SEDALIA – First Baptist Church here is hosting a conference on biblical manhood, April 26-28. "One of the great tragedies of our day is the weakening of manhood," Jeremiah Greever, pastor of First Baptist, Sedalia, said. "Biblical manhood is an essential component of God’s design for thriving in the family, church, and community. To help encourage and equip men in their calling, First Baptist Church of Sedalia will be hosting Dr. Owen Strachan on April 26-28 for the conference, 'What is … [Read more...]
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Missionary joins God in pursuit of neglected peoples in Uganda
by Kristen Sosebee Sonya Herron stood beneath a small tent among a group of lepers, and others from the village, and shared the gospel with boldness. She called people to walk in the light as Jesus is the Light and challenged them to be fully committed to Christ. Afterward, an older man, missing one leg, came forward on crutches. He declared his allegiance to Christ in front of the entire group and put his faith in Jesus. The man, who suffers from leprosy, is one of almost 50 lepers in the … [Read more...]
Missouri Baptist apologists release ‘Honest Prayers for Mama Bears’
ST. LOUIS – Busy moms need prayer, but they also need to pray. A new book, released, April 2, and called Honest Prayers for Mama Bears will help moms and others do that. Honest Prayers was written by Hillary Morgan Ferrer, founder and president of Mama Bear Apologetics, and Julie Loos, member of Fellowship of Wildwood and member of the MBC Apologetics Network. “When we started this book,” Loos said, “we wanted to capture what was on a mom’s heart. I’m passionate about prayer and we wanted … [Read more...]
‘Engage’ conference to be held in Hamilton, April 30
HAMILTON – The Heartland Baptist Association is hosting the “Engage Christian Worldview Conference,” April 30, in Hamilton, Mo. The “Engage” conference is co-sponsored also by the Missouri Baptist Convention’s (MBC) Christian Life Commission. Keynote speakers include MBC President Chris Williams, pastor of Fellowship Church, Greenwood, and MBC legislative liaison Timothy Faber, Director of Missions with the Lake of the Ozarks Baptist Association. Pastor Dave Nixdorf of River of Life … [Read more...]
The testimony of angels
This is another in a series of excerpts from "What Every Christian Should Know About the Return of Jesus," released by High Street Press and available at Amazon.com in print, Kindle and audio book formats. Angels proclaim the return of Jesus in at least two New Testament passages. In the first, “two men in white clothes” tell the apostles Christ’s return is to be a mirror image of his ascension, which they have just witnessed. In the second, an angel flies overhead, announcing to the … [Read more...]
‘Vacancy’ sign shines bright at Baptist Homes
Several years ago, I was riding through a summer snowstorm on motorcycle in the Rocky Mountains. I was completely unprepared for the weather and progress was much slower than anticipated. As I approached Breckenridge, Colorado, I could only think of a hot bath and a night’s rest. When I entered town, I passed a motel with a “No Vacancy” sign lit up. I was devastated but kept riding. The unforeseen snowstorm seemed to have everyone searching for a room. Imagine my relief when I finally saw … [Read more...]
‘The Lord put these girls on my heart’: Faber helps young mothers, babies at Pregnancy Help Center
CAMDENTON – A young woman faced with an unplanned pregnancy has questions, needs, and struggles with the next turn. The Pregnancy Help Center (PHC) of Camdenton, and now Versailles, offers solutions. “The Lord put these girls on my heart,” Teresa Faber, director of PHC, said. “My husband pastored for 25 years, and we took young girls who were struggling with unplanned pregnancies and helped them.” Now, Faber’s husband, Timothy, is the Missouri Baptist Convention’s legislative liaison and … [Read more...]
Donald S. Whitney joins Midwestern Seminary faculty, elected to endowed chair
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (MBTS) — Midwestern Seminary celebrated the election of Donald S. Whitney to full-time faculty during the institution’s spring trustee meeting on April 9. Whitney will fill the John H. Powell Endowed Chair of Pastoral Ministry, serving as professor of biblical spirituality and director of the forthcoming Center for Biblical Spirituality at Midwestern Seminary. President Jason Allen shared, “Dr. Whitney is a man of prayer and sound doctrine who loves the local church … [Read more...]
New well at First Baptist Church, Elsey, answers prayers, displays God’s faithfulness
CRANE – The baptism of a 70-year old man and his sister in the church where they both had grown up was going to be a celebration of God’s faithfulness. Pastor Elmer McCully at First Baptist Church, Elsey was troubled though when he saw dirty, muddy water coming out of the faucet as they filled the baptistry. Checking around it became obvious that the church’s rural water well had run dry. People began investigating the problem and it became obvious the well was not recoverable and a new … [Read more...]
Missouri Baptist minister, Matt Goodsell, named Capitol Ministry’s Global Director for North America
JEFFERSON CITY (Capitol Ministries) – With a mission to launch ministries in all 50 U.S. states and an already noteworthy record of new ministry plants through successful recruiting, Pastor Matt Goodsell has been named North America global director for Capitol Ministries (CapMin). In this role, Pastor Matt is charged with expanding the ministry by recruiting men to launch new Bible-study based discipleship ministries to political leaders throughout the United States and Canada. “Matt … [Read more...]
Christian robotics club shares Christ’s love with Scottish students
O’FALLON – Students at First Baptist Christian Academy (FBCA) in O’Fallon recently chatted by video conference with Scottish students over their shared interests in robotics. The FBCA club also shared gospel testimonies with the public school students, explaining how Christ impacts their lives. The robotics club at FBCA—a ministry of First Baptist Church O’Fallon (FBCO)—recently acquired new Lego EV3 robots. They donated their seven used robots to Milestone Church in Girvan, Scotland, … [Read more...]
From France to Mizzou: Church planter brings missionary mindset to campus ministry
EDITOR'S NOTE: This article was corrected at 2:45 p.m., April 10, to read that The Bridge Collegiate Ministry at the University of Missouri was started by Missouri Baptist campus missionary Scott Westfall. COLUMBIA – For a mission field as ripe as a college campus, it makes sense to send a missionary. That’s exactly why former missionary and current Missouri Baptist church-planter Colby Corsaut aims to reach college students in Columbia. Corsaut comes to mid-Missouri by way of 10 years … [Read more...]
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