Miner Baptist Church here is lifting high the cross of Jesus. To be exact, they have constructed a 120-foot-high cross on their property, visible from Interstate Highway 55, in hopes that more people would be drawn to Christ.
Missouri
Day of Prayer for International Missions scheduled for Nov. 30–Dec. 7
Together, Southern Baptists give generously to provide essential resources for our missionaries to have cultural access, safety and security, medical care, ministry tools, and more. Last year the generous giving of Southern Baptist churches resulted in 3,577 missionaries to be on the field, over 1.6 million gospel conversations, 144,969 professions of faith, and 2,409 churches planted.
National
Creation’s beauty aids, challenges spreading Gospel in northwest Montana
At the very moment pastor Curt Sparkman spread his arms preaching a sermon at Flathead Lake in northwest Montana, a bald eagle stretched its wings overhead, Sparkman told Baptist Press.
Columns
Why we gather
There are certainly additional reasons for us to gather, but these three remain high on my list – conducting business, enjoying fellowship, and being encouraged. I’m genuinely excited about what the Lord is doing in Missouri, and I thoroughly enjoyed our time together in Branson.
Apologetics
Missouri Baptist Apologetics Network’s Vaughan serves as resource on Mormons
John Vaughan lives in south Springfield near the site where Missouri’s third Mormon temple is under construction. He’s a great resource on the beliefs and practices of Latter-Day Saints (LDS) and wants to share that information with Missouri Baptists. As the newest member of the Missouri Baptist Apologetics Network, Vaughan has hundreds of files of information he can share with churches as they confront the counterfeit-Christian beliefs of the LDS Church.
Global
‘God has put us in this place,’ says missionary couple
The IMB missionary here described the hunger they have demonstrated for God’s Word in their own language and said several people have already expressed their interest in baptism and following Jesus. “One thing that continues to be certain is that God has put us in this place. He has opened doors and given dreams to these people on the riverbank and that’s where our focus is.”
Culture
VETERANS DAY: The priceless debt we owe
Most people will celebrate Nov. 11 with little thought about the significance of this national holiday. Veterans Day is a time to remember and give thanks for our veterans. In 1926, President Calvin Coolidge issued a Proclamation “inviting the people of the United States to observe November 11 in schools and churches, or other suitable places, with appropriate ceremonies of friendly relations with all other peoples.”