Cowboy church riding high in the saddle Cape County congregation thrives in livestock barn By Allen PalmeriStaff Writer August 9, 2005 FRUITLAND – Jim Matthews, who turns 50 in September, is living his dream. He is the full-time pastor of Cape County Cowboy Church, a young congregation of about 460 people (Thursday nights) and 330 people (Sunday mornings) that has been thriving in a livestock auction barn. “Somebody’s got to reach that culture, and we believe that … [Read more...]
Strait set standard by living out his faith
Strait set standard by living out his faith By Allen PalmeriStaff Writer August 9, 2005 BOLIVAR – Darrell R. Strait, the man for whom the Center for the Integration of Science and Christian Faith at Southwest Baptist University is named, was known as “Mr. General Chemistry” on campus, according to Gary O. Gray, dean of the College of Science and Mathematics at SBU who directs the center. Strait was a long-time SBU dean and professor and winner of the Missouri … [Read more...]
SBU pioneers Strait Center that integrates science, faith
SBU pioneers Strait Center that integrates science, faith By Allen PalmeriStaff Writer August 9, 2005 BOLIVAR – Gary O. Gray, director of the Darrell R. Strait Center for the Integration of Science and Christian Faith, has just completed his first full year of immersion in an innovative academic program at Southwest Baptist University that is the first of its kind in the nation. Now Gray, dean of the College of Science and Mathematics, is constructing a course for the spring called … [Read more...]
Shiflett leaves MBC for ministry in Kansas
Shiflett leaves MBC for ministry in Kansas Worship specialist headed for growing KC-area congregation By Allen PalmeriStaff Writer August 9, 2005 JEFFERSON CITY – Bill Shiflett, worship specialist for the Missouri Baptist Convention (MBC), has left the convention effective Aug. 12 in order to join Lenexa Baptist Church, Lenexa, Kan., as worship pastor over the worship and media departments. Shiflettt, 37, served two years in Jefferson City. He came to Missouri in July 2003 from First … [Read more...]
MBC welcomes Jim Carter as ministerial services specialist
MBC welcomes Jim Carter as ministerial services specialist By Allen PalmeriStaff Writer August 9, 2005 JEFFERSON CITY – Jim Carter, pastor, First Baptist Church, Ferguson, will be joining the staff of the Missouri Baptist Convention (MBC) Oct. 1 as ministerial services specialist. Carter, 55, has served in the St. Louis metropolitan area for five years as First Ferguson’s pastor. He and his wife, Marcy, a trustee at Southwest Baptist University, have been married 34 years, with … [Read more...]
Churches form new association following conflict in Heartland
Churches form new association following conflict in Heartland Lighthouse Association begins with 4 churches By Staff August 9, 2005 POLO – Missouri’s newest association, Lighthouse Baptist Association, has elected its first director of missions and penned a constitution. “You’ve got to establish goals and leadership if you’re going to get anything done,” said Duane Tindall, director of missions for the new association. Tindall recently retired from the … [Read more...]
MBC Disaster Relief teams provide aid in Alabama
MBC Disaster Relief teams provide aid in Alabama In the aftermath of Hurricane Dennis By Brian KoonceStaff Writer August 9, 2005 ATMORE, Ala. – In the wake of Hurricane Dennis, victims in Alabama had an immediate need for hot food and clean water. What do the thousands of volunteers and disaster relief workers need? A hot shower. That’s just what the Missouri Baptist Disaster Relief Shower Unit from Jefferson Baptist Association (JBA) in Mapaville provided. From July 11 to July … [Read more...]
Governor signs bill boosting cord blood research
Governor signs bill boosting cord blood research Promise of adult stem cells much greater than embryonic By Staff August 9, 2005 JEFFERSON CITY – Promoting a proven form of stem cell research, Gov. Matt Blunt has signed into law Senate Bill 323, which expands existing umbilical cord banks and establishes new ones throughout the state. “The use of umbilical cord blood in medical research offers an important and powerful alternative to embryonic stem cell research that shows far … [Read more...]
Missouri Baptist Children’s Home balance sheet moves into the black
Missouri Baptist Children’s Home balance sheet moves into the black Positive report leaves staff, board members encouraged By Brian KoonceStaff Writer August 9, 2005 BRIDGETON – Although the Missouri Baptist Children’s Home’s (MBCH) balance sheet showed them “in the red” this time last year, an increase in gifts from wills and bequests is making 2005 a much better year. The MBCH’s board of trustees heard the financial report at its July 26 quarterly … [Read more...]
Inner-city evangelism proves fruitful in St. Louis, KC
Inner-city evangelism proves fruitful in St. Louis, KC MBC, CBGC to partner, expand effort to Denver By Allen PalmeriStaff Writer August 9, 2005 JEFFERSON CITY – The Missouri Baptist Convention/Global Encounter Ministries partnership to evangelize inner cities continued to build momentum this summer even as organizers prepared to expand into a fourth city in 2006. A total of 811 missionaries from 69 churches, including 50 Missouri Baptist groups, hit the field in three locations … [Read more...]
Nominating Committee fills key slots
Nominating Committee fills key slots Influential group continues to chart MBC’s conservative direction By Allen PalmeriStaff Writer August 9, 2005 JEFFERSON CITY – The Nominating Committee of the Missouri Baptist Convention (MBC) voted unanimously July 28 at the Baptist Building to recommend nearly a full slate of nominees for convention agencies, boards and commissions that is packed with Southern Baptists committed to the theologically conservative direction of the MBC and the … [Read more...]
MBC win confirmed by Court of Appeals
Breaking News MBC win confirmed by Court of Appeals August 4, 2005 Kansas City – The Missouri Baptist Convention (MBC) won yet another ruling from the Missouri Court of Appeals on Aug. 2, when the court denied motions for rehearing or transfer filed by the five breakaway agencies. The Court had ruled in favor the Convention in an order dated May 30, and the five agencies then filed motions seeking rehearing by the court of appeals, or transfer of the case to the Missouri … [Read more...]
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