“I am not an attractive person, and I can’t sing. But praise God it’s not about personalities. It’s about Jesus Christ. There is no reason we should see what has been going on down here. No reason other than it’s 100 percent about Christ.” - Bryon Kindle, pastor of Burfordville Baptist Church.
“My wife’s testimony was her life. Watching her hunger for the things of God made it abundantly clear that I didn’t know Him,” said Brian Jump, pastor at First Baptist Church Clever.
"In ’65 when my scared teenage biological mother found out she was pregnant ... her choices were limited. Now we have maternity care, fostering programs and therapeutic foster homes ... and human trafficking rescue programs."
“Conveying the knowledge that there is hope, relief and rehab exercises to encourage healing is huge,” said Dr. Beverly McNeal, professor of physical therapy at SBU and coordinator for SBU’s Physical Therapy Global Health Outreach program.
In two months Olive Point Baptist Church’s SLAM (Students Living A Mission) ministry raised $400 and collected 11 duffle bags in a Penny War that pitted girls versus boys.
“With confidence I can say that we would have never planted Red Tree without Second Baptist’s support,” Chad Mathes said. “It’s awesome to see how God is advancing the Kingdom on a local, national and global scale through the people at Second.”
Steele is a professional therapy dog and has been part of the Missouri Baptist Disaster Relief team, for two years. He was part of a team of 18 DR volunteers who provided free childcare to the messengers who attended the 2016 MBC Annual Meeting.
From the chicken pesto, chocolate cake and take-home goody bag to the theme scripture passage found in Psalm 63:1-5, Missouri Baptist women left the 2016 Ministry Wives Luncheon completely satisfied.
Dalton and Danie Patterson were part of a mission team from Second Baptist, Springfield, who travelled to Italy last month in a partnership with two Italian church plants, pastored by a father-son duo.
