First Iberia pastor celebrates growth in church By Allen PalmeriStaff Writer March 10, 2005 IBERIA – Pastor Glen Golden of First Baptist Church, Iberia, is excited about all of the life change he’s noticing in his congregation this year. “We’re seeing an upswing,” he said, referring to a slight expansion of the group of 80-100 who normally worship at the church. “I would have to think that the desire to improve came as a result of our commitment to be an … [Read more...]
MBC invests in Minister’s Juggling Act
MBC invests in Minister’s Juggling Act By Allen PalmeriStaff Writer March 10, 2005 BRANSON – Investing in the lives of Missouri Baptist pastors and their wives is a top priority for Missouri Baptist Convention (MBC) Executive Director David Clippard. That is why the MBC plans to allocate $10,000 in Missouri Mission Offering (MMO) funds to be used to help pay for The Minister’s Juggling Act in 2006. Two of these conferences have taken place at Chateau on the Lake, a … [Read more...]
Therapeutic cloning
Therapeutic cloning An HLG professor makes the complicated procedure simple By Donald R. Colborn, Ph.D.Contributing Writer March 10, 2005 HANNIBAL – Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer (SCNT), or therapeutic cloning as it is commonly known, is a procedure utilized to produce cells that can be implanted in the patient with the goal of replacing cells damaged by injury or disease. While this procedure is relatively new in humans, the technique was first utilized in the 1960s in frogs. … [Read more...]
Partnership spirit grows with MBC, Romania
Partnership spirit grows with MBC, Romania By Allen PalmeriStaff Writer March 10, 2005 JEFFERSON CITY – Mac McCully, pastor, First Baptist Church, La Plata, is an example of the type of pastor that the Missouri Baptist Convention (MBC) is looking for as it continues to strengthen its ties with Romanian Baptists. McCully has signed a partnership agreement with Florin Vasiliu, pastor, First Baptist Church, Iasi. They first met last May, when McCully traveled to Romania for the first … [Read more...]
Homeward Christian soldiers
Homeward Christian soldiers Memorial shows love to trio back from Iraq By Allen PalmeriStaff Writer March 10, 2005 JEFFERSON CITY – Memorial Baptist Church, Jefferson City, is celebrating the return of three sergeants in the Army National Guard who recently came back from combat duty in Iraq. Mark Thompson, Mark Jones and Kelly Murray all came home within a two-week period in late January and early February to loud cheering in the Memorial sanctuary when Pastor Ken Lumley noticed them … [Read more...]
Two hearings set in MBC legal case with breakaway agencies
Two hearings set in MBC legal case with breakaway agencies March 11, 2005 JEFFERSON CITY -- Two major hearings in the Missouri Baptist Convention’s legal case against five breakaway agencies have been scheduled, the first on April 5 in Cole County Circuit Court in Jefferson City and the second on April 20 in the Western Division of the Missouri Court of Appeals in Kansas City. The first hearing, to address several procedural motions filed by both sides in the new messenger case, will … [Read more...]
FBC Arnold calls MBC’s Qualls as co-pastor, beloved Davidson to retire in June 2006
FBC Arnold calls MBC’s Qualls as co-pastor, beloved Davidson to retire in June 2006 By Don HinkleEditor March 10, 2005 ARNOLD - Several hundred souls among the 5,000-member First Baptist Church, Arnold, voted unanimously Feb. 27 to call Kenny Qualls, Missouri Baptist Convention (MBC) associate executive director, as co-pastor effective April 1. Qualls, 42, will assume senior pastor status upon the retirement of Gerald Davidson, 69, the beloved three-decade-long pastor of one of the … [Read more...]
Pro-life coalition meets with Blunt, discusses cloning
Pro-life coalition meets with Blunt, discusses cloning By Allen PalmeriStaff Writer March 10, 2005 JEFFERSON CITY – An ad hoc coalition of pro-life organizations – including the Missouri Baptist Convention (MBC) — seeking to pass Senate Bill 160, the bill to ban human cloning/embryonic stem cell research, took its case to the governor and the two top General Assembly leaders March 2. Their mission: To emphasize most Christian voters in Missouri hold to a Scriptural … [Read more...]
Focus on the Family VP to address MBC
Focus on the Family VP to address MBC H.B. London to speak at annual meeting By Staff March 10, 2005 JEFFERSON CITY – A key vice president with Colorado Springs-based Focus on the Family will address the Missouri Baptist Convention at its annual meeting Oct. 24-26 at Second Baptist Church, Springfield. H.B. London, Jr., a first cousin to Focus on the Family Founding President James Dobson serving as the organization’s vice president of Ministry Outreach/Pastoral Ministries, will … [Read more...]
Hollister church mourns loss of youth pastor
By Allen Palmeri Associate Editor HOLLISTER—New Beginnings Fellowship here is remembering its late youth pastor as a man who cared deeply about young people—especially for those who carried the label “down and out.” Nate Mitchem, 32, died Sept. 11 of a heart attack due to a congenital birth defect, according to the preliminary report of the medical examiner that was provided to the family and obtained by New Beginnings Pastor Dennis Webb. Taney County Coroner Kevin Tweedy told the … [Read more...]
Churches that give to the CBF, List of CBF leaders in Missouri
According to the February 2001 edition of Connect, the newsletter of the Missouri CBF, there are 38 churches that have the CBF in their budgets or allow members to give to the CBF through the church. Of those 38, 24 have members appearing on Bart Tichenor’s amicus brief. They include: First Baptist, Columbia; First Baptist, Independence; Calvary Baptist Church, Bourbon; First Baptist, Lee’s Summit; First Baptist, Montgomery City; First Baptist, Rolla; First Baptist, Windsor; Holmeswood … [Read more...]