JEFFERSON CITY – Missouri Gov. Mike Parson signed two bills, April 22, that promise to help foster and adoptive parents and encourage adoptions throughout the state. “Every child deserves a family to provide love, support, and a strong foundation,” Parson, a member of First Baptist Church, Bolivar, said in a press release. “Missourians who take on this role as foster and adoptive parents are invaluable to the children of our state, and I am extremely pleased to sign these bills today.” As … [Read more...]
‘I am the pro-life generation’: Highschoolers from Ashland FCA group speak up for life
JEFFERSON CITY – Young people from throughout the state, both children and teenagers, represented the ‘pro-life generation’ during the Midwest March for Life here, April 14. Highschoolers from a Fellowship of Christian Athletes group in Ashland displayed signs and a large banner “in memory of the unborn killed by abortion.” Juliet Goodsell, the daughter to Pastor Matt Goodsell of Ashland Baptist Church, said the group wanted “to show support ... and prove to young people the importance … [Read more...]
MBC’s Yeats: ‘Remember the fear of the Lord’
JEFFERSON CITY – Missouri Baptist Convention Executive Director John Yeats declared to hundreds of pro-life advocates gathered on the South lawn of the Missouri Capitol here, April 14, why immorality and abortion still wreak havoc throughout the United States. What, he asked, is missing in our culture? His answer: The fear of the Lord. Yeats was among several speakers featured at the Midwest March for Life here. He and his wife, Sharon, marched with other pro-life advocates around the … [Read more...]
After military coup in Myanmar, Southern Baptists called to prayer
EDITOR’S NOTE: * denotes name changed. MYANMAR – Fear, unemployment and poverty covered the southeast Asian nation of Myanmar (formerly Burma) last year, as the COVID-19 pandemic prompted stay-at-home orders and business closures. “People were starving here,” Paul McGeorge*, a Southern Baptist fieldworker in the region, told The Pathway in early March. In some of the nation’s poorest communities, according to Reuters, people ate rats and snakes to survive. “They’ve had almost all their … [Read more...]
Missouri Baptist Apologetics Network continues to grow, strives to equip Missouri Baptists
JEFFERSON CITY – With a growing membership, the Missouri Baptist Apologetics Network (MBAN) is extending its efforts to help churches around the state defend the faith and proclaim the reason for their hope in the gospel. For MBAN president Wil Hoffmann, this means helping churches defend biblical truth and share the gospel with Mormons, Jehovah’s Witnesses, Scientologists and Catholics. Hoffmann serves as pastor of Rising Sun Baptist Church in Auxvasse and as a member of the Missouri … [Read more...]
State’s high court upholds religious liberty protection
JEFFERSON CITY – The Missouri Supreme Court, in an April 6th opinion, reaffirmed church autonomy and religious liberty protection for religious employers. The court’s 6-0 decision “means that Missouri continues to have strong protection for churches against government interference in religious decisions, especially related to hiring and firing,” Kansas City attorney Jonathan Whitehead told The Pathway. (Whitehead is a member of Abundant Life Baptist Church, Lee’s Summit, and a trustee for … [Read more...]
After 20 years, ‘Jesus Freaks’ book continues to open Christians’ eyes about persecution
BARTLESVILLE, Okla. – In 1999, The Voice of the Martyrs (VOM), an Oklahoma-based ministry that advocates for the persecuted church globally, joined with the Christian band dcTalk to publish its first edition of the book, Jesus Freaks. Late last year, the ministry released a new edition, commemorating the book’s 20th anniversary. With a title inspired by the 1995 hit album by dcTalk, Jesus Freaks tells the stories of Christians from both the past and present who’ve stood firm in their faith … [Read more...]
MBC executive board authorizes construction at Springfield BSU
Board sets CP goal, responds to MBC messengers’ motions JEFFERSON CITY – During their March 8-9 meeting here, Missouri Baptist Convention (MBC) executive board members set the 2021 Cooperative Program and offering goals, approved the progression of a Baptist Student Union building project in Springfield, and responded to two motions presented by messengers at the MBC annual meeting last October. 2021 CP, missions offering goals The executive board once again set the state’s Cooperative … [Read more...]
Whiteheads: Equality Act ‘bulldozes Christians out of the public square’
WASHINGTON – Though the Equality Act may soon “put churches and religious groups in unprecedented territory,” Kansas City attorneys Michael and Jonathan Whitehead said Missouri Baptists don’t need to use much imagination to see what harm the bill could do. The Whiteheads, father and son, have been involved in religious liberty cases at the U.S. Supreme Court, and they provide legal counsel for the Missouri Baptist Convention. The Equality Act (H.R. 5) passed through the U.S. House … [Read more...]
‘De-conversion of the West’: Truth will outlast Left’s false gospel, Southern Baptist ethicist says
WASHINGTON – Progressives pushing forward the Equality Act in the U.S. Congress are evangelists for a false gospel that aims to undo the moral foundations of Western society, Southwest Baptist University alumnus and Christian ethicist Andrew Walker wrote, Feb. 24, in the American Conservative. “Aiming to amend the 1964 Civil Rights Act to cover gender identity and sexual orientation, (the Equality Act) is the game-set-match of the Sexual Revolution’s conquest,” Walker, associate professor … [Read more...]
SBU proud of MBC’s partnership, Bumpers says
BOLIVAR – Southwest Baptist University (SBU) is committed to its partnership with Missouri Baptists and to its confessional heritage, SBU trustee chairman Eddie Bumpers told The Pathway, March 2. “The churches of our convention can be assured that the Board of Trustees and Southwest Baptist University are proud of the strong relationship that we have with our convention of churches,” Bumpers, who serves as senior pastor at Crossway Baptist Church, Springfield, said. “SBU has always … [Read more...]
Heroes of history, heroes of faith: Christian authors introduce new generation to historic men, women
JEFFERSON CITY – For more than two decades, Janet Benge and her husband, Geoff, have made the past come alive for new generations of children through dozens of biographies published in Youth With a Mission’s (YWAM) “Heroes of History” and “Christian Heroes” book collections. With roughly 208 million books in print across the globe, in 22 different languages, they have written about Christian missionaries like Adoniram Judson, Rachel Saint, Hudson Taylor, Eric Liddell and Amy Carmichael, as … [Read more...]
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