HANNIBAL – Hannibal-LaGrange University (HLGU) received a $100,000 challenge gift from an anonymous donor as HLGU was preparing for its Day of Giving Efforts. The Day of Giving will run for the 24-hour period between noon on April 20 and noon on April 21, 2023. HLGU has set a goal of 250 new gifts to the University in this 24-hour timeframe. Gifts received as a part of the Day of Giving may be designated toward HLGU student scholarships, Friends of the Arts (HLGU’s fine arts giving club), … [Read more...]
Member of Calvary Baptist, Hannibal, outlives hospice
LEWISTOWN – David Parrish’s health journey took him to eternity’s door, where he learned his time had “not yet” come. Since May 2022, health has been the proverbial roller coaster for him and Charlotte, his wife of almost 56 years, both age 76. They had COVID-19. He had six hospitalizations and four surgeries. And he was on hospice care. “In May 2022 we went to a family wedding in Oklahoma. The Thursday after we got home, we found we were both COVID positive, and had to call everyone. He … [Read more...]
MBC executive board sets 2024 CP, missions offering goals
EDITOR'S NOTE: Read more news from the latest Missouri Baptist Convention executive board meeting here: "Yeats asks MBC executive board to begin search for new executive director." JEFFERSON CITY – During their meeting here, March 6-7, the Missouri Baptist Convention’s (MBC) executive board recommended 2024 goals for the Cooperative Program and other statewide offerings. The board set the 2024 CP goal at $15 million, while setting statewide offering goals as follows: $760,000 for the … [Read more...]
‘God is on the move’: Two years in, HLGU prison program sees lives transformed
JEFFERSON CITY – Since July 2020, Hannibal-LaGrange University’s Freedom on the Inside has taught and ministered to incarcerated men in the Jefferson City Correctional Center, offering college credit classes to help inmates develop a biblical worldview and represent Christ. God is using Freedom on the Inside’s unique approach to change inmates’ lives. Freedom on the Inside is much more than a self-help program. “The goal is to reduce recidivism with the life-changing power of the gospel,” … [Read more...]
Kirksville church draws 177 children, parents to Hot Wheels race
KIRKSVILLE – As an event to connect the community with their church, the Rehoboth Baptist Church here holds an annual Hot Wheels race. This year was the largest attendance of the 20 years they have been doing this. There were 177 entries which included the children, some teenagers and a few adults. They had different race categories and there were trophies awarded. In addition to the races the church had carnival type games and an inflatable bounce house in their gymnasium. There was … [Read more...]
RA Congress to celebrate missions in Sedalia, April 21
by Travis Webb SEDALIA – Boys from all over the state will gather at the State Fairgrounds for a celebration of missions on Friday night, April 21. RA Congress is an annual event for boys in grades 1-6 and the leaders who bring them. The event is named for Royal Ambassadors (RAs) which was founded by the Women’s Missionary Union in 1908 as an organization to involve boys in missions from an early age. Even though this is an RA event that will fit well into a church’s RA program, all … [Read more...]
‘Whoever the Son sets free is free indeed’: Missouri Baptist evangelist discovers strength to forgive mother’s murderer
BRANSON – To say that chaplain and evangelist John Ray McBride has had a tough life would be an understatement. To say he’s recovered well through God’s grace would be also. At five years old McBride saw his mother murdered in California. “From five I was thrown about to different aunts and uncles,” McBride says, “and eventually to a stepmother that raised me until I was 16. At 16 years old my stepmother kicked me out. I was sitting on the curb with a bag of clothes.” “So, I got a job … [Read more...]
Resound Network offers summer internship, cohort
JEFFERSON CITY – The Missouri Baptist Convention’s (MBC) Resound Network this summer is offering internship and cohort opportunities in church revitalization and replanting. Summer internship “As the number of churches in decline increases, the need for equipped revitalization leaders does as well,” Brandon Moore, MBC revitalization specialist, told The Pathway. “Through the summer internship, Missouri Baptists will enjoy the benefits of a pipeline of future leaders being captivated by … [Read more...]
Yeats asks MBC executive board to begin search for new executive director
JEFFERSON CITY – After 12 years of service, Missouri Baptist Convention (MBC) Executive Director John Yeats asked the MBC executive board, March 6, to form a transition team to search for his successor. “In the context of the goodness of the Lord and His blessing on us, I am announcing tonight a recommendation that we begin a time of leadership transition,” Yeats told executive board members, after describing how God continues to move through Missouri Baptists. “I am in my 12th year, … [Read more...]
Registration deadline draws near for 100th Missouri WMU celebration
JEFFERSON CITY (MWMU) – The next 100 years of the Missouri Woman’s Missionary Union (MWMU) will begin at First Baptist Church, Poplar Bluff, on April 14-15. “Hope in Christ” will be the theme as people from across Missouri celebrate the past, present, and future of Missouri missions. Registration is open online at www.mobaptist.org/wmu/mwmu/. Early-bird registration is $35 (by March 15th). After that date registration will be $45. A one-day registration is $25. The cost for the student … [Read more...]
MBC’s annual Resound Summit trains Missouri Baptists to revitalize churches
JEFFERSON CITY – The Baptist Building was the site of a statewide summit of those interested in church revitalization, Feb. 9. Pastors, church revitalizers and planters gathered along with directors of missions to hear about the Resound Network and how they can work together to bring new life to churches that are struggling. Mark Hallock, the leader of the Calvary Family of Churches, Englewood, Colorado was the keynote speaker. He was part of a group of pastors, convention leaders and … [Read more...]
Crossway Baptist, Springfield, gives $25,000 to both SBU, MBTS
SPRINGFIELD – Crossway Baptist Church here has donated $25,000 both to Southwest Baptist University (SBU) in Bolivar and Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary (MBTS) in Kansas City. Bumpers, Vance present gift at SBU chapel service Eddie Bumpers, senior pastor at Crossway Baptist Church, presented the $25,000 donation to SBU President Richard J. Melson during chapel, Feb. 13. “The world changers that are here in this room are important for the next generation and are being trained … [Read more...]
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