PACIFIC – It’s not as glamorous as wielding a chainsaw or cranking through a few thousand meals a day, but chaplains are playing a role in Missouri Baptist Disaster Relief (DR) as volunteers bring help, hope and healing to St. Louisans in need. Rhonda Myers, a member of South Ridge Baptist in Jefferson City, is one of those lay chaplains. By day, she is a licensed professional counselor. But over New Years, she took her professional role, donned a yellow DR hat, and lent a friendly ear to … [Read more...]
No injuries as fire interrupts Corticelli nativity
RUSSELVILLE – When Coticelli Baptist Church hosted a drive-thru nativity Dec. 21-23, they hoped for a lot of community support, but they didn’t plan on the fire department making a visit. Rick Seaton, pastor of Corticelli, said the fire began a little after 5 p.m. Dec. 23, about half an hour before the children manning the nativity and animals would have been in their places. A definite cause is not yet known, but he suspects a short or a burst bulb sparked a hay bale. It took 20 … [Read more...]
MBC’s Hess retiring at end of year: Missouri to Africa to Missouri and beyond
JEFFERSON CITY – It’s been a long, curvy road from Missouri to Kenya and back, and the next intersection is retirement for Ben Hess, who has served the Missouri Baptist Convention since 2003, most recently as the church planting team leader. “It has been a great adventure seeing how Jesus has sought out so many to become His disciples in Missouri through church planting,” he said. “I especially remember the different tribes of people or people groups Jesus has reached through church … [Read more...]
Pulliam to retire from MBC
JEFFERSON CITY – You won’t find the spiritual gift of hospitality listed in any of gift inventories in Paul’s letters, but if anyone possesses it, it’s Betty Benz Pulliam. Pulliam came to the Missouri Baptist Convention (MBC) Executive Board staff in 1983 and has worked in nearly every ministry area. She started out helping the different departments in the Baptist Building as they began implementing their first computers into their work. She served as secretary, bookkeeper and event … [Read more...]
Missouri Disaster Relief blesses Oklahoma in wake of ice storms
YUKON, Okla. – Three inches of ice and downed trees and powerlines are a pain for everyone, but for David and Natasha, it was insult to injury. “We were finishing up a job and a guy pulled up and wanted to know if we were a tree service,” said Danny Middleton, one of eight Disaster Relief volunteers from Missouri to respond to Thanksgiving ice storms in central Oklahoma. “I said, ‘No, but we’re from Southern Baptists in Missouri and we do clean up after tornadoes, hurricanes and ice … [Read more...]
‘Peace on Earth’ for Syrian refugees?
JEFFERSON CITY – As the debate heats up in the halls of government and social media, religious leaders come down on all sides of the question of what to do with thousands of Syrian refugees. Rob Phillips, the team leader for communications for the Missouri Baptist Convention, said the MBC does not take a position on refugee policy, but called on all sides in the debate to pray for the best possible outcome. “For peace in Syria and other war-torn countries, we should pray for wisdom for … [Read more...]
Bright Futures partners churches, schools nation-wide
JOPLIN – Church and public schools don’t mix? Don’t tell that to Joplin Public Schools. Churches have been partnering with students and schools with dramatic results since 2010. The program is called Bright Futures and its simple mission is to connect the community to its schools. Local churches of all faiths are just one aspect of Bright Futures, which also invites businesses, parents, and social services to benefit the local schools. “It’s been a very positive inroad for churches to get … [Read more...]
DR project a gospel light… two years later
JOHNSONVILLE, S.C. – The Hadlers – Sharon and Arlin – and others from the Cape Girardeau Baptist Association Disaster Relief crews were exhausted, wet, and ready for a break. They had joined disaster relief volunteers from churches across the country in the aftermath of record rain that left South Carolina standing in water. Once the waters receded, it was time for hours, days and weeks of mud-out and recovery. Seven Missourians were hauling out wet insulation from beneath a modular home … [Read more...]
Religious Liberty Petition now online
JEFFERSON CITY – Missouri Baptists have a chance to join the voices calling for Missouri’s General Assembly to pass a bill next year to put a new constitutional amendment on a statewide ballot. The petition outlining the plan by a broad coalition of religious freedom advocates – including Missouri Baptist leaders – is available to be read and signed with the click of a mouse at www.crlpetition.com. More than one fifth of messengers attending the Missouri Baptist Convention annual meeting … [Read more...]
Shelton preaches on gospel treasure
SPRINGFIELD – The Apostle Paul wrote his second letter to the church at Corinth amid an era of spiritual immaturity and an increasingly sinful culture. Robert Shelton preached to Missouri Baptists that they would do well to consider Paul’s words in the convention sermon Oct. 27 at the Missouri Baptist Convention’s annual meeting. The pastor of First Baptist Church, Plattsburg, Shelton preached from 2 Corinthians 4. “It was a time of religious pluralism, an age of decadent lifestyles and an … [Read more...]
Messengers speak on religious liberty, sanctity of life, Israel
SPRINGFIELD – Speaking with one voice and with little debate, messengers to the Missouri Baptist Convention annual meeting here were unified in their support of a resolution reaffirming religious liberty for all Americans. “Resolution 3” spoke in defense of religious liberty, pointing out that Baptist in the United States and in Missouri have a long history of supporting freedom of religious exercise for all. The resolution notes that “religious liberty guarantees, not merely the right of … [Read more...]
MBCH considers partnering with new ministries
BRIDGETON – Sometimes you look for opportunities to minister, and sometimes the opportunities seek you out. In recent days three new opportunities to expand the Missouri Baptist Children’s Home’s (MBCH) reach have knocked on MBCH’s door, and were discussed at the agency’s trustee meeting Oct. 13 at the main Bridgeton campus. The first is the Branches at Brookline, a residential facility for developmentally disabled adults in Republic. The board of Southwest Special Cares, which operates … [Read more...]
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