KIRKSVILLE – A French-speaking congregation was formed November 19th at First Baptist Church, Kirksville. Joel Kabamba, a 2015 immigrant from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, is the pastor of the new mission church. Pastor Jason Marlin, pastor of FBC Kirksville, said “Congolese people started coming to the church. There are a lot of them out there.” They are moving to northern Missouri to work in two pork processing plants in Kirksville and Milan. Carolyn Chrisman, director of … [Read more...]
Fund future ministry
I have been asked more than once, “Why?” “Why did I leave the best church in the world (with the best preaching by the way) to take a position with the Missouri Baptist Foundation?” “Why did I leave Branson?” I mean, it is Branson, for goodness sake, with Silver Dollar City just down the road, lots of lakes and trees and hills, and the land of outlet shopping malls? “Why would I uproot my family after ten years of developing deep and meaningful relationships?” On many levels, I admit, … [Read more...]
Hems of Grace ministry tailors love of sewing for gospel outreach to the people of Kenya
ANDERSON – When Pastor John and Elizabeth Beck moved to southwest Missouri last year to serve at First Baptist Church, Anderson, they brought their three teenage children. But they also brought a missional desire to evangelize in the East African nation of Kenya. For several years Elizabeth Beck has partnered with ladies back in her home state of South Carolina to combine a love of sewing with a desire to reach Kenyans for Christ on annual mission trips. Elizabeth’s friend, Mandy Joye, … [Read more...]
Missouri Baptist Foundation’s trustees commit $100,000 grant to help churches build endowments
JEFFERSON CITY (MBF) – At their Dec. 8th meeting in Jefferson City, Mo, the Foundation board, elected by the Missouri Baptist Convention, met and affirmed its commitment of serving Missouri Baptists. The board set aside $100,000 of grant money to help churches create, develop and grow their own endowment through the Power of Five program. The program allows for the Foundation to match, dollar for dollar, the first $5,000 an MBC church sets aside to create an endowment fund. These funds … [Read more...]
Mayview Baptist continues ministry heritage
MAYVIEW – Rhonda Barnes has been a member of Mayview Baptist Church here her whole life. In fact, her heritage at the church goes back five generations, and her children and grandchildren now attend the church, as well. Her great grandfather, grandfather and father were deacons at the church, and her brother, Greg Bertz, now serves as a deacon. Barnes’ story is representative of this small church in Missouri’s West Central Baptist Association. Many families in the church have lived in … [Read more...]
Celebrating 200 years of Mo. Baptist history
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the sixth of several articles commemorating Baptist history in Missouri, written by members of the Missouri Baptist Convention’s Historical Commission. As we celebrate 200 years of Missouri Baptist History it’s amazing to see how Baptists migrated across Missouri through the development of associations and church plants. In the 1840’s the west central part of Missouri was mainly plains and prairie without a large population. Several Baptist Churches were planted in … [Read more...]
Rock & Roll church, historic Red Star merge
CAPE GIRARDEAU – To say God is doing a new thing with two merged churches is an understatement. The former Rock and Roll Church merged with the historic Red Star Church in March to become the Church of the Rescued and Redeemed. Pastor Billy Garner said the former Rock and Roll church met for seven-and-a-half years in different Cape storefronts and in his home. “We prayed for a building for a few years. Nothing,” Garner said. “The spirit led me to make some hard choices in our music … [Read more...]
From the Archives: Firearms in church?
EDITOR’S NOTE: This story has been edited and updated, having run previously in the Oct. 8, 2013, edition of The Pathway. NORWOOD – Pastor Stephen Fugitt believes that churches have the right to arm themselves for the day when a gunman enters their buildings to do harm. Yet no one had time to open fire against a gunman who aimed his .357 magnum revolver at Fugitt as he preached to his congregation at the First Baptist Church, Norwood, July 21, 2013. Instead, one church member grabbed … [Read more...]
Missouri WMU offers Lottie Moon resources
JEFFERSON CITY – The Missouri Woman’s Missionary Union (MWMU) showcased the diverse resources it has to offer churches at the 2017 Missouri Baptist Convention recently held in Raytown. Included among the mission materials at the MWMU exhibit booth, were ideas on how to implement a successful Lottie Moon Christmas Offering (LMCO) campaign. MWMU’s Executive Director Laura Wells, Preschool/Children/Student Missions Consultant Teri Broeker and President Cherri Crump, and other MWMU … [Read more...]
Teamwork key point of Coach Spurrier’s speech at Hannibal-LaGrange 2017 Booster Banquet
HANNIBAL – The second winningest college football coach preached teamwork to those attending the annual Hannibal-LaGrange Booster Banquet Nov. 16. The former Florida/South Carolina/Duke coach, who was named to the college football Hall of Fame earlier this year, also told of coaching HLGU President Anthony Allen when Allen was a student at Duke. Spurrier told how Duke started with an early win, then dropped the next three in 1987. This was after a preseason goal setting where players … [Read more...]
FBC De Soto takes Thanksgiving to Italy
ITALY – Twelve miles south of Verona, Italy, lies the township of Pizzoletta. The tourists who visit this beautiful part of Italy rarely make it to this small village and prefer to crowd into the narrow streets of Verona to see the Roman Arena that dates to 40 B.C. or “Juliet’s Balcony” that is just off the Piazza delle Erbe. But in early November, Pizzoletta boasted an unusual attraction for the Veneto region ... an American Thanksgiving dinner. On November 4th, a mission team from … [Read more...]
Over the top for the top of the world, elsewhere
The promotional materials for the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering for international missions are out in circulation. This time of year, our Missouri churches often use the materials for promoting a week of prayer for our 3,800 international SBC missionaries, or some churches host a missions event that promotes all levels of missions – international, domestic, state and associational missions. One of the stories in the packet especially caught my interest because of Missouri Baptists’ … [Read more...]
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