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Ethan Logsdon Born Nov.7, 2002 is a lifelong resident of Marysville, Ohio, whose journey of faith is defined by a deep commitment to sound doctrine and the transformative power of the Gospel. Ethan’s musical background—rooted in guitar and music theory—led him to his early experiences in church ministry.

His spiritual life took a definitive turn in 2016, and following a profound period of studying the Scriptures, he was baptized in 2022. For four years, Ethan served in vital outreach ministries, preaching within local jails, prisons, and nursing homes. It was during this period of intense study and ministry that he encountered the Ruckman study Bible, an experience that deepened his theological convictions.

Amidst this formative season, Ethan married his wife, Kristene Logsdon. Seeking a local church home that emphasized Dispensational Salvation, Ethan recognized a spiritual need within his hometown of Marysville. After much prayer and seeking God’s guidance, he felt called to establish Warfare Baptist Church.

Pastor Ethan Logsdon  holds a firm belief that while being born again is the essential foundation of the Christian life, it is equally vital for believers to continuously "chew on sound doctrine" to grow in their walk with the Lord. He is dedicated to teaching the Word with clarity and conviction, serving the Marysville community with a heart for truth and discipleship.

Ordination Papers & Clarification

We believe that ordination belongs first and finally to God Almighty. God recruits; man recognizes. No preacher, presbytery, denomination, council, certificate, College Education, Institution, University, or laying on of hands can put a man into a ministry into which God never called him. Jesus said, “Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you” (John 15:16). Paul said that God “separated me from my mother’s womb, and called me by his grace” (Galatians 1:15), and again, “Christ Jesus our Lord… counted me faithful, putting me into the ministry” (1 Timothy 1:12). Jeremiah heard the LORD say, “Before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations” (Jeremiah 1:5). The pattern is plain: God calls the man, God separates the man, God equips the man, and God puts the man into His service.

The Bible does show other believers recognizing God’s calling. Acts 13:2–3 says, “The Holy Ghost said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them.” Then, after fasting and prayer, “they laid their hands on them, they sent them away.” But notice that the Holy Ghost did not say, “Lay hands on them so that they may become called.” He said, “the work whereunto I have called them.” God had already done the calling. Paul also told Timothy, “Lay hands suddenly on no man” (1 Timothy 5:22), and Scripture speaks of “the laying on of the hands of the presbytery” (1 Timothy 4:14). We therefore have no quarrel with the laying on of hands as a biblical act of prayer, fellowship, identification, and public recognition. What we reject is the doctrine that those hands possess some necessary spiritual power that turns an unordained man into an ordained minister. God recruits; men merely recognize what God has already done.

For that reason, we reject the idea that apostolic succession is necessary to transmit ministerial authority through an unbroken chain of men laying hands upon other men. The apostles possessed signs and authority specifically associated with their apostolic ministry. Paul wrote, “Truly the signs of an apostle were wrought among you” (2 Corinthians 12:12), while Hebrews speaks of “signs and wonders, and with divers miracles, and gifts of the Holy Ghost” (Hebrews 2:4). Acts even records extraordinary apostolic events involving the laying on of hands (Acts 8:17–19; Acts 19:6). But Scripture nowhere commands New Testament churches to maintain an unbroken physical chain of hands stretching back to the apostles in order for a preacher’s calling to be valid. A man’s authority to preach God’s word does not come from some invisible spiritual current passing from one preacher’s fingertips into another man’s head. “How shall they preach, except they be sent?” (Romans 10:15). Ultimately, it is the Lord who sends His laborers: “Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth labourers into his harvest” (Matthew 9:38).

Therefore, while we may recognize a man’s calling publicly, that recognition does not create the calling, nor is human recognition what makes God’s calling real. The principle can be illustrated by a wedding ring. I wear a ring because I am married; I am not married because I wear a ring. The ring publicly recognizes and represents a reality that already exists. Take the ring away, and the marriage remains. Likewise, an ordination service, certificate, prayer, or laying on of hands may publicly recognize a man’s ministry, but those things do not manufacture God’s call. A piece of paper cannot ordain a preacher, and another man’s hands cannot make God call somebody whom God has not called. “No man taketh this honour unto himself, but he that is called of God” (Hebrews 5:4).

Our position, therefore, is simple: we are completely opposed to teaching that the laying on of hands is necessary in order for a man to be truly ordained of God. We can lay hands on a brother and pray for him; we can recognize him before the congregation; we can give him a certificate recording that recognition. But none of those things are the source of his divine calling. Paul asked, “Who is sufficient for these things?” (2 Corinthians 2:16), and later answered, “our sufficiency is of God” (2 Corinthians 3:5). The church does not recruit God’s preachers and then ask Heaven to approve them. God recruits them, God calls them, God equips them, and God sends them. The church simply recognizes what God has already established.

With this being Addressed, Pastor Logsdon has been “Legally Ordained” so that he can Marry Couples in the State of Ohio. These Papers do NOT Spiritually Ordain him but they do Legally Ordain him. American Marriage Ministries & Universal Life Church