Kansas City Royals General Manager Dayton Moore has been featured in The Pathway several times highlighting his faith in Christ. Now Moore is taking the fight to pornography by offering classes to the team’s players, coaches and staff, warning them of porn’s destructive nature. The Royals recently took timeout from their spring training schedule in Surprise, Ariz., to attend a seminar led by Fight the New Drug, a non-profit organization that warns about pornography’s harmful … [Read more...]
Church on the brink of death finds new life
ST. LOUIS – A body on the brink of death is possibly healed with a transplant and Jim Breeden, Director of Missions (DOM) of St. Louis Metro Baptist Association, used this analogy to explain the church replanting of Bayless Baptist Church, 8512 Morganford Rd, St Louis. “A church looking to replant has to acknowledge that they can not go forward,” he said, “without doing something different. They must do things totally different spiritually or in method.” Breeden explained that the St. … [Read more...]
Can a church be reborn?
ARNOLD – Is it possible for a church to be born again? According to Pastor Stuart Dace, this is exactly what happened to Starling Road Baptist Church in Arnold. After a four-year process of struggle, prayer, and hard work, the church replanted with a fresh vision for sharing the Gospel and reaching its community. Starling Road Baptist Church has seen many ebbs and flows over its 50-year history. At times the church was full of life and vitality, with many families filling the pews. Other … [Read more...]
Crossroads association hosts D-NOW
HALLSVILLE - In two previous years, The Crossroads Baptist Association has seen many youth from local churches attend D-Now. However, perhaps more so than before, the youth represent a wider area of the state. Jason Kramer, Associate/Youth Pastor of Carpenter Street Baptist in Moberly and D-Now coordinator said over 200 students and another 65-70 adults participated in the Feb 17-18 event at Hallsville Baptist. “D-Now (Discipleship Now) is a weekend of intensive preaching, worship, and … [Read more...]
Southern Baptist cowboy church rounds up the unreached in rural Missouri
CARTHAGE – Missouri Baptist church planter Steve Stafford has a rule for his congregation: Never steal members from other churches. “We call that cattle rustling,” Stafford, the founding pastor of Risen Ranch Cowboy Church here said. In Jesus’ parable, a shepherd left his 99 sheep to seek one stray. It’s an image that cowboys, experienced in seeking stray cattle, might appreciate. And Stafford, like other cowboy church planters around the state, is working to round up the unreached people … [Read more...]
GCC breakouts highlight hope, faith in action
ST. CHARLES – In addition to the main speakers at the Great Commission Conference Feb. 22-24, attendees heard from a wide variety of breakout session leaders further breaking down the event’s theme of being ambassadors of hope for transformation. Bill Victor, regional collegiate ministry coordinator for the Missouri Baptist Convention, led a session on the intersection of faith and politics, a topic not often considered a way for Christians to bring about hope and transformation. While … [Read more...]
Love grows First Baptist Oakville
OAKVILLE – Caring for people is growing First Baptist Church of Oakville. “We had an incredible year,” John Hessel, pastor, said. “Twenty-nine people joined our church and nineteen of those were by baptism.” “God is gracious,” Hessel continued. “We’ve been more intentional about reaching out to people and relating to them. Our worship leader, John Gorse Jr. says every Sunday, ‘We’re the friendliest church in town,’ as a reminder for us to reach out to each other.” One of the early … [Read more...]
Mo. Baptist conference highlights hope, reconciliation
HARVESTER – Hundreds of Missouri Baptists from various generations gathered together during the Missouri Baptist Convention’s (MBC) Great Commission Conference (GCC), Feb. 22-24, to learn how they could be ambassadors of hope and gospel transformation throughout the state. More than 450 attendees came to the conference, including more than 250 Missouri Baptist campus missionaries and next-generation leaders, according to Matt Kearns, MBC Making Disciples catalyst. “I was pleased,” Kearns … [Read more...]
Annie theme this year: ‘On Mission Here and Now’
JEFFERSON CITY – A great opportunity to support missionaries here, and now, in North America begins March 4-11 with the 2018 Annie Armstrong Easter Offering (AAEO) Week of Prayer. With a little planning and resource support from Missouri WMU, Baptist churches across the state can meet the challenge. The Missouri Baptist Convention has set our goal this year at $2 million, which will help contribute to the National Offering Goal of $70 million. Missouri WMU Executive … [Read more...]
Murder in Missouri: 1932 church shooting shows violence not unique to 21st century
PERKINS – “Man shoots wife to death in church” seems like it could be the latest horrific headline in our modern news cycle, but sin is not a new phenomenon. Juanita Irwin can testify to this. Now 89 years old, as a little girl she witnessed the events that prompted that headline, which topped the April 5 edition of the Sikeston Standard in 1932. “My cousin and I are the only living people who were there when this happened,” she said. “We were only three years old, but we were there with … [Read more...]
Gateway seminary’s Iorg coming to WCBA conference
WARRENSBURG – The West Central Baptist Association Leadership Conference will feature Gateway Seminary President Jeff Iorg. The day-long conference is scheduled from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. March 22. It will be hosted at Grover Park Baptist Church in Warrensburg. The registration fee of $15 includes a lunch. For more information or to pre-register, go to www.westcentralbaptists.com/pastors-conference/. … [Read more...]
Pathway’s McCullen celebrates generations of ministry
SPRINGFIELD – Jim McCullen couldn’t have possibly known his rededication to the Lord some 60 years ago would lead to ministry that has carried to several generations. “I was 20. I thought I was a Christian. Then one of my pretty close friends, James Mason, was killed in a car wreck. When I passed by his casket, it was almost as if he was saying, ‘McCullen, if you are a Christian, how come you never told me about Jesus,” McCullen said. The incident rocked him and forced him to re-evaluate … [Read more...]
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