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You can make a difference in state mission partnerships

November 16, 2023 By Rick Hedger

Several years ago I was invited to join a small group of men to help lead the annual church planters retreat in Montana. I was apprehensive because our church did not have the resources to help fund the retreat in a significant way. Beyond that, I was not sure I had any particular wisdom or expertise to offer, since I was not a church planter. As I flew home after the first year much of my apprehension had disappeared. What I came to realize is that state-to-state partnerships have less to … [Read more...]

Mission team in Puebla learns the importance of having travel insurance when overseas

September 23, 2019 By Rick Hedger

EDITOR’S NOTE: Rick Hedger serves as the Multiplying Churches Director for the Missouri Baptist Convention. PUEBLA-TLAXCALA, Mexico – By the grace of God, the Missouri Baptist Convention’s partnership with the Puebla-Tlaxcala Regional Baptist Convention continues to flourish.  As 2019 has progressed, additional Missouri Churches have stepped forward with a prompting of the Holy Spirit to partner with a pastor/church within the small, impoverished but faithful convention located in the … [Read more...]

MBC’s Hedger casts vision for 100 international mission units

March 18, 2019 By Rick Hedger

EDITOR’S NOTE: Rick Hedger serves as director of the Multiplying Churches group for the Missouri Baptist Convention. This includes partnership missions, which currently connect Missouri Baptist churches with mission fields in Minnesota/Wisconsin; Puebla, Mexico; and Northeast Italy. In this brief message, Hedger shares His vision for Missouri Baptists to expand their role in the Great Commission. JEFFERSON CITY –  In January, I was on a plane heading to our MBC partnership in Puebla, … [Read more...]

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FIRST-PERSON: Liberty for all – a Baptist distinctive

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As the echoes of Fourth of July fireworks fade and we turn our attention to the week ahead, Southern Baptists also will take a moment to celebrate a key freedom that Americans have long enjoyed and that Baptists have continually sought to defend.

Religious liberty ‘the best blessing’ America has, Baptist immigrants say

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