JEFFERSON CITY – Gaylon Moss, Disaster Relief (DR) director for North Carolina Baptist Men (NCBM), moves to Missouri this summer to take leadership of the state’s DR efforts, according to a May 22nd announcement from the Missouri Baptist Convention (MBC). Moss’ start date is set for July 1. He and his wife Mindy will relocate to Missouri with their three teenage daughters Megan, Hallie and Kiera. “Gaylon Moss’ 20 years of disaster response experience and leadership skills in … [Read more...]
God builds Strong Tower in St. Joseph
ST. JOSEPH – One year into setting up and tearing down each week in a roller rink turned bingo hall – a rite of passage for many young church plants, God orchestrated a miracle for Strong Tower Baptist Church. “We got a phone call from a dwindling congregation in a different denomination,” said Senior Pastor Tom Wilson. “They said they were prayerfully considering giving us their building. They had to send out an e-mail asking others in their own denomination if they wanted it and if … [Read more...]
SBU archaeology exhibit ‘illuminates’ Scripture
BOLIVAR – After the death of Moses, the Lord God called Joshua to lead His people across the Jordan River and to conquer the city of Jericho. Then, because they hadn’t completely obeyed the Lord’s commands, the Israelites met a humiliating defeat at the city of Ai. But after facing God’s discipline and finding God’s mercy, Joshua once again set the stage to take the city of Ai. Joshua’s troops stationed themselves north of Ai, looking across a valley at the city. He placed other troops to … [Read more...]
SBU trustees approve fundraising campaign
BOLIVAR – Southwest Baptist University President C. Pat Taylor expressed appreciation to SBU trustees during his final board meeting with them before retiring this fall. “Thank you for being supportive of me and of SBU,” Taylor said, adding that he’s handed out more than 16,963 diplomas during his 22-year tenure at SBU. “It is an honor and privilege to work for you and for this great university.” Reading Romans 12:9-8, which he also cited two decades earlier in his inauguration address, … [Read more...]
Yeats to be re-nominated as recording secretary
DALLAS (BP) – Missouri Baptist Convention executive director John L. Yeats will be nominated for a 22nd term as the Southern Baptist Convention’s recording secretary, Texas pastor Bart Barber announced April 23. Barber, pastor of First Baptist Church in Farmersville, Texas, said in a news release, “Our annual meetings are the largest exercise of inter-congregational polity in the world. The experience spans the gamut from boilerplate actions of formality to moments of breathtaking … [Read more...]
The mission gets personal: Forest Park, Joplin, advances gospel through Acts 1:8 project
JOPLIN – The mission doesn’t get powerful until it gets personal. “When a person sees the darkness in the world and then comes back they are much more motivated to do something about it,” said John Swadley, lead pastor at Forest Park Church here. “We desire to know the people out there on the field making the sacrifices to spread the gospel where they are so that we can play a small part in advancing their work.” That’s where Forest Park’s new giving strategy, the Acts 1:8 Project, comes … [Read more...]
Protecting the flock: Security training preps churches for day they pray never comes
HALLSVILLE – In some ways, it was like any other gathering of Christians. Two dozen pastors and laymen from across denominational lines gathered together, prayed, and discussed various issues facing their congregations. Scripture flowed freely. But as soon as pleasantries wrapped up, an air horn sounded and they each drew their pistols. They were part of the first two-day, “Tactical Applications of the Pistol for Church Protectors” training hosted by Strategos, which bills itself as the … [Read more...]
MBCH pleads for house parents
BRIDGETON – In the first quarter of 2018, a dozen families have been reunified that would not have had the chance if not through the work of the Missouri Baptist Children’s Home. In addition to those reunifications, trustees at the April 24 board meeting here heard the MBCH’s Children and Family Ministries (CFM) facilitated six guardianships and 12 adoptions. Russell Martin, president of the MBCH begged for prayers that God would call 10-15 couples to serve as house parents at group … [Read more...]
MBCH pleads for house parents
BRIDGETON – In the first quarter of 2018, a dozen families have been reunified that would not have had the chance if not through the work of the Missouri Baptist Children’s Home. In addition to those reunifications, trustees at the April 24 board meeting here heard the MBCH’s Children and Family Ministries (CFM) facilitated six guardianships and 12 adoptions. Russell Martin, president of the MBCH begged for prayers that God would call 10-15 couples to serve as house parents at group … [Read more...]
Missouri Baptist Pathway Editor: ‘The government got it wrong with Dred Scott’
For reconciliation to be realized, the offending party must acknowledge one’s wrongdoing, stop doing it and ask the offended party for forgiveness. The offended party must then forgive. Of course, God made forgiveness an infinitely important ingredient by offering sinners grace – and the gift of eternal life through the penal substitutionary death of Jesus on Golgotha’s Hill. I pray that God’s example will inspire the government of Missouri to move the state forward as we strive for racial … [Read more...]
Generous support blesses church camp for second year
WARSAW – Church camps across Missouri may find encouragement from the results of the second annual benefit dinner and auction held recently for Baptist Ridge Camp (BRC), which netted the facility approximately $22,000. Baptist Ridge is owned and operated by Fellowship Baptist Association (FBA), both are located in Warsaw. A crowd of more than 250 attended the benefit held Sat., April 7, at the Benson Center in Clinton. The evening included generous cash donations, both a silent and live … [Read more...]
Concert to expand youth outreach
LICKING – For the last two years. Boone Creek Baptist Church has used an in-church concert to reach youth. This year, it’s going out into the community. The Hot Summer Kickoff will be May 19 at the Intercounty Pavilion in the Licking city park, with food served at 5, and the concert activities follow, according to Delta Hernandez, who with husband Dusty, oversees the Boone Creek Youth program. Both the concert and a meal before it are being offered to youth for free, with the church … [Read more...]
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