BARTLESVILLE, Okla. – Danger and risk for a family member sharing the gospel would be troubling, but that is what is happening to the persecuted church. “These are our brothers and sisters in Christ,” Trent Young, DOM for Gasconade Valley Baptist Association, said. “They are our family, and they are risking their lives every day sharing the gospel of Jesus with others in their community.” Young and his wife, Dana, organized a group from the Gasconade Valley Baptist Association to … [Read more...]
Mo. Attorney General urges HLGU students to fight for life, freedom
HANNIBAL – Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey has a history of fighting for life and freedom, and he encouraged students at Hannibal-LaGrange University (HLGU) to do the same during HLGU's Free Society Speaker Series here, March 1. The Missouri Attorney General told visiting high school and Hannibal-LaGrange students, March 1, of liberating a village overrun by insurgents in one of his two tours of duty in Iran, of adopting three foster children, and about defending the constitution … [Read more...]
New mothers among refugees find support from MBC church members
Fellowship of Wildwood builds partnership with Oasis International ST. LOUIS – A new mom has many questions about her pregnancy, but that is intensified when she is forced to give up her country, extended family and familiar surroundings. Fellowship of Wildwood (FOW) – a Missouri Baptist church here – and Oasis International have partnered to make that transition a little less lonely for some new moms. “Our refugees come here, and the new moms need everything, especially if it is their … [Read more...]
Executive Board sets $15 million CP budget
JEFFERSON CITY – During their meeting here, March 4-5, the Missouri Baptist Convention’s (MBC) executive board recommended 2025 goals for the Cooperative Program (CP) and other statewide offerings. The board set the 2025 CP goal at $15 million, while setting statewide offering goals as follows: $800,000 for the Missouri Missions Offering (MMO); $4 million for the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering; $2.2 million for the Annie Armstrong Easter Offering; and $150,000 for the World Hunger … [Read more...]
Missouri WMU’s 2024 missions celebration set to take place at FBC Warrensburg, April 5-6
JEFFERSON CITY – The focus of Woman’s Missionary Union (WMU) as stated on their website, www.wmu.com, is “making disciples of Jesus who live on mission. Our desire is to see all ages energized and motivated and equipped for missions. We carry out this mission by: “providing missions discipleship resources for churches and individuals, “offering opportunities to engage with compassion ministries, and “equipping people through leadership development experiences.” Attendees … [Read more...]
Missouri lay pastor uses ‘borrowed time’ to help start rural church
CHULA (BP) – John Parks’ niece has a name for him – cat of nine lives. To look back at his last decade, one would have to agree. About 12 years ago, Parks had a heart attack, then a cancer diagnosis. In 2020, he was in the hospital for months with COVID-19. Not long after his recovery, doctors told him the cancer had returned. This time it was malignant. The prognosis wasn’t good. Half of those with a similar diagnosis die within a year. Usually, the other half die within the following … [Read more...]
Ozark Baptist Homes campus has become a mission field for maintenance director, pastor
OZARK – Often, the most desperate places on earth are thought of as places for missionaries and ministries to see people saved. But a retirement home for Missouri Baptists can also be a mission field. The Baptist Home in Ozark is the ministry area of campus maintenance director Joe Sisneros. Besides his full time duties keeping the home’s physical plant operating well, he also assists campus pastor Ron Adrian with chapel services and is a seminary student, church planter and … [Read more...]
Hedger to step aside as MBC multiplying churches director, begin ministry with Ridgecrest, Springfield
SPRINGFIELD – Rick Hedger, longtime director of the Multiplying Churches group of the Missouri Baptist Convention (MBC), is following the Lord’s call to a new church-planting ministry through Ridgecrest Baptist Church in Springfield. Hedger and his wife, Sandee, begin their new assignment March 10, starting multiple churches in the greater Springfield area over the next five years, as well as involving Ridgecrest members in global mission opportunities. Hedger’s final days with the MBC are … [Read more...]
First Baptist O’Fallon offers missions training, trips
O’FALLON – Following the completion of a building partly designed for the purpose of housing mission teams, First Baptist O’Fallon (FBCO) now offers lodging and training for weeklong or weekend mission trips. For years FBCO has sent mission teams out across the US and the world. Now, it’s ready to expand its efforts in proclaiming the gospel by accepting groups looking for low-cost missions opportunities, according to Brandon Kiesling, First Baptist’s associate pastor of gospel … [Read more...]
Greene County churches equip new leaders with ‘Timothy Sunday’
SPRINGFIELD – Just like Paul raised up and trained early church leaders behind him, churches in the Springfield area intentionally poured into new preachers for what they’re calling “Timothy Sunday.” The idea began three years at Springhill Baptist Church here, and spread to churches in Greene County Baptist Association, with Feb. 4 being a Sunday to intentionally challenge and equip those who are new to ministry – from door greeters and ushers to Sunday School leaders and nursery workers, … [Read more...]
Historic rural church building, empty for five years, houses new Missouri congregation
CHULA, Mo. (BP) – Amanda Hicks knew there were bees inside the building that once housed Chula Baptist Church. Everyone in the small Missouri town knew that. The old church had been sitting empty for nearly five years, the last of four churches that once served the small community of Chula, Missouri. While it sat empty, bees had made a home inside it, but everyone thought the bees were hiding in the walls. However, last July, as Hicks, her husband, and a friend ventured into the old … [Read more...]
Missouri Baptists generously give to state missions
JEFFERSON CITY – For the second straight year, Missouri Baptists gave more than $900,000 to state missions through the Rheubin L. South Missouri Missions Offering (MMO), continuing a decade-long trend of rising financial support to statewide projects ranging from foster care to prison ministry. MMO receipts in 2023, which are disbursed in 2024, totaled $926,010, far outpacing the goal of $750,000. Further, 2023 marked the 11th straight year of MMO receipts above $700,000. The number of … [Read more...]
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