DIAMOND – Faith as small as a mustard seed can move mountains, the Lord Jesus once said. In the early years of the 20th century, walking through the countryside near Tuskegee , Ala., Professor George Washington Carver sought for a peanut-sized faith – and he hoped it would prove a boon for poor southern farmers. The boll weevil, a beetle ruinous for the cotton plant, was moving north from Mexico and threatening the southern United States, where farmers depended primarily on cotton. For … [Read more...]
‘Bwana asifiwe! Praise the Lord!’: With God’s praise on their lips, Missouri family returns to Africa
UGANDA – During their early years as International Mission Board field workers in sub-Saharan Africa, Kody and Erin Brandt found immense help from a Muslim man named John. “John was really instrumental in helping me with the language,” Kody told The Pathway. “I shared so many Bible stories with him, and he would give me pointers and tips on how to rephrase something to be more effective. He helped me prepare my testimony in the language.” John also helped Kody prepare his first sermon in … [Read more...]
Missourians consider opportunities in Montana
Long-term partnerships ‘make a difference,’ Montana’s Fowler says JEFFERSON CITY – More than a dozen Missouri Baptists gathered, Jan. 28, to hear from former Missourian and long-time Montana minister Steve Fowler about opportunities for building mission partnerships with churches in the state. “We’re excited about the partnership (with Missouri),” Fowler told The Pathway after the meeting at the Baptist building here. “We’re especially excited about this being a seven-year commitment … [Read more...]
First Baptist, Arnold, family highlighted among IMB’s newest missionaries, Feb. 3
ARNOLD – A Missouri Baptist husband and wife from First Baptist Church, Arnold, were among the new missionaries highlighted in the International Mission Board’s (IMB) Sending Celebration, Feb. 3. Approved by IMB trustees, the 33 missionaries represent 12 states and will serve in eight of IMB’s nine affinities. Eric and Lauren Coale will soon head to Europe, where they’ll serve with the IMB as church planters in the Czech Republic. With them, they take their two sons, four-year-old Hudson … [Read more...]
The Petersens blend bluegrass, faith through Branson show
BRANSON – Like the rest of her family, Ellen Petersen Haygood has no qualms about using her platform as a musician to share her faith in Christ. In 2015, with banjo in hand and Patsy Montana’s song, “I Want to Be a Cowboy’s Sweetheart” on her lips, complete with yodeling – Haygood impressed the judges of American Idol. She advanced to American Idol’s Hollywood competition, though she didn’t make it into the final 24. "The second I heard the words come out of the judges' mouths that I … [Read more...]
In aftermath of conflict, Southern Baptist relief worker from Missouri shares gospel with Armenians
EDITOR’S NOTE: * denotes name changed for security purposes. YEREVAN, Armenia – Little more than 100 years ago, an 18-year-old girl staggered into an American relief camp set up along Russia’s border with Armenia. Immediately, a nurse came to her side. “Are you in pain?” she asked. “No,” the girl replied, “but I have learned the meaning of the cross.” Slowly, the girl pulled her sleeve down, revealing on her bare shoulder the figure of a cross burned deeply into her flesh. For seven … [Read more...]
House Speaker, committee rally behind foster care, adoption bills
JEFFERSON CITY – Two bills recently approved by the committee on children and families in the Missouri House of Representatives should help foster parents and encourage adoptions in the state, according to Missouri Baptist Children’s Home President (MBCH) Russell Martin. “Our God, the Creator, established the family as the basic building block of society, and we are only as strong as our families,” Martin said, commending the bills. “Anything we can do to strengthen them ... serves us all … [Read more...]
Plymouth a home to famed Baptist missionary
PLYMOUTH, Mass. – At Burial Hill in Plymouth, Mass., modern sightseers can find the graves of Mayflower heroes like William Bradford, who was the governor of Plymouth Colony from 1621 to 1657. But on Burial Hill they can also see a memorial to the family of Adoniram Judson, Jr. (1788-1850), the famed Baptist missionary and Bible translator who left the shores of Massachusetts to proclaim the gospel in Burma. Judson’s father, Adoniram, Sr., served as pastor of a church in Plymouth. Nearly … [Read more...]
‘They knew they were pilgrims’: Mayflower lands on Plymouth Rock, leaving 400 year legacy
PLYMOUTH, Mass. – Sometime in the early autumn of 1621, a group of English colonists, now commonly called the Pilgrims, celebrated a feast in Plymouth, Mass. But, according to Historian Robert Tracy Mckenzie, that celebration in the fall of 1621 didn’t much resemble the Thanksgiving feasts hosted in households across the United States today. After all, the Pilgrims likely feasted on ducks and geese, fresh fish, mussels, clams, or even some eels, alongside an Indian corn succotash as well … [Read more...]
‘The Word of God will win’: Book of Martyrs ignites faith among millions of Christians, including Pilgrims
OXFORD, England – Only moments before their execution in flames on Oct. 16, 1555, the Protestant preacher Hugh Latimer comforted his colleague, Nicholas Ridley. Both men had been prominent leaders of England’s Protestant church in previous years, but they had been arrested after the Catholic Queen Mary Tudor came to the throne of England in 1553. Now, they were chained together to a stake, standing amid burning faggots of wood. As an executioner lit the faggots under Ridley’s feet, Latimer … [Read more...]
First English Baptists share little known link with Mayflower’s passengers
LONDON, England – In 1612, eight years before the Pilgrims set sail for the New World to find a home where they could worship together in freedom, English Baptist pastor Thomas Helwys proclaimed a message that would transform Western civilization for centuries to come. Writing to King James I, Helwys published a tract called A Short Declaration of the Mistery of Iniquity, and in it he wrote the following inscription: “Hear, O king, and despise not the counsel of the poor, and let their … [Read more...]
SBU’s Center for Global Connections shifts to local ministries during pandemic
BOLIVAR (SBU) – When projects coordinated through Southwest Baptist University’s Center for Global Connections were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, local ministry opportunities became a larger focus for staff and students. “It’s not a matter of where we’re going to minister,” said Diana Gallamore, director of the Center for Global Connections and travel stewardship. “It’s a matter of where God is leading us.” Because of the comprehensive training process students must complete … [Read more...]
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