SOUTH ASIA – As a 7-year-old growing up in Clinton, Mo., Chase Tozer* heard the gospel at an old-fashioned revival meeting. He felt convicted, but was unsure he was ready to be obedient. “He was preaching on fire and brimstone,” Tozer remembered. “I made a deal with God: If he brought me back the next night, I would go talk to the preacher and figure out just what he was talking about.” He accepted Jesus as his Lord and Savior that night, and when he open his eyes after praying, he saw … [Read more...]
Southern church planter dedicates life to Fargo
FARGO , N.D. – When attempting to start a new work in a totally new locale far from home and with little gospel presence, a church planter has to earn the people’s trust. For Tim Brown and his wife, Michelle, trying to plant a church in Fargo, that meant surviving a winter. The Browns left their home in Memphis, Tenn., in August of 2012 after seeking the Lord’s will for the next stage in their ministry. They were contacted by the Dakota Baptist Association to consider planting a church … [Read more...]
Bikers find lostness on I-29
FARGO, N.D. – Philip Dooley’s tires on his KTM 990 Adventure crunched over dirt roads, then glided softly through the grass as he stopped in front of the old, abandoned church house. Nestled in the hills of South Dakota’s Lake Traverse Indian Reservation, the house of worship had long been shuttered. “It’s the perfect illustration of why planting new churches is so important here,” said Dooley, the interim pastor of First Baptist Church, Gower, Mo., and part of the Missouri Baptist Biker … [Read more...]
Missouri students share Jesus at SBC’s Crossover
COLUMBUS, Ohio - Students from Midwestern Seminary and North Central Missouri College were among more than 3,300 volunteer missionaries at 47 venues around the city the week before the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting, knocking on 10,000 doors, sharing 4,900 gospel presentations, resulting in at least 345 professions of faith. Dianne Barnes, the leader of the Baptist Collegiate Ministry at North Central in Trenton took five students with her, working with Stowe Mission in inner … [Read more...]
DR students already responding to Okla. floods
JEFFERSON CITY - Most students either take the summer off to sleep late or find a job to help pay for tuition, but six young people from across Missouri have signed up for early wake up calls and long hours without pay as Missouri Baptist Disaster Relief (DR) interns. Jessica Sherrill of Cadet Baptist Church, Ashley Palmer and Lindey Broyles of First Baptist, Diamond, Caleb Brubaker, of First Baptist, St. James, Ryan Steel of First Baptist, Bismarck, and Gabriel Craig of Esther Baptist, … [Read more...]
Bumpers preparing for SBC sermon
SPRINGFIELD – Crossway Baptist Church’s 1,800 attendance on a Sunday is nothing to sneeze at, but pastor Eddie Bumpers is preparing to preach to a crowd that could top 7,000 in Columbus, Ohio. Bumpers said he is still considering what the Lord would have him say to messengers at the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) June 17 when he preaches the “convention sermon” slated for 4:30 the final day of the meeting. “Either I’m going to be speaking about Elijah on Mt. Carmel or I’m going to look … [Read more...]
Missouri disaster relief on the ground in Nepal
GHORKA, Nepal – Walking as many as 12 hours a day to remote regions still unreached by other aid, two Missouri Baptists are assessing needs and bringing in food and water on foot in this remote area of Nepal. Michael Updegrave of First Baptist, Wellington, and Kevin Bailey of Southern Hills, Bolivar, and a third volunteer from Virginia are part of a RAT team (Rapid Assistance Team) working with Baptist Global Response (BGR) in the wake of the April 25 7.8 magnitude earthquake that killed … [Read more...]
MBCH readies for camp, affirms training policy
BRIDGETON – Missouri Baptist Children’s Home (MBCH) trustees affirmed their policy of who can be trained as a foster parent, heard a clean audit report and issued a plea to help send MBCH kids camp at their board meeting here April 28. MBCH Children and Family’s Ministries fielded requests for 92 therapeutic group homes the first three months of 2015, more than half of the total for all of 2014. Requests for pregnancy services were also up for the first quarter, with 63 requests versus … [Read more...]
Unbroken: WWII POW’s pitch opens Royals’ season
BETHANY – Dale Mitchell took the mound at Kauffman Stadium in front 40,085 roaring fans. Opening Day, 2015: The defending American League Champion Kansas City Royals vs. the Chicago White Sox. Squinting through sunglasses, his cap pulled low, Mitchell cocked his arm back and let his pitch fly. If you don’t remember Mitchell’s name from the KC starting rotation, it’s because at 90 years old, Mitchell had the honor of throwing out the ceremonial first pitch at Kauffman Stadium for the … [Read more...]
First Puxico sees nearly 260 profess faith
TEHUECAN, Puebla, Mexico – Even the best plans are no match for the variables that pop up during a mission trip. But for First Baptist, Puxico, and their experience with partnership missions in Puebla, Mexico, sometimes God’s plans are better. The 13-member team from Missouri arrived in Tehuecan expecting to work with a local pastor the church had partnered with before, only to find that he had left the local convention and the Puxico team high and dry. “When God shuts one door He often … [Read more...]
Missourian keeps Beach Reachers on the road
PANAMA CITY BEACH, Fla. – Not many people can spend Spring Break in one of the party hotspots of the world and never wiggle toes in the sand or wade out into the surf, but Denise Banderman did just that. She spent two full weeks as part of LifeWay’s volunteer event staff for Beach Reach, a ministry aimed at partying college students that descend on the beach each year. Banderman, a member of Stonebridge Community Church in Jefferson City, has been working with Beach Reach since 2003. This … [Read more...]
Laclede jail ministry sees fruit, one inmate at a time
LEBANON – “James,” an inmate at the Laclede County Jail wasn’t impressed when Sam Price and Steve Strauch would pass through security to visit his pod for a Bible Study. He has since changed his tune. “It’s the Word that does the drawing,” Strauch said. Strauch, the director of missions for Laclede Baptist Association and Price, the pastor of Wood Street Baptist Church in Lebanon both make weekly visits to the Laclede County Jail. Price has been ministering there for years, and Strauch … [Read more...]
- « Previous Page
- 1
- …
- 32
- 33
- 34
- 35
- 36
- …
- 43
- Next Page »