CEBU CITY, Philippines – Missouri Baptists are headed to the typhoon-ravaged islands of the Philippines, and leaders are asking for prayer, future volunteers and funds. Dwain Carter, director of Disaster Relief (DR) for the Missouri Baptist Convention (MBC) and Mike Beasley, a disaster relief “white hat” from Trimble Baptist Church, will leave Nov. 13 for The Philippines joining two Southern Baptists from Texas at the request of the United Nations and the Filipino government. They … [Read more...]
Messengers pass resolutions on DOMA court ruling, Boy Scouts policy change overwhelmingly expressed dismay
KANSAS CITY – Reaffirming traditional marriage and lamenting changes in Boy Scout membership requirements were hot topics in resolutions passed by messengers at the 2013 Missouri Baptist Convention (MBC) annual meeting Oct. 30. Resolution 2, on the U.S. Supreme Court Ruling Striking Down the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), blasted the June ruling that federally recognized same-sex “marriage.” “… Redefining the concept and legality of marriage to mean anything other than the union between … [Read more...]
All four MBC officers unopposed, win re-election
KANSAS CITY – Messengers re-elected the same slate of Missouri Baptist Convention (MBC) officers, all whom of who were nominated and elected without opposition across the three days of the MBC Annual Meeting. Wesley Hammond, pastor of First Baptist, Paris was re-elected to a second term as president, after his nomination by Mitch Jackson, pastor of Miner Baptist Church in Sikeston and a former MBC president. There were no other nominations. Jonathan McGuire from Bridge of Faith … [Read more...]
God uses cancer diagnosis for His glory
POPLAR BLUFF – “Stage IV cancer” usually strikes fear into patients’ hearts, but for Debbie Medley, the diagnosis brought about new hope, new life and new purpose. Medley, a member of Second Baptist Church, Poplar Bluff, has inoperable metastatic breast cancer. There were no tumors, no symptoms and no warnings when her doctor gave her the diagnosis in 2008. The prognosis was that she had 2-4 years to live. But in the five years since then, God has used her health – or lack of it – to … [Read more...]
MBCH camp yields eight salvations
BRIDGETON – Trustees approved a modestly larger budget for 2014, but it was reports of 18 professions of faith through Missouri Baptist Children’s Home (MBCH) ministries that were the highlight of the MBCH trustee meeting Oct. 8 here. Of those 18 salvations, eight were during the MBCH camp this July at Camp Palestine in Chilhowee, south of Warrensburg. Twelve more rededicated their lives to Christ. MBCH staff and volunteers worked with 36 boys and 36 girls from various MBCH ministries … [Read more...]
From DR to Baptist Builders, layman does it all for the Lord
INDEPENDENCE – If you need a helping hand, Leighton Clemons is your man. Whether it’s getting down on his hands and knees to help you haul the mud of out of a flooded basement or pulling wire on a newly finished church auditorium the 75-year-old member of Country Meadows Baptist Church in Independence is one of the most active in two of the hardest working organizations in Missouri Baptist life: Baptist Builders and Disaster Relief (DR). For a man in two of the most servant-based … [Read more...]
Baptist Builders: Ministry poised to grow, evolve
JEFFERSON CITY – Baptist Builders may be one of the best kept secrets in Missouri, but one of its most active members wants to help it grow into a well-known and often-used ministry. Leighton Clemons, a member of Country Meadows in Independence said he thinks Baptist Builders can take an already established ministry and build – pun intended – something even better. Baptist Builders offers a simple way to help construct a new building while being good stewards: a church provides the … [Read more...]
HLGU seeks to add new graduate degree
HANNIBAL – Trustees for Hannibal-LaGrange University (HLGU) approved plans for a new science building and approved four new “core principals” for the school during their second meeting Oct. 17-18. The former science building on campus was destroyed when high winds tore the roof off in May. HLGU officials are close to finishing negotiations with the insurance company and hope to complete construction on the new 40,000-square foot facility in time for next year’s fall semester. The … [Read more...]
Midwestern hosts SBC historians’ who reflected on an historic moment
KANSAS CITY (BP) – One of the catalysts of the Conservative Resurgence – the Elliott controversy – was examined by three Southern Baptist historians in a panel discussion Sept. 10 at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. The controversy erupted at Midwestern in 1961 when Ralph Elliott, the chair of the Old Testament department, authored a book published by Broadman Press titled The Message of Genesis. Elliott used a historical-critical method of interpretation to examine the first book … [Read more...]
Missourians glowing about Send excitement, crowds
PLANO, Texas – Missourians were among the record crowds at Prestonwood Baptist Church here, and they say the excitement and passion seen there is encouraging. “It was extraordinary,” said Rick Hedger, Missions/Evangelism/Discipleship team leader for the Missouri Baptist Convention said. “I think the Send momentum is really buildilng.” John Mark Clifton, lead pastor of Wornal Road Baptist Church in Kansas City, said the event was different from previous North American Mission Board … [Read more...]
Bethany Church prayerwalks school halls
Forges loving partnership, could be model for other churches, schools CAPE GIRARDEAU – Who says there’s no prayer in schools? There is at Alma Schrader Elementary School in Cape Girardeau. Bethany Baptist Church here has adopted the school through a Chamber of Commerce program and that has led not only to a positive relationship between the school and church members, but allowed them to prayerwalk the halls and stop at each door before the start of school this fall. It began when the … [Read more...]
Missouri Baptists spread one million bibles
JEFFERSON CITY – Over the next two years, Missouri Baptist churches will distribute one million Bibles through service and one-on-one encounters. At least, that’s the goal of Light Up Missouri, the thrust of God’s Plan for Sharing (GPS), an ongoing joint initiative by the Missouri Baptist Convention (MBC) and the North American Mission Board (NAMB) for 2014 and 2015. Over all, the goal of GPS is to spread the gospel to every person in Missouri by 2020. The idea is to get outside the church … [Read more...]
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