JEFFERSON CITY – What happens when you give to your local Missouri Baptist church? What do your tithes and offerings actually do? Your church voluntarily invests a portion of those gifts in the Cooperative Program, which in turn supports collegiate ministries on 26 campuses, helps senior citizens, starts new churches, advances Christian education, provides disaster relief, rescues young people from human trafficking, keeps nearly 9,000 full-time missionaries in the field and much … [Read more...]
Center Grove food ministry grows amid pandemic
MOODY – For 30-plus years, Larry and Debbie Hopkins have ministered to the small community through Center Grove Baptist Church. The ministry now includes a food distribution program started in the pandemic and growing since then. “I don’t know how many pounds of food we’ve given out,” Hopkins, the pastor said. Suffice it to say it has been a lot of food. So much so, Hopkins and deacon Jason Cullum built a structure to house the food for the program that began in August, and since December … [Read more...]
Ninety volunteers trained, re-certified at DR event
HANNIBAL – Two new segments of Disaster Relief training were introduced March 5-6 at Calvary Baptist Church. State Disaster Relief Director Gaylon Moss said the current assessment part of the ministry is being worked into a stand-alone ministry. This means that trained assessors could be first in to a disaster area without having to attach to a crew. Moss also introduced Richard Nations, the Thousands Hills Director of Missions and Pathway writer who will serve as public information … [Read more...]
BSU ministry connects students with local churches
SPRINGFIELD – It’s a simple idea, but a revolutionary one in the world of college ministry: group church visits. Starting this semester, MBCollegiate Apprentice Levi Springfield and his girlfriend, Kaelyn Denham are taking their group of Missouri State University college students on monthly church visits to help them find and plug in to a local church. Springfield has seen a trend in BSU ministries that he says has “been here since the age creation of the BSU”: students often find their … [Read more...]
Missouri Acteen named to national WMU panel
LEWISTOWN – National WMU has selected three outstanding young women to this year’s National Acteens Panel, including one Missourian: namely, Kayla Moore of First Baptist Church of Lewistown. As a member of Acteens for the past six years, Moore, a high school senior, has helped lead her Acteens group, Vacation Bible School, Girls in Action retreats, coed events, her youth group and during mission trips. In summer of 2019, Moore went on a mission trip to Uganda with her Acteens leader … [Read more...]
Baptist churches encouraged to recognize Missouri Disaster Relief volunteers, May 16
JEFFERSON CITY – Churches are being encouraged to have a time of recognition of Disaster Relief volunteers in their worship services May 16. Gaylon Moss, MBC Disaster Relief (DR) director, said he hopes churches will set aside time to show appreciation for those in their churches who are trained and have responded to disasters. Volunteers could wear their DR gold and blue shirts and hats in the services. Churches could show a video of John Yeats, MBC executive director thanking them for … [Read more...]
‘Second Saturday Serve’ supplies strategy for multigenerational ministry in association
SLATER – After a long Saturday of scraping, prepping and painting the exterior of a woman’s home, the volunteers experienced a rush of joy and peace as they prayed for the woman’s upcoming surgery. “It was a reciprocal joy that shone from the lady’s face and bounced to the faces of the volunteers and back again to the faces of the lady’s family,” said Paul List, pastor at First Baptist Church Slater and founder of the Missouri Valley Baptist Association’s Second Saturday Serve ministry. … [Read more...]
Missouri Baptist leaders train Montana pastors, wives at spring retreat
HELENA, Mont. – MPact is an annual event in the springtime where Montana Southern Baptist pastors and wives gather for inspiration and training. This year Missouri Baptist Convention (MBC) leaders from the convention offices as well as from Crossway Baptist Church in Springfield went up to Montana to help lead the event. Missouri Baptists have recently established a new 7-year missions partnership with Montana Baptists and convention leaders were invited to provide music and leadership … [Read more...]
RA Congress to gather in Sedalia, April 23-24
SEDALIA – The RA Congress is back! After being cancelled last year due to the pandemic, plans are moving forward for an exciting two-day event created especially for boys and their leaders in the church. RA Congress will be held April 23-24 on the Missouri State Fairgrounds in Sedalia. Regardless if a church has the Royal Ambassadors (RAs) program, all churches are encouraged to bring a group of boys, along with their leaders. Online registration will be accepted now through April 8 at … [Read more...]
MBC executive board authorizes construction at Springfield BSU
Board sets CP goal, responds to MBC messengers’ motions JEFFERSON CITY – During their March 8-9 meeting here, Missouri Baptist Convention (MBC) executive board members set the 2021 Cooperative Program and offering goals, approved the progression of a Baptist Student Union building project in Springfield, and responded to two motions presented by messengers at the MBC annual meeting last October. 2021 CP, missions offering goals The executive board once again set the state’s Cooperative … [Read more...]
Lightning strike ignites gas line fire at Cornerstone Baptist in French Village
FRENCH VILLAGE – An early morning fire at Cornerstone Baptist Church in French Village appears to have destroyed their church building on March 12. Bivocational pastor Doug Asbury was on his way to work as a carpenter. He received a phone call from one of his church members that the building of the church where he also serves as pastor was on fire. That was at about 6 a.m. He received other calls that the fire was serious, and he turned around and drove to the church in the town of … [Read more...]
FBC Viburnum strives to love their neighbors
VIBURNUM – Caring for the community prompted the growing ministry, “Love Thy Neighbor,” started by First Baptist Church of Viburnum. “We wanted to establish a large-scale construction-based ministry for our community,” Justin Perry, pastor, said. “Although we are a small, rural congregation averaging about 80 on Sunday, we’ve raised more than $100,000 since we began in 2015,” he continued. “We’ve partnered with other churches in the community. We’ve crossed to denominations with like … [Read more...]
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