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Missourians teach book of Revelation to pastors in Nicaragua

When Missouri pastors Lane Harrison and Chris Williams signed up to teach and train pastors in Nicaragua, they didn’t know they’d be signing up for one of the more challenging books of the Bible to understand and preach through: Revelation.
Missouri

More than 2,300 Kenyans profess faith in Christ

Evangelism doesn’t have to be complicated. It can be as simple as a conversation in the street, or even kicking around a soccer ball in the African plains.
Missouri

Good Friday drama helps draw Easter crowds to Raytown church

There is no resurrection without crucifixion, and there is no Easter without Good Friday. That reality was on display at Connection Point Church, Raytown, as they presented a dramatic reenactment of the last supper with Jesus and His disciples.
Missouri

FBC Branson students serve widows during spring break

You don’t have to travel around the globe to be a missionary; sometimes the mission field is as close as your own back yard. That’s what 15 students from FBC Branson discovered during a March 12-16 mission trip.
Missouri

Night to Shine: Kansas City churches host special needs prom

Summit Point Church in Kansas City has been hosting Night to Shine events since 2016. That year, they hosted 60 guests with special needs and fielded 200 volunteers at a local community center. Not bad for a church that at the time only had 20 members. Since then, the evening has grown each year, going to Arrowhead Stadium, outgrowing that after two years, and now is pushing the limits of Union Station.
Faith

‘Jesus Revolution’ winningly shows unlikely revival

While reports of revival on the campus of Asbury University have dominated headlines and social media recently, it’s timely that another revival – this one among hippies in the early 1970s – is hitting theaters.
Missouri

Exchange Church bounces back to elevate, equip, engage

Any pastor will tell you leading a church can be a roller coaster of ups and downs. For Exchange Church – a church replant in the St. Louis suburbs – that roller coaster had a few loops and, after the pandemic, one monster of a hill.
Faith

‘Amazing Grace’: Classic hymn by slave-trader-turned-pastor inspires praise to God after 250 years

“‘Amazing Grace’ is a timeless hymn,” said Matt Swain, the assistant dean of Worship Ministries at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary.
National

‘Amazing Grace’ panel to be held at MBTS

A panel of musicians, church historians and theologians will discuss the impact and legacy of the hymn, “Amazing Grace” and its author, Feb. 15, at 10 at the Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary (MBTS) here.
Faith

Third season of ‘The Chosen’ series: entertaining, but controversy grows

The third season of the popular – and very well-made – streaming show “The Chosen” is in full swing. Yet the performances, portrayals and dramatic adaptation of Jesus and His disciples remain in the background as controversy swirls around certain dialogue choices, the production company and the show’s creator’s alleged flirtations with Mormonism.
Missouri

God had plans for bivocational pastor on court, behind the pulpit

From an early age, David Cox knew what he what he wanted to do when he grew up. But God had a different plan.
Faith

‘Keeping Christmas Well’: Dickens, Scrooge, Spurgeon

Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol is a ghost story. Sure, it’s a beloved yuletide tradition, but it’s still a ghost story – and at times a frightening one!

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