RICHLAND – Brownfield Baptist Church provides the food for fourteen backpacks that go home with students at their local school every weekend. Brownfield Baptist is a small church in rural Laclede County near Richland. They run about 25-30 on a good Sunday. But they decided five years ago to be a blessing to the kids in their school district. Stacy Herrill was talking to one of her clients at the nail salon where she works. The lady who attends the Christian church asked her to help … [Read more...]
What if you’re working with a toxic leader?
As a bright-eyed 19-year-old college student, I immediately found a church to get involved in within my new college town. However, when I applied for a position at this church, I had no idea there was a history of high turnover that had become a regular part of this inner-city church. I also didn’t know the church had a reputation for being a spiritually abusive church, primarily through the leader’s manipulative control tactics. What made the situation more difficult was the pastor was … [Read more...]
WMU Missions Celebration reflects on relentless endeavors to pursue God
JEFFERSON CITY – Listen to God. Missouri Baptists attending the recent Missouri WMU Missions Celebration and Annual Meeting received two days of encouraging messages to be relentless in reaching the lost for Christ. Sandy Wisdom-Martin, guest speaker and executive director-treasurer for National WMU in Birmingham, AL, emphasized the importance of listening to God for direction in our daily walk, putting aside negative self-talk and past failures that can hinder our pursuit of God’s plan … [Read more...]
For Christians left in Afghanistan, extreme secrecy only option
AFGHANISTAN (BP) – Christian minorities in Afghanistan are either fleeing the country or hunkering down to live in greater secrecy as the Taliban government there draws support from the global community, International Christian Concern (ICC) told Baptist Press. “There are Christians who say we can’t exist anymore in this country. We have to leave,” said William Stark, ICC regional manager for South Asia. “You have kind of this diaspora, if you will, of the Afghan church in a way. But … [Read more...]
Pull up a chair, help change a life
Missouri Baptist Children’s Home (MBCH) is engaged with tragic stories of families or children from hard places. There are children impacted by abuse or neglect, adults dealing with substance abuse issues or domestic abuse situations, struggling marriages and families on the verge of collapse. Often these children and families are found right in your community. Have you ever wondered what you can do to make a difference? Sometimes you see the people in your church who are hurting but … [Read more...]
Sight & Sounds’ JESUS always worth the watch – both online, in person
BRANSON – As the nation hunkered down amid the COVID-19 pandemic last Easter, the Trinity Broadcast Network (TBN) aired Sight & Sound Theater’s show, JESUS, for free. My family couldn’t help but take advantage of this opportunity, and we loved the show. So, this fall, my wife and I drove to Branson to watch JESUS in person. Whether online or in person, watching JESUS is wonderful and worthwhile. Though the two-hour show doesn’t follow the Gospel accounts verbatim, it is faithful to the … [Read more...]
Twin Rivers Baptist Association makes plans for Montana church partnerships
HELENA, Mont. – Under a broad vista of Montana sky with mountains for a backdrop live people with a spirit of self-reliance, self-determination, and individualism. Missouri Baptists who recently visited the state to explore missions partnerships heard those comments repeatedly. They also heard that Montanans suffer the same hurts, heartaches, and addictions as people everywhere – and have the same need for Christ. Pastors there look to Missouri Baptists for reciprocal missions activities. … [Read more...]
EC approves Guidepost contract, agrees to waive privilege in 44-31 vote
EDITOR’S NOTE: This article includes additional reporting from Pathway associate editor Benjamin Hawkins. The article was updated on Oct. 11th. NASHVILLE (BP) – Members of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) Executive Committee (EC) voted, Oct. 5, for the waiving of attorney client privilege within the scope of an independent third-party investigation of the EC concerning the handling of sexual abuse claims. The Sexual Abuse Task Force, assembled by SBC President Ed Litton, was mandated … [Read more...]
Churches merge in ‘ministry adoption’
HAWK POINT – A declining congregation of less than a dozen members in a small, rural community in eastern Missouri faced a terrible option a year ago – should it close the church? That church, Hawk Point Baptist (HPBC), answered with a bold step of faith to continue its 150-year-old evangelistic mission in a new way. The Hawk Point community has less than 700 souls. It’s barely one-third of a square mile in area. There are two gas stations, a bank branch, and a handful of small … [Read more...]
Historical Commission releases profile about SBU’s beginnings
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the second article in a series of historical profiles written by members of the Missouri Baptist Convention’s Historical Commission. The profiles will feature the histories of Missouri Baptist educational institutions. The author of this article is Robbie Smith. BOLIVAR – The history of Southwest Baptist University began with two circuit riding preachers visiting churches, homes and farms. Bro. Abner Smith Ingman and Bro. James Rogers Maupin were the two southwest … [Read more...]
Amid uncertainty, veteran finds hope in God’s Word
SPRINGFIELD – Life is anything but certain, especially amid conflict. But, for one Missouri Baptist church member and Marine Corps veteran, the truth of God’s Word provides certainty during tumultuous days. Tim Garrison, member of Second Baptist Church in Springfield, has already experienced tremendous and unique changes in his life. As a federal prosecutor and major in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve (USMCR), in 2013 Garrison was recruited to be a Marine Corps judge advocate to help train … [Read more...]
Mo. Baptists to celebrate CP throughout October
JEFFERSON CITY – When you give to your church, you provide foster homes for children, rescue women from human trafficking, support survivors of disasters, start new churches, advance Christian education, offer compassionate care to the elderly, keep roughly 9,000 full-time missionaries on the field, train the next generation of Southern Baptist leaders … and that’s just for starters. Through the Cooperative Program, your tithes and offering extend beyond the reach of your local church. … [Read more...]
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