The Baptist Home plans to take part in a pharmacy partnership program that will make COVID-19 vaccines available to residents and staff members with no out-of-pocket costs. The announcement came soon after Missouri’s Department of Health and Senior Services commended The Baptist Home for their response to outbreaks in Chillicothe and Ozark.
Missouri
Four pastors to be nominated as officers during MBC annual meeting
It has been announced that four pastors will be nominated to serve as Missouri Baptist Convention (MBC) officers during the MBC annual meeting here, Oct. 26-27. At press time, still no nominations
for recording secretary had been announced.
National
Annie Armstrong offering falls $20 million short of goal
Southern Baptists gave a total of $49.3 million to the Annie Armstrong Easter Offering (AAEO), the North American Mission Board announced, Oct. 5. The amount was $20 million short of the $70 million goal and fell below last year’s total of $61.4 million, perhaps because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Columns
Thank the minister in your life
“Your pastor has attempted to lead you to be people of God on mission with God in the context of a historic pandemic that still rages.”
Apologetics
New “Against the Tide” documentary finds God in age of science
The documentary motion picture “Against the Tide: Finding God in an Age of Science” will be showcased in theaters nationwide for a special one-night-only event, Nov. 19.
Global
Missionaries in Sub-Saharan Africa commit to reach 55 people groups in five years
Many people groups in Sub-Saharan Africa have no gospel presence and no knowledge of Christ. IMB leadership in the region set a goal to start ministering among 55 unreached people groups. The ministry initiative is known as “55 in 5.”
Culture
Sight & Sound’s NOAH points to the cross
At Sight & Sound’s on-stage showing of “NOAH,” audience members feel like they are in the Ark, surrounded by elephants, giraffes, lions, goats, ducks, orangutans, gorillas and doves.