May 2, 2014 Stories

National

‘Heaven Is For Real’ stirs discussion of heaven

Southern Baptists have mixed reviews of “Heaven Is For Real,” a Sony Pictures movie released April 16 about a 4-year-old boy who claimed he was transported to heaven as he underwent emergency surgery.
Faith

Church distributes 1,500 Bibles in three towns

FBC Buckner distributed 1,500 Bibles in the communities of Buckner, Levasy and Sibley during an outreach initiative, April 12. A team of 83 volunteers from FBC, Buckner, and partnering churches prayed for these communities, prepared Bibles and distributed them. The men’s ministry from FBC, Buckner, provided a breakfast for volunteers.
Missouri

Book of Acts 3-man show comes to life

Actors star in a full-length, three-man show based on the New Testament book of Acts. The drama troupe began ministering in cities across the U.S. in 2011 and has been invited to perform at the annual Shepherds’ Conference for over 1,500 pastors and church members which is hosted by John McArthur.
Columnists

Beating Cancer, staying faithful

“Mr. Snowden, those nodules in your lungs have metastasized – and it’s spreading fast. You are scheduled to begin your first round of chemo with us at 6:30 a.m. We will see you here first thing in the morning.”
Columnists

The total package is giving and receiving

National

‘Subjective discrimination’ fuels religious freedom bills

Concern that anti-discrimination laws infringe on religious liberty is among factors that have prompted more than a dozen states to consider religious freedom bills to protect Christians’ right to speak against homosexuality.
Missouri

Bus crash leads Missouri Baptists to minister

Mt. Salem-Wyaconda Association ministered to victims and families after a Lewis County C-1 School bus overturned April 1. Twenty-six students and the bus driver were treated for injuries of varying degrees when the bus went off narrow Route C in Lewis County, landing on its top. Six students were still hospitalized days after the accident. There were no fatalities.
Missouri

LifeWay curriculum tour reveals options for all ages

Missouri Baptists were introduced to “Explore the Bible” study curriculum in an April statewide tour with LifeWay Christian Resources specialist Sergio Arce who indicated there is a major facelift of the material being introduced in September, and this line of curriculum will have options for students, children and preschoolers which they do not currently offer.
Missouri

Church ‘replants’ on rise, panelists say

About 1,000 Southern Baptist churches close their doors each year. But a generation of pastors committed to church revitalization could reduce that number dramatically, Johnny Hunt and panelists at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary’s inaugural Legacy Church Planting Roundtable said.
Missouri

First Gallatin ministers to ‘thirsty’ Haitian village

Haitian people in Ma Rouge have had water to meet their needs due to a gift from First Baptist Gallatin. Originally, a $10,000 donation was sent to the impoverished country to construct a water well to serve an entire community. When no underground water source could be found, the money was instead used to build a large concrete water cistern.
Missouri

Skyline, Branson to host mb125 conference

MBC event is returning to Branson that centers on pastors of the normative size church in Missouri, those that average 125 or fewer in attendance on a Sunday morning.

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