Four Missourians to receive Midwestern Alumni Awards By James Streicher May 31, 2005 KANSAS CITY – Four Christian leaders from Missouri will be presented alumni and honorary alumni awards from Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary during the seminary’s alumni luncheon June 22, announced seminary President R. Philip Roberts. Two Missouri pastors will receive this year’s Alumni of the Year award: R. Gary Taylor, a 1967 graduate of Midwestern and senior pastor of the First … [Read more...]
Roy Blunt speaks at SBU graduation, honored at Hall of Distinction ceremony
Roy Blunt speaks at SBU graduation, honored at Hall of Distinction ceremony By Tamera Heitz-PeekSBU Director of Public Relations May 31, 2005 BOLIVAR — Four thousand guests crowded onto the Merrill Burnidge Memorial Forum May 21 eagerly watching as their graduates crossed the center stage to shake President C. Pat Taylor’s hand and to receive their diplomas. The blue skies and slight breeze made the spring commencement ceremony at Southwest Baptist University (SBU) a … [Read more...]
Two dozen with Missouri ties graduate from Midwestern
Two dozen with Missouri ties graduate from Midwestern May 31, 2005 KANSAS CITY – Among those graduating from Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary May 21 were 25 students with Missouri ties. They included: Ken Chapman, a doctor of ministry degree. Chapman is senior pastor, South Liberty Baptist Church, Liberty. Jeff Funderburk, received a doctor of ministry degree. Funderburk currently serves as pastor, First Baptist Church, Garden City. Jeffery L. Paul, a doctor of ministry … [Read more...]
Nigerian Baptist leader reminds MBTS grads to ‘contend for the faith’
Nigerian Baptist leader reminds MBTS grads to ‘contend for the faith’ By Cory Miller May 31, 2005 LIBERTY – Nigerian Baptist Convention General Secretary Dr. Solomon Ademola Ishola exhorted graduates to “contend for the faith” during the 45th commencement exercises of Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary held at Pleasant Valley Baptist Church May 21. Ninety students graduated during the ceremony – two were awarded degrees posthumously, James Harshaw, … [Read more...]
‘Jessica’s law’ passed by General Assembly
‘Jessica’s law’ passed by General Assembly Bill to crack down on drunken drivers poised to become law By Allen PalmeriStaff Writer My 31, 2005 JEFFERSON CITY – Drunk drivers who kill are about to face stiffer penalties in Missouri under the terms of two companion pieces of legislation that were passed by the Missouri General Assembly and sent to Gov. Matt Blunt for his signature this summer. Senate Bill 37, sponsored by Sen. Gary Nodler, R-Joplin, and House Bill 972, … [Read more...]
Georgia Supreme Court rules against renegade college trustees
Georgia Supreme Court rules against renegade college trustees MBC attorney offers reaction as Georgia Convention prevails By Staff May 31, 2005 ATLANTA (BP)—The Georgia Supreme Court, in a 4-3 decision May 23, upheld a Georgia Court of Appeals ruling that Shorter College’s actions to sever ties with the Georgia Baptist Convention be set aside as outside the bounds of state corporate law. A DeKalb County Superior Court judge, in April 2003, had allowed Shorter to dissolve and … [Read more...]
Sharing the love of God in a time of tragedy
Sharing the love of God in a time of tragedy By Barbara ShounContributing Writer May 31, 2005 FLORISSANT - Todd, Judith, Ron and Tonya Bracy at Lt. Col. Bracy's retirement from the Air Force on June 8, 2002. ST. LOUIS — St. Louis Metro Baptist Association ministered to one of its own pastors and, in so doing, was able to spread the Gospel all the way to Europe. When Ron and Judith Bracy’s son, Capt. Todd Bracy, was killed in a military plane crash in the mountains of … [Read more...]
Slipping ‘the surly bonds of earth… put out my hand and touch the face of God’
Slipping ‘the surly bonds of earth ... put out my hand and touch the face of God’ A Missouri Baptist family mourns the loss of a son By Barbara ShounContributing Writer May 31, 2005 MAXWELL AFB, Ala. - The late Capt. Todd Bracy holds daughter, Tate, while with him is eife, Tina, and daughter, Tess. This photo was taken while Bracy attended Squadron Officers' School, Maxwell Air Force Base Ala., in the summer of 2004. “Time stopped for me at 12:24 a.m., April … [Read more...]
MBTS step closer to bachelor degree program
MBTS step closer to bachelor degree program By Staff May 31, 2005 KANSAS CITY – Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and College, SBC, is one step closer to earning accreditation for a proposed Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) degree program. A site evaluation team from the seminary’s accrediting association – the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools (HLC-NCA) – visited the Kansas City campus on May 2-3, 2005. In an exit … [Read more...]
MBC focused on church planting
MBC focused on church planting By Allen PalmeriStaff Writer May 31, 2005 O’FALLON – Church planting ideas that run contrary to Western culture were front and center May 23-24 during the Acts 1:8 Global Missions Connection 2005 conference at First Baptist Church, O’Fallon. Speakers Jim Slack and Bob Roberts took turns hammering away at American ideas about how to do church that typically do not pass the tests of Scripture. At one point, Roberts suggested that one needed … [Read more...]
Missouri Appeals Court rules for MBC
Breaking News Missouri Appeals Court rules for MBC By: Staff June 1, 2005 KANSAS CITY – A Missouri appeals court on May 31 issued a unanimous 3-0 decision in favor of the Missouri Baptist Convention, reversing a trial judge’s dismissal, and rejecting major legal arguments by five breakaway entities. Cole County Circuit Judge Thomas J. Brown, III had dismissed the case in March 2004, finding that the MBC and the Executive Board lacked standing to sue. The three-judge … [Read more...]
The church will triumph, activist judges or not
Thoughts & Adventures The Church will triumph, activist judges or not May 17, 2005 While America’s struggle between those who hold to a Christian worldview and those who do not intensifies (manifested in the current so-called “culture war”), I am reminded of the Israelites in the book of Judges. Like our Founding Fathers who were brought to these shores by a loving, providential God, so it was that the same God brought the Israelites to the land of Canaan. America is … [Read more...]
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