JEFFERSON CITY – Missouri Baptist Convention (MBC) Executive Board members meeting here, Aug. 29-30 approved the convention’s 2023 spending plan and recommended that MBC messengers gathered for their annual meeting in October take a special offering to support the Disaster Relief response to flash floods in the St. Louis area. 2023 Spending Plan approved The MBC’s 2023 spending plan is based on a $15 million Cooperative Program (CP) budget approved by the board earlier this year. This … [Read more...]
Roundup: Missouri Baptist Churches transform lives through VBS programs
Mo. Baptist cooperation helps churches with VBS decor JEFFERSON CITY – With the help from funds from the Missouri Baptist Convention, a team from The Rock Church of St. Louis campus in Ballwin created Vacation Bible School decorations for use by churches across the state. “This is cooperative dollars at work,” Christy Nance, the state Vacation Bible School Director and member of The Rock Church Ballwin, who organized the team for preparing the VBS decorations. By press time, the … [Read more...]
Freeway expands ministry efforts, making missionaries of ex-convicts
SPRINGFIELD – A Missouri-based ministry aimed at reaching the hard-to-reach in society, from the homeless to drug addicts to ex-convicts, continues to gain ground across the nation and around the globe. Freeway Ministries, co-founded in 2011 by John Stroup, Mike Aye and Rick Lechner of Crossway Baptist Church here, exists to help churches expand ministry into their communities, taking the gospel to the hard-to-reach so that they themselves will multiply disciples. “God is doing it,” … [Read more...]
Department of Justice opens investigation of Southern Baptist Convention
NASHVILLE – The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has begun a federal investigation into the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) and its Sex Abuse Task Force Report. The SBC’s Executive Committee (EC) announced on Aug. 16 that it had received a subpoena to compel production of certain records related to the investigation/report performed last year by Guidepost Solutions. Although no other SBC entities had announced receipt of subpoenas at press time, the DOJ investigation is expected to … [Read more...]
Roe’s demise stresses importance of MBCH ministry
BRIDGETON – Despite continued attacks across the nation on pregnancy care centers and other pro-life organizations, ministries that uphold the sanctity of life are standing firm in their efforts to give hope and healing to parents and children, especially those in crisis situations. The reversal of the Supreme Court’s 1973 Roe v. Wade decision has only highlighted the importance of such ministries, Missouri Baptist Children’s Home (MBCH) President Russell Martin told The Pathway. “The … [Read more...]
PERSPECTIVE: ‘Southern Baptists shouldn’t write blank checks for SBC leaders on sexual abuse’
ANAHEIM, Calif. — Attorneys Jonathan Whitehead and Joshua Abbotoy released an article on The Federalist, June 13, advising caution as Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) messengers here consider recommendations from the SBC’s Sexual Abuse Task Force (SATF) during their annual meeting this week. The Federalist article responds to a previous article by Matthew T. Martens, an attorney and member of Capitol Hill Baptist Church in Washington, D.C., who urged Southern Baptists to accept the SATF’s … [Read more...]
UPDATE: Guidepost Solutions releases LGBTQ+ pride statement
EDITOR’S NOTE: This article was updated on June 7, June 10 and June 28. NASHVILLE – Guidepost Solutions – which released results of its investigation on the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) Executive Committee’s (EC) alleged mishandling of sexual abuse issues, May 22 – released a Twitter post saluting LGBTQ+ pride, June 6. The Guidepost LGBTQ+ pride message – written on Twitter above a rainbow image – reads, “Guidepost is committed to strengthening diversity, equity and inclusion … [Read more...]
IMB President: EC proposals will cost IMB $4.5 million
EDITOR’S NOTE: This article includes additional reporting from Scott Barkley of Baptist Press, especially in the final section of the article. See further updates from June 8 here and here: According to International Mission Board (IMB) President Paul Chitwood, these updates have resolved his concerns about the IMB's loss of $4.5 million during the next 15 months. NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) Executive Committee’s (EC) proposals for funding abuse reform … [Read more...]
New Missouri pastors, wives blessed during retreat
JEFFERSON CITY – More than 20 new Missouri pastors and Directors of Missions, as well as their wives, attended the Missouri Baptist Convention’s (MBC) New Pastors’ Retreat last month. The April 21-23 retreat, organized by the MBC’s Developing Leaders team, reminded the group of ministers that they’re not alone – that they can find help in ministry not only in their churches, but also in their state convention and regional association. “We’re very thankful that so many pastors, … [Read more...]
‘Be the type of people God can bless’: MBTS president keynotes state’s National Day of Prayer event
JEFFERSON CITY – Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary President Jason K. Allen challenged citizens of Missouri and of the United States to be the “type of people God can bless,” in his keynote address during the National Day of Prayer event in the Missouri Capitol Rotunda, May 5. “That refrain, ‘May God bless America,’ gets used a lot these days, ... but merely saying that phrase as an incantation does not mean that God will be pleased to bless America,” Allen said. Reading Psalm … [Read more...]
Mohler: Disney’s LGBTQ+ agenda a ‘wake-up call’
MARCELINE – As former home to the historic entrepreneur Walter Elias Disney, the Missouri town of Marceline is heavily invested in the legacy of this man who created Mickey Mouse. Less than a quarter mile from First Baptist Church, Marceline, The Walt Disney Hometown Museum has become a favorite destination for Walt Disney’s admirers. “The Walt Disney Hometown Museum is a real gem,” said Pastor Brian Baker of FBC Marceline, who serves as a member of the city council. “It is an … [Read more...]
Rep. Richey reintroduces bill enabling churches to fight abuse
JEFFERSON CITY – Missouri Baptist pastor and lawmaker Doug Richey has reintroduced a bill in the Missouri House of Representatives that, if passed and signed into law, will empower churches and other nonprofits in the state to disclose credible allegations of sexual abuse without fear of civil liability. Richey, a state representative and pastor of Pisgah Baptist Church, Excelsior Springs, called Missouri House Bill 1546 (HB 1546) a bipartisan bill that should have very little opposition, … [Read more...]
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