JEFFERSON CITY – The Missouri Baptist Convention’s (MBC) Christian Life Commission (CLC) awarded its 2022 Distinguished Service Award to Missouri Governor Mike Parson – in recognition, especially, of his efforts to uphold the sanctity of life within the state. Parson and his wife, Teresa, are members of First Baptist Church, Bolivar. The Parsons hosted members of the CLC for a luncheon at the Governor’s mansion in Jefferson City, Oct. 26, after which the commission presented the … [Read more...]
Shoal Creek churches join hands for revival
SENECA – Five churches in the Shoal Creek Baptist Association partnered together to put on a week of revival services in their area during the last week of September. The churches included First Baptist Church, Seneca; Swars Prairie Baptist Church, Seneca; Bethany Baptist Church, Neosho; Belfast Baptist, Neosho, and Patterson Heights Baptist Church, Anderson. Throughout the week, five evangelists connected with the Missouri Baptist evangelists’ fellowship rotated from church to church to … [Read more...]
‘Danger to the entire state’: Missouri Baptist ethicist warns against legalizing marijuana
EDITOR'S NOTE: This article was updated on Oct. 26. JEFFERSON CITY – Missouri voters will decide, Nov. 8, whether the state will follow 19 other states in legalizing recreational marijuana. The vote on recreational marijuana comes only four years after Missourians legalized medical marijuana. That same year, Missouri Baptist Convention (MBC) messengers opposed the legalization of medical marijuana – in part, they said, to “protect the people of our great state from the future legalization … [Read more...]
‘The Pathway’ shares good news in a world gone wrong
Nine years ago, The Pathway’s late founding editor Don Hinkle (1954-2022) invited me into a friendship I’ll always treasure and into the adventure of Southern Baptist state newspaper work. Despite appearances, producing any single edition of The Pathway since that time has involved us in an escapade. Writing a century ago about newspaper work, author and journalist G.K. Chesterton depicted humorously the excitement and daring of the task: “Nothing looks more neat and regular than a … [Read more...]
MBC board sets spending plan for 2023
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...]
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