WARRENSBURG – A quilt is generally made from fabric pieces that are sewn together. Perhaps there is no better fitting illustration of broken lives being put together, as happens with clients of the Missouri Baptist Children’s Home, foster children and unwed mothers. “Pat’s Saturday Sew Day” is the Grover Park Baptist quilt ministry, and in less than two years, it has given away 277 quilts, and counting. In about 2015, a monthly sewing club was started for those who wanted to learn … [Read more...]
Missouri Baptists set their eyes on Christ during Missouri Pastors’ Conference
ST. CHARLES – Missouri Baptists set their minds on Christ during the Missouri Baptist Pastors’ Conference at the St. Charles Convention Center here, Oct. 28. The theme of the conference, which took place immediately prior to the Missouri Baptist Convention’s (MBC) annual meeting, was “Consider Christ,” based on Hebrews 3:1-2. Featured speakers during the Pastors’ Conference included Southern Baptist Theological Seminary’s Hershael York, Pastor Josh Boley and Midwestern Baptist … [Read more...]
Sikeston church’s community service event reaches hundreds
SIKESTON – Old Bethel Baptist Church (OBBC) here stepped up, Aug. 24, to show love for the community, offering a number of free services. Pastor Brent Horton said 460 people from the area attended the event, where 130 church members reached out to welcome them. During the hours of the community service event, the church offered 40 oil changes and more than 60 haircuts, which were offered at no charge. The church also offered for free an eclectic arrangement of services – a car wash; … [Read more...]
Sikeston church’s community service event reaches hundreds
SIKESTON – Old Bethel Baptist Church (OBBC) here stepped up, Aug. 24, to show love for their community by offering a number of free services. Pastor Brent Horton said 460 people from the area attended the event, where 130 members reached out to welcome them. During the hours of the community service event, the church offered 40 oil changes and more than 60 haircuts, which were offered at no charge. The church also offered for free an eclectic arrangement of services – a car wash; … [Read more...]
Richland Baptist, Memphis, uses regional conference to launch local men’s ministry
MEMPHIS – Richland Baptist Church used a regional “Reclaiming Biblical Manhood” conference to start their men’s discipleship Bible study. Around 85 boys and men from more than a dozen different churches in Northeast Missouri, Iowa, and Illinois attended the activity, Sept. 7, at the Camp Leeper Facilities near Luray. Six pastors shared a brief message with the audience, while men from Richland served a meal, and some 40 donated door prizes were distributed. In addition to the six … [Read more...]
Webster County Baptist Association event aims to reach bow hunters
MARSHFIELD – For 18 years, the Webster County Baptist Association has had an Outdoor Sportsmen’s Event for those with archery interests. Director of Missions Mitch Fisher said approximately 15 of the churches in the association were directly involved with some aspect of the latest sportsmen’s event, Aug. 24, and several other churches donated towards this. “It’s a one-day family event catering to archery. It’s for men and women, boys and girls. We set up at Camp Arrowhead (Boy Scout Camp) … [Read more...]
Omaha Baptist partners with Montana church
OMAHA – Twenty members of the Omaha Baptist Church in northern Missouri took a mission trip to help Jordan (Montana) Community Church, Aug. 5-11. Omaha pastor Kevin Collins said the mission team was between the ages of 13 and 87. With travel, it ended up being just three work days. In town, they were known as the people that were helping the church. “But we got a lot done in that time,” he said. The team did maintenance work, cut trees, built a new fence, removed a carpet, painted … [Read more...]
Churches pool together to bring ‘Casting Crowns’ to Putnam County Fair, Sept. 5
UNIONVILLE, Mo. – Several churches from the Putnam County Ministerial Alliance are working together to bring contemporary Christian group “Casting Crowns” to the Putnam County Fair, Sept. 5. “The fair is usually a big deal, not only locally but in a large area. There can be 35,000 that attend the fair. They usually have good entertainment,” said Kevin Collins, pastor of Omaha Baptist Church. Collins said when the fair board set up a beer tent several years ago, it upset the local … [Read more...]
MODR interns log many miles in summer service
JEFFERSON CITY (MODR) – It was back in 1979 when country music star Willie Nelson recorded a song called “On the Road Again.” Today, some 45 years later, the 2024 Missouri Baptist Collegiate Disaster Relief student intern team can certainly relate. This summer, Aaron Werner, Disaster Relief Collegiate Coordinator, and his 12 interns have been sent to Sikeston (twice), Doniphan, and St. Louis, Mo., as well as Spencer, Iowa (twice), Houston, Texas, and Ruidoso, N.M. For Sikeston and … [Read more...]
Hundreds saved during FBC LaBelle mission trip to Democratic Republic of the Congo
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO – Three members of First Baptist Church, LaBelle, spent 12 days in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and saw God move mightily. Pastor James Renot, his wife Rhonda, and his sister Vivian Simmons, a retired teacher from Jefferson County, Mo., joined African team members June 26 – July 8. The Renots had been in the DRC before. The Power of Prayer The trip was moved up two weeks when, as LaBelle church members prayed, it was impressed on the … [Read more...]
Parkade Baptist, Columbia, hosts predominately black Baptist convention’s meeting
COLUMBIA – What happens when a predominantly white church helps a predominantly black convention hold one of its meetings? God is glorified. Parkade Baptist Church hosted the Missionary Baptist State Convention of Missouri (MBSCM), July 7-11. Parkade has several African-American members, but they are predominantly a white congregation while the MBSCM is a black ministry organization. Parkade Baptist Church Pastor Chris Cook said about 400 people attended the conference. “They had … [Read more...]
Fifty-eight person mission team builds houses in Acuña, Mexico
ACUÑA, Mexico – Three families from different Mexican churches received newly built houses during the last week of May. Fifty-eight people from 11 churches and five denominations worked together to frame the houses, set a metal roof, set windows and a door. “What they call houses, we might call sheds,” Michael Hunt, associate pastor at First Baptist Church, Moberly, said. “They are 18x21 feet. They are like a lean-to with a metal roof. There is a living area and two bedrooms. They have … [Read more...]
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