to man We proclaim the entirety of its contents without JJ* , apologv. inch-ding such truths as the full deity, virgin birth. •’■H sinless' life substitutionary death and bodily resurrection of B Chnst and His imminent return for His people We believe that Ol every person is responsible for the conduct of his spiritual and " M 1. - ¥ ' temporal life and must one day give account to God for that life. p ev Q a ry y Meadors On the back of our church brochure we have printed four Calvarvßantist church nastor statements which we at Calvary believe to be axiomatic. 1 would Calvary BaptisT church pastor - . ~ "v- : 1 $ like to share those statements with you. problem which sin introduced and for the solving of this problem Life is short This truth is certainly self-evident, especially Jesus Christ came into the world as one grows older! The Scriptures describe life as “. . . a Christ, the cure. The Bible declares that “Christ Jesus came vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth into the world to save sinners" (1 Timothy 1:15). “But God ; away" (James 4; 14). Man has done everything he can to extend commendeth his love toward us in that, while we were yet tegM! M his time upon this earth, but in spite of all of his efforts he is sinners. Christ died for us” Romans 5:8). Therefore. Christ |||h inevitably confronted with our next axiom. died in order that we might live. Obviously physical death has |||| Death is sure. We often jokingly say. “Man only has to do not been reversed, but because of Christ man does not have to two things, pay taxes and die! ” Yet. death is no joke, as it begins remain in a state of spiritual death. “For God so loved the world, L* to stalk our pathway it suddenly becomes a terrifying reality that He gave His only begotten son. that whosoever believeth in |||| The terror of death is amplified by the Scriptures which clearly Him should not perish, but have everlasting life” (St. John ||g| declare that “It is appointed unto men once to die, but after this 3:16>! the judgment" (Hebrews 9:27) Perhaps a more basic question The Calvary Baptist church is interested in people. We |gj| would be “Why does man have to die° " This question introduces believe that the Bible provides answers for your spiritual needs |||| ik to the next axiom. as well as the cares and pressures of daily life. Sin. the curse. Modem man views death as purely a Mn »TrArF hi rvim; si nday physiological phenomenon but the Bible portrays death (both MORTGAGE BURNING SUNDAY mI physical and spiritual* as being the direct result of Adam's sin Sunday. Dec 5. a mortgage burning ceremony will be held "<* "Wherefore as by one man sin entered into the world, and death at the church at 10:30 am Rev. Richard Woodworth, pastor of ||||| bv sin and so death passed upon all men. for all have sinned.” the Calvary Baptist church. Grand Rapids. Mich., will be the H (Romans 5:12). speaker Rev Woodworth was the pastor at the Oswego church The basic meaning of death is separation Physical death is when the top portion was constructed separation of the body from man's soul-spirit Spiritual death is The mortgage burning signifies that the church is now debt the separation of man in his total being from God. This is the free —

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Rev. Butrin resigned and Rev. Nelson Crow was called as the pastor, Sept. 4, 1955. He served faithfully until his death in December, 1962. Rev. Richard Woodworth then became the pastor in June, 1963, and it was under his leadership that the upper structure was put on the church. This was another big step taken in faith, and it was with deep joy and thanksgiving that the new sanctuary was dedicated on April 17, 1966. Just recently (11-6-76) we made our last payment on the upper structure and are looking forward to a mortgage burning service in the near future. Rev. Woodworth resigned in 1968, and Rev. Lee Kantenwein accepted the pastorate Jan. 1, 1969. After his resignation in August, 1972, Donald Fowler was called and occupied the pulpit until his resignation in August, 1975. Gary Meadors served as the interim pastor until he was called to be the fulltime pastor in February, 1976. The Bible tells us that at the dedication service after the temple at Jerusalem was restored through Ezra that many of God's people sang and shouted for |oy — but "many ancient men, that had seen the first house — wept with a loud voice." So with we older ones at Calvary Baptist church, there is a twinge of sadness mixed with our joy, as we recall those dedicated, stalwart Christians who had such a large part in the establishment of the church — but they now "rest from their labours" and are not here to rejoice with us. We know their testimony would be the same as ours: "Hitherto hath the Lord helped us." May we be faithful as a church until our Lord returns!

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Wed., Dec. 1,1978 —THE MAIL-JOURNAL

Calvary Baptist church — Armstrong road, Oswego

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