KANSAS CITY – In keeping with the joyous atmosphere of the Christmas season, Midwestern Seminary celebrated its 56th commencement exercises on Dec. 12. The event was highlighted by the keynote address and the honoring of a long-time faculty member. Speaking to 59 graduates, their families and friends, Jason Allen, Midwestern Seminary’s president opened the service with an uncompromising gospel presentation, and then added, “It is our prayer and ambition that this service would so bear … [Read more...]
Homosexuality: A gospel issue
It is a gospel issue. We must understand in no uncertain terms that to capitulate on the issue of same-sex marriage or “Gay Rights” legislation as has been proposed in Springfield is to abandon the gospel. This is not a civil rights issue. This is not discrimination. This is not bigotry or religious fanaticism. The acceptance of homosexuality as a legitimate alternative lifestyle is a rejection of the gospel. The Bible teaches very clearly that God created everyone and everything that … [Read more...]
Effort to bring film to Missouri continues
COLUMBIA – The grassroots effort to bring a new Christian movie, A Matter of Faith, to theaters around the state continues. The movie, from Five & Two Pictures in association with Christiano Film Group, follows a character named Rachel Whitaker (portrayed by Jordan Trovillion), who goes off to college for her freshman year to study to become a pharmacist, and is slowly pulled away from her Christian faith by her biology professor (Harry Anderson) who teaches that evolution is the … [Read more...]
Midwestern Seminary and College celebrates graduation, honors longtime professor
In keeping with the joyous atmosphere of the Christmas season, Midwestern Seminary celebrated its 56th commencement exercises on Dec. 12. The event was highlighted by the keynote address and the honoring of a long-time faculty member. Speaking to 59 graduates, their families and friends, Jason Allen, Midwestern Seminary’s president opened the service with an uncompromising gospel presentation, and then added, “It is our prayer and ambition that this service would so bear witness to our … [Read more...]
SBU: A mission to inspire Christ-like students
Southwest Baptist University in Bolivar, Missouri is a small college with a big mission; that is to produce students who are knowledgeable and have a strong walk with Christ. This mission has not come without its struggles, however, both in the present and in its heritage. KSMU Radio’s Bailey Wiles reports in the third and final installment of our series on religiously-affiliated universities in the Ozarks. Jordan Price is a student at SBU and a major in business. One of the reasons he … [Read more...]
Arkansas church impacts African city
ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (BP) – Dinner was a far cry from an Arkansas Baptist church supper. On this night, six members of Arkansas’ Valley Baptist Church in Searcy squeezed into a modest Muslim home in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, and dipped their spoons into African groundnut stew and fish sauce served over attiéké, the staple Ivorian food made from cassava. They were eating with a local family who was breaking their Ramadan fast. “Man, you couldna told me 10 years ago I’d be over here eatin’ with … [Read more...]
Persecution: Wrong to ask to be spared?
ST. LOUIS – As Americans, we are unfamiliar with most kinds of persecution, especially religious persecution. One of the driving motivations in the founding of our nation was the flight from religious persecution in the Old World. And the fact that Americans took possession of an “uninhabited” continent (conveniently ignoring the American Indians already here) meant that any time a group ran into religious persecution they could always pack up and move into the wilderness where they could … [Read more...]
Springfield cyclist uses talents for Jesus
Lee Warren/contributing writer SPRINGFIELD – Eric Hertzler’s aha moment came on the mission field in Nicaragua in 2012 after he restored the brakes on a boy’s bicycle, making him so happy that he pedaled thirty feet and did a power slide, showing Hertzler a giant smile. “Right then, I was like, ‘This is what I need to do,’” Hertzler said. Hertzler, who attends Ridgecrest Baptist Church and went on that mission trip with Real Encounter (an action sports ministry) and a couple of BMX … [Read more...]
HLGU addresses trafficking
HANNIBAL – Hannibal-LaGrange University’s Department of Public Safety hosted an informational meeting on human trafficking on Thursday, Nov. 13. Held in the largest lecture room on campus, the event was well attended and guest speaker Emily Russell, a victim advocate for the Missouri Sheriff’s Association, relayed important information to all who were present. Prior to the meeting, a training session was held with local law enforcement and other agencies along with HLGU public safety … [Read more...]
Ferguson is broken, Missouri Baptist strategist says
FERGUSON (Christian Examiner) – Long before a gunshot killed Michael Brown Jr., or a bottle rocket was tossed in the air to protest, the Heartland Prayer Summit was set to take place at First Baptist Church in Ferguson. With “worldwide attention” focused on Ferguson, God knew this moment would happen said Mark Snowden on a radio show hosted by Harold Hendrick on Bott Radio Network AM 1320 in St. Louis. “Our hearts break with the reconciliation that is needed and that will be a starting … [Read more...]
Pastor still preaching, inspiring after 64 years
MAYWOOD – The Rev. Dale Norfolk, who was once chaplain for the Missouri Senate for 26 years, preached his first sermon at age 17. He’s celebrating his 64th year in the ministry this month, and he shows no signs of wanting to leave the pulpit. “I can still preach as well as before and really don’t have any plans to retire,” the 81-year-old Norfolk said. “I’m not planning on giving up preaching until I can’t do it anymore.” Norfolk, a life-long member of the Southern Baptist Convention, is … [Read more...]
Turning in thanks to God
“ And one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, and with a loud voice glorified God, And fell down on his face at his feet, giving him thanks: and he was a Samaritan. And Jesus answering said, Were there not ten cleansed? but where are the nine?” What a sweet, warm feeling it is when a child spontaneously grabs a mom or dad and exuberantly says, “Thanks!” Everyone is smiling and feeling good for the moment. The child is like the leper who ran back to Jesus and glorified … [Read more...]
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