POMABAMBA, Peru – Rachel Wilson and her colleagues knew they hadn’t misused their Spanish. Something else prevented their audience – a Quechua family living in an isolated mountain village here – from understanding the biblical truth they tried to share with them. Last year, Wilson traveled to Peru for six months to complete her bachelor’s degree in intercultural studies at Southwest Baptist University. During her trip, she worked among the Quechua people of Peru. Since roughly half of the … [Read more...]
Ridgecrest team brings hope to Ukrainian orphans
SPRINGFIELD – Wendy Farrell’s heart for mission work among orphans of the Ukraine grew out of her love for one Ukrainian teenager. In March, Farrell led a mission team of three families and two college students from Ridgecrest Baptist Church here to the Ukraine to work among the European nation’s orphanages. Theirs was only one of many short-term mission teams commissioned by Ridgecrest to share Christ’s love across the globe, from Ecuador, Nicaragua and Cuba to Europe, Africa and South … [Read more...]
Missouri Baptists remember, strive to live the ‘dream’
KANSAS CITY – On April 9, 1968, nearly a week after Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated and on the day of his burial, riots broke out across Kansas City. At the time, Gary Jones was only 12 years old. But he recalls standing on the corner of 12th and Woodland, watching protesters march up the street. Suddenly, a shot was fired and a woman standing nearby threw Jones to the ground to save him. “It was such a frightening moment in my life,” Jones, now a Missouri Baptist Convention (MBC) … [Read more...]
Movements of God: Professions of faith rise to 328-plus at Fort Leonard Wood Army base
FORT LEONARD WOOD – In less than a month, more than 328 United States Army trainees and soldiers professed faith in Christ during chapel services on the military base at Fort Leonard Wood. As reported in the March 27 edition of The Pathway, more than 200 soldiers and trainees professed faith in Christ during chapel services on March 11 and March 18, according to Southern Baptist Chaplain, Captain Jose Rondon. But, on Easter Sunday (April 1), the number of soldiers and trainees professing … [Read more...]
Movements of God: ‘Biggest drug dealers in Hannibal’ transformed by the gospel
HANNIBAL – One week before Easter, Isaac Sapp – once a top drug dealer in Marion County – publicly declared his faith in Jesus Christ through baptism at Calvary Baptist Church here. Sapp was among three other drug addicts and dealers baptized during the service. And, afterward, nearly 15 other people – among them, people affected by addiction and alcohol – came forward to profess faith in Christ. This was a highpoint in Calvary Baptist’s “Victory in Jesus” Sundays, March 18 and 25. … [Read more...]
‘The most unreached place in North America’: Springfield family plants churches in Montreal
MONTREAL, Canada – Soon after James Copeland, the former missions pastor at Ridgecrest Baptist Church, Springfield, moved his family to Montreal, he met a self-described atheist named Michael. Over time, Copeland’s friendship with Michael grew. And nearly five months later Michael admitted that he’d been watching the worship services at Renaissance Church online – an English-language congregation near the heart of Montreal where Copeland serves as the lead pastor. Today, Michael attends … [Read more...]
Parents, churches called to ‘connect’ in digital age
JEFFERSON CITY – Mobile phones and social media bring many advantages, but they’ve also unleashed dangers on the young. That’s what “Connect,” the latest documentary film by Christian actor Kirk Cameron, claims. And, with the support of churches, parents must take up the challenge to reconnect with their children, according to Southern Baptist youth ministers and experts across Missouri and around the nation. “We’re the first generation to parent these ‘digital natives,’” Kathy Koch, the … [Read more...]
Soldiers, trainees follow Christ: 200-plus profess faith, 20 baptized at Fort Leonard Wood
FORT LEONARD WOOD – More than 200 Army soldiers and trainees professed faith in Christ during two consecutive Sundays at Fort Leonard Wood earlier this month, and 20 have already been baptized, according to a Southern Baptist chaplain on the base. Captain Jose Rondon reported that at least 128 soldiers and trainees – and perhaps more – professed faith in Christ on March 11, and another 80 professed faith on March 18. Some of these men and women were involved in Basic Training, while … [Read more...]
Missouri DR brings hope to Neosho family
NEOSHO – Last April, Amber Pendley and her family walked into their home after a dance recital to find a disaster: Twenty-nine inches of flood water had rumbled through their house while they were gone. The water tore up carpet and flooring, tossed their deep freeze, refrigerator and washing machine on end, ripped doors off the jams, and left lawn timbers and an inch of water throughout the house. “I didn’t realize how much damage water would do,” Pendley told The Pathway. “I was just … [Read more...]
‘Until He comes back, He will call evangelists’
JEFFERSON CITY – Connoisseurs of culture have long predicted the death of the vocational evangelist. Such was the case in the 1920s, when author Sinclair Lewis penned the satirical novel, Elmer Gantry, mocking the great American evangelist Billy Sunday. Like many others at the time, he thought the era of the evangelist had seen its heyday pass. Never could he have imagined how, only a few decades later, the evangelistic ministry of Billy Graham would begin – a ministry that would impact … [Read more...]
Southern Baptist cowboy church rounds up the unreached in rural Missouri
CARTHAGE – Missouri Baptist church planter Steve Stafford has a rule for his congregation: Never steal members from other churches. “We call that cattle rustling,” Stafford, the founding pastor of Risen Ranch Cowboy Church here said. In Jesus’ parable, a shepherd left his 99 sheep to seek one stray. It’s an image that cowboys, experienced in seeking stray cattle, might appreciate. And Stafford, like other cowboy church planters around the state, is working to round up the unreached people … [Read more...]
Graham a ‘hero’ to MBC’s vocational evangelists
JEFFERSON CITY – Following the death of the renowned vocational evangelist Billy Graham, Feb. 21, members of the Fellowship of Missouri Baptist Evangelists (FMBE) commended Graham for the positive influence he has had on the ministry of all vocational evangelists. But few of them have felt the impact of Graham’s ministry as much as Missouri Baptist vocational evangelist Clyde Chiles. “I was saved at a Billy Graham crusade service in Ocean City, N.J., when he was a Youth For Christ … [Read more...]
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