The Lottie Moon Christmas Offering (LMCO) is critical to the International Mission Board (IMB) in keeping 4,000 missionaries on the field. Missouri WMU (MWMU) is ready to equip churches in this cause by helping them create an atmosphere and attitude of giving among church members.
Missouri
Campers on Mission help Milo church stretch dollars
Campers On Mission rolled out of Milo Baptist recently after contributing labor to an ongoing project that will add a multi-purpose building to the church. Six couples from the volunteer organization spent two weeks at Milo, camping on the church grounds in RVs, to help the church complete its project without incurring debt.
National
Historian Thomas S. Kidd joins Midwestern Seminary residential faculty
Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary President Jason Allen has announced that historian Thomas S. Kidd will join Midwestern Seminary’s residential faculty as research professor of church history.
Columns
Thanksgiving memories never to be forgotten
This Thanksgiving I am thankful to have the memories of my dad, and I hope I have lived up to Proverbs 10:1, “A wise son makes a glad father.”
Apologetics
‘The Most Reluctant Convert’: New docudrama narrates faith journey of author, apologist C.S. Lewis
Lewis not only authored fiction works, like his seven-book Chronicles of Narnia and his less well-known (yet thrilling) space trilogy, but also best-selling explorations and defenses of the Christian faith, such as Mere Christianity and Miracles. So, for some, it may come as a surprise that this great defender of Christianity once was an atheist.
Global
IMB ‘calling in reinforcements’ for mission field Chitwood says at Sending Celebration
Thirty-nine IMB missionaries participated in a Sending Celebration, Nov. 8, at First Baptist Church. This Sending Celebration was hosted by the South Carolina Baptist Convention in conjunction with its annual meeting.
Culture
Podcasts can help listeners foster biblical worldview, see God at work
Since Christians are called to be good stewards, here are a few podcasts that educate, edify or inspire. They do not replace the preaching or hearing of God’s Word, but they can redeem the time spent making coffee, commuting to work or running on the treadmill.