BRIDGETON – In the first quarter of 2018, a dozen families have been reunified that would not have had the chance if not through the work of the Missouri Baptist Children’s Home. In addition to those reunifications, trustees at the April 24 board meeting here heard the MBCH’s Children and Family Ministries (CFM) facilitated six guardianships and 12 adoptions. Russell Martin, president of the MBCH begged for prayers that God would call 10-15 couples to serve as house parents at group … [Read more...]
Prez nominee, Ken Hemphill: ‘Cooperative giving a biblical approach to funding’
DALLAS (BP) – University administrator and former seminary president Ken Hemphill, one of two candidates to be nominated for Southern Baptist Convention president in June, responded to five questions from Baptist Press and Baptist state editors. A coalition of Southern Baptists announced the nomination Feb. 1 via a Baptist state paper. Hemphill was president of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary from 1994-2003 and national strategist from 2003-11 for the SBC's Empowering Kingdom … [Read more...]
MBCH pleads for house parents
BRIDGETON – In the first quarter of 2018, a dozen families have been reunified that would not have had the chance if not through the work of the Missouri Baptist Children’s Home. In addition to those reunifications, trustees at the April 24 board meeting here heard the MBCH’s Children and Family Ministries (CFM) facilitated six guardianships and 12 adoptions. Russell Martin, president of the MBCH begged for prayers that God would call 10-15 couples to serve as house parents at group … [Read more...]
350-plus baptized in ‘One GRAND Sunday’ in Illinois
STAUNTON, Ill. (BP) – Volunteers carried a livestock feeding trough April 8 into the high school gymnasium where NET Community Church meets each Sunday. The trough had a lofty purpose as 11 people were baptized during morning worship, each wearing T-shirts with the words “going public.” “Their life stories were all very different, but their life conversion was the same,” said Derrick Taylor, pastor of NET Community. “It was so exciting to witness each one ‘going public’ with their new … [Read more...]
Nebraska, Tennessee defund Planned Parenthood
NASHVILLE (BP) – Nebraska and Tennessee this month joined more than a dozen states that have cut funding for abortion providers like Planned Parenthood, a pro-life campaign that has seen mixed results. Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts approved a budget that prohibits Title X funding from going to abortion providers, directing $1.9 million toward centers that neither refer for nor perform abortions. Use of federal funds to perform abortions or to fund entities that perform abortions is … [Read more...]
Army chaplain fights charge of unlawful discrimination
WASHINGTON (BP) – Southern Baptist chaplain Jerry Scott Squires is fighting a U.S. Army investigator’s charge of unlawful discrimination for refusing to preside over a marriage retreat including same-sex couples. But Squires followed federal law and Army and Southern Baptist Convention chaplaincy protocol when he rescheduled a Feb. 9 Strong Bonds marriage retreat in order to involve a non-SBC chaplain, thereby accommodating the attendance of a lesbian couple, First Liberty Institute said … [Read more...]
‘I Can Only Imagine,’ starring a Missouri native, still strong in sixth week
LOS ANGELES (BP) – The MercyMe faith biopic “I Can Only Imagine” continues to draw strong audiences nearly six weeks after its debut, grossing $79.4 million. Featuring the story behind MercyMe’s crossover megahit of the same name – and starring J. Michael Findley, a Lebanon, Mo. native and the son of Heritage Baptist Church’s pastor of administration, Wayne Finley – I Can Only Imagine placed twelfth at the box office in its sixth weekend April 20-22, earning nearly $8 million and showing … [Read more...]
IMB presidential nominations accepted through May 15
RICHMOND, Va. – The International Mission Board’s Presidential Search Committee is accepting nominations for the agency’s next president. The committee, chaired by Chuck Pourciau, senior pastor of Broadmoor Baptist Church in Shreveport, Louisiana, released the following statement April 12, 2018: “The International Mission Board Presidential Search Committee has benefited greatly from your prayers and input during the early stage of this process. We continue to desire your help as we seek … [Read more...]
MBC nominating committee seeking profiles
JEFFERSON CITY – Volunteers are needed to fill vacancies on Missouri Baptist Convention (MBC) boards and committees, said nominating committee chairman, Ryan Kunce. Kunce, who serves as the senior pastor of First Baptist, Bethany, urged anyone who might be willing to serve to fill out the profile form on the MBC’s website, www.mobaptist.org (click on the “Administration” tab, then click on “Nominating Committee”). A printed copy of the form can also be obtained by calling Carla Stegeman … [Read more...]
‘Freedom From Religion’ group brags after ‘proselytizer’ barred from school
BOLIVAR – The Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) has successfully gotten a “proselytizer” barred from a Missouri school district. The Winconsin-based atheist group objected to an invitation from Bolivar High School to Bob Holmes, the “one man volleyball team,” to give a demonstration of his particular volleyball skills presentation and a motivational message to its student body Feb. 20. Members of Agape Baptist Church in nearby Stockton – an independent Baptist congregation – were … [Read more...]
National Day of Prayer set for May 3
WASHINGTON (BP) – Unity across the nation and among churches spanning all denominations, generations, races and cultures is the overarching plea of the 2018 National Day of Prayer, scheduled for May 3. Mobilizing people across the nation in public prayer events May 3 – capped by a nationally televised and livestreamed prayer service at 7:30 p.m. (Eastern Time) at the U.S. Capitol Building – is the day's goal, event president Ronnie Floyd said at nationaldayofprayer.org. There are dozens of … [Read more...]
MLK50 raises $1.5 million scholarship to help minority students in Memphis
MEMPHIS – More than $1.5 million dollars have been raised for the “MLK50 Dream Forward Scholarship Initiative” that will allow Christian colleges and seminaries to invest in the educational future of minority students. Two schools with Missouri Baptist ties – Hannibal-LaGrange University and Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary – are participating in the scholarship initiative. Through this scholarship initiative, a broad range of financial aid resources will be given to selected … [Read more...]
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