KANSAS CITY – The members of two families in north Kansas City have already come to faith in Christ because of a new partnership between two Missouri Baptist churches eager to reach the Hispanic community here. Primera Iglesia Bautista (First Baptist Church), Independence, partnered with Northland Baptist Church to begin another Hispanic congregation called Northland en Español. According to MBC church planter Luis Sanchez, the need for multiplying Baptist churches among Hispanics in the … [Read more...]
Marshfield pastor helps archaeologists search for location of biblical tabernacle
TEL SHILOH, Israel – Standing on the site of the biblical city of Shiloh at dawn, Missouri Baptist Pastor Durwin Kicker wondered whether the young boy Samuel stood on that same spot, looking out on a similar sunrise nearly 3,000 years earlier. This same Samuel would go on to be a great judge over the people of Israel, eventually anointing the Israelite kings Solomon and David. But he had his beginnings in Shiloh. It was in this ancient city where, according to Old Testament book of 1 … [Read more...]
‘Tell the world that Jesus saves’ – Nearly 300 join Freeway Ministries’ Springfield ‘Save Our City March’
SPRINGFIELD – Nearly 300 people – many of them ex-cons and former drug addicts – marched three miles across Springfield, Sept. 14. The march was part of the annual “Save Our City” revival organized by Freeway Ministries, a Springfield-based outreach and discipleship ministry to ex-cons, drug addicts and other hard-to-reach people. Co-founded by John Stroup, Mike Aye and Rick Lechner, members of Crossway Baptist Church here, the ministry has expanded throughout Missouri, into Nebraska, and … [Read more...]
Adoniram Judson’s legacy lives on in Rolla
ROLLA – For decades, Harriet Bain has taught English as a Second Language (ESL) to people from across the globe. But little did her students know that their lives were being impacted, indirectly, by one of the greatest pioneer missionaries in Baptist history. Bain, a member of First Baptist Church, Rolla, was born in the Southeast Asian country of Burma (also called Myanmar) and came to the United States with her family in 1959. She then finished her college degree, met and married her … [Read more...]
Criswell’s 1985 ‘Whether We Live Or Die’ sermon a ‘watershed moment’ in Conservative Resurgence
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the latest article in a year-long series, commemorating the history of the Conservative Resurgence of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) in honor of its 40th anniversary. To read previous articles, visit www.mbcpathway.com/ConservativeResurgence. DALLAS – W.A. Criswell’s famous 1985 Pastors’ Conference sermon, “Whether We Live or Die,” roused Southern Baptist Conservatives to make every effort possible to save their convention from theological drift. It would … [Read more...]
‘Good works, good will, Good News’ – First Baptist Clever serves community through NAMB SEND Relief mobile clinic
CLEVER – With help from the North American Mission Board’s (NAMB) SEND Relief mobile dental clinic, the First Baptist Church here saved their community an estimated $21,000 and opened doors for gospel conversations during an outreach, Aug. 9-12. FBC Clever offered dental services, at no cost, to people in their community, and the church even covered the cost of medications prescribed by the dentists. As a result, 34 clients and their families were served throughout the weekend. According … [Read more...]
‘I wouldn’t be here without CP’ – Former Japanese gang member now minister, human rights commissioner
TROY (BP) – Had it not been for the faithfulness of Southern Baptist missionaries, former Japanese gang member Jonathan Hayashi may have never found salvation, a call to ministry – or, most recently, a seat on the Missouri Commission on Human Rights. Missouri Gov. Mike Parson appointed 29-year-old Hayashi to the commission on June 17. He was also named as vice chair. Hayashi serves as music and worship pastor at First Baptist Church in Troy. He is also the general secretary for the … [Read more...]
United by the gospel: African American Methodist church merges with Missouri Baptist church to become new Southern Baptist congregation
SIKESTON – Grace Bible Fellowship, a fledgling Southern Baptist congregation here, hopes to display the power of the gospel to bring people together in Christ – in more ways than one. The new church was born from the merger of Sikeston’s predominately white Trinity Baptist Church with the historically black Smith Chapel United Methodist Church. The members of Grace Bible Fellowship celebrated their first Sunday together as a new Southern Baptist church, Sept. 8. The merger resulted … [Read more...]
‘Reenchanting Humanity’ – MBTS’s Strachan talks theology of sexuality, vocation, race
KANSAS CITY – Owen Strachan serves as associate professor of Christian theology at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, where he is also director of the seminary’s Center for Public Theology. Strachan is also scheduled to speak, Oct. 14, during the Missouri Baptist Convention Christian Life Commission’s Unlocking Biblical Truth Conference in Kansas City (see advertisement below for more information). Earlier this summer, I spoke with Strachan about his latest book, Reenchanting … [Read more...]
Bass commissioned as Army chaplain: Fort Leonard Wood’s Chaplain Jose Rondon challenges Bass, Southern Hills Church
BOLIVAR – Southern Hills Baptist Church commissioned one of its elders as a chaplain in the United States Army during a special service here, Sept. 15. Clint Bass – a former professor at Southwest Baptist University (SBU) and, during the past nine years, a lay elder at Southern Hills Baptist Church – left Bolivar that afternoon for training to serve as an Army chaplain in Fort Campbell, Ky., with the second brigade in the 101st Airborne division. He’ll enter the ranks as a captain. Though … [Read more...]
Concilium, Inc., available to equip Missouri Baptists for mission efforts
EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – Missouri Baptist churches have an opportunity to equip themselves for fulfilling the Great Commission through the help of Concilium, Inc., a Kansas City-based organization that provides training for missionary efforts across the globe. Pisgah Baptist Church here will host one such training event, Sept. 28. Registration for this “Travel Safety Orientation” is $50. To register or to learn more, visit www.concilium.us/TSO. Scott Brawner, a member of Pisgah Baptist Church, … [Read more...]
‘Our hearts broke for the lostness’ – Millersville family moves to Canada to serve children at NAMB church plant
MILLERSVILLE – What started out as jest led to one Missouri Baptist couple’s passion to reach a Canadian city for Christ. For the past few years, Emily Wilson has served as a children’s minister at First Baptist Church, Millersville, in southeast Missouri. But last year, she and her husband, Layne, began to feel that God was calling them elsewhere. But where? They didn’t know. So they spoke to John Vernon, director of missions for the Cape Girardeau Baptist Association, for advice. And, … [Read more...]
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