BRANSON – In the hallways and exhibit hall the Missouri Baptists attending the MBC annual meeting reported a good spirit and a renewed sense of cooperation for ministry in the state and beyond. The Pathway interviewed several messengers and guests and asked what they liked about the meeting and what cooperation meant to them? Alan Brock, director of missions (DOM) of Linn-Livingston and North Grand River Baptist Associations said there was a sense of peace. “There is a desire to … [Read more...]
Hunt: Everybody influenced by somebody
BRANSON – Johnny Hunt, senior vice-president of evangelism and leadership of the North American Mission Board (NAMB) spoke to the MBC messengers in the first session of their convention. His sermon was titled “The Kingdom Life,” and he gave examples of some things he wants to do if the Lord wills. Taking his text from I Corinthians 16, he said first, “I have possessions I wish to give.” Hunt said pastors and teachers should teach what the Bible has to say about stewardship. Paul … [Read more...]
MBC annual meeting offering to benefit new church plant in Reeds Spring
REEDS SPRING – An offering collected during the MBC annual meeting netted $4,148.80 to help with the construction of a building for a new church plant in Reeds Spring. The First Baptist Church of Kimberling City, seven miles down the road, is sponsoring the new church along with assistance from Tri-County Baptist Association. The MBC Executive Board report included the proposal for the offering on Tuesday morning of the convention meeting. There was a church named First Baptist of … [Read more...]
Church plant setting down deep roots eight years after tornado destroys Joplin
JOPLIN – Missouri Baptist pastor Rodney Rambo was a church planting intern eight years ago when an EF-5 tornado destroyed a huge swath of the Southwest Missouri city. “We hunkered down in an apartment building,” he said. “Then we spent the night digging and looking for church members.” He then spent about two years working in disaster relief ministry in the city. Rambo attended a FEMA meeting as the city began the process of recovering. A FEMA worker said, “Ten years from now one out … [Read more...]
Italian masterpieces – Cape Girardeau churches use spray paint to share gospel in Italy
BELLUNO, Italy — Former art teacher turned youth pastor, Jared Griffin pulled out cans of spray paint and set up an easel on in a public park in this northern Italian town of Belluno, population 35,876. He was there with a recent mission team from the Cape Girardeau area. Their intent was to attract Belluno residents viewing the art creations and engage them in conversations about the Gospel. Why spray paint cans? In Italy there is a great appreciation for art. Classical sculptures, … [Read more...]
St. Louis author watches over kids like a ‘Mama Bear’
BALLWIN – Thirteen years ago Julie Loos was getting ready to send her oldest son off to middle school. The question came to her: “How will I help him prepare for exposure to different worldviews? Like any good mother, she was watching over her kids carefully and she described herself as “kind of a Mama Bear.” That led her to speak with some folks in her family’s church, First Baptist Church of Ellisville, which is now called the Fellowship of Wildwood. There she learned more about the … [Read more...]
Forty people saved at the Missouri state fair
SEDALIA – Forty individuals prayed to receive Christ at the Baptist tent at the Missouri state fair. The invitation to step inside the colorful tent on Main Street at the fairgrounds, was followed by a promise, “This will just take three minutes of your time.” Volunteers then had three quick minutes to welcome fair attenders to the Baptist tent and then to share their testimony of how they became believers in Jesus. At the end of the three minutes they would ask, “Has anything like this … [Read more...]
Webster County DOM leads association, helps people amid end-of-life transitions
MARSHFIELD – Mitch Fisher is involved in two ministries. He is the director of missions for the Webster County Baptist Association and he also is a bereavement chaplain with CoxHealth Hospice (formerly known as Oxford HealthCare Hospice). With these two ministries he is able to work full time, serving each part time. He manages to divide up his time with each entity having flexible hours. But he says the biggest struggle is not working too much. Like many Missouri directors of missions … [Read more...]
Shuford family ministers in very diverse association in southwest Missouri
NIXA – Director of missions Philip Shuford said he has four kinds of churches in his diverse Baptist association, which spans three counties in southwest Missouri. The Tri-County Association has: suburban churches near Springfield, tourism-oriented churches in the city of Branson, lake churches which tend to attract retirees and small rural Ozark mountain churches. He and his wife Elsy and their two children, minister as a director of missions and wife in this diverse set of … [Read more...]
Truman State BSU feeds hungry students at the end of their semester
KIRKSVILLE – The Baptist Student Union at Truman State University believes hungry university students need nourishing food in the middle of their week of final exams at the end of a semester. They have been ramping up this “Food for Finals” effort the last several years and now feed about 200 TSU students over the course of three days of finals weeks. Greg Xander, campus missionary at the BSU said they started about eight years ago providing some snacks during “reading day” (a day of study … [Read more...]
MBCH hosts ‘Golfers 4 Kids’ event at Hannibal golf course
HANNIBAL — The annual “Golfers 4 Kids” tournament was held at the Norwoods Golf Course in Hannibal, May 10. Seventy-six golfers from the northeast Missouri region participated this year. They received information about how they can assist the Bridgeton-based Missouri Baptist Children’s Home (MBCH). Nineteen teams of four played in the “best ball scramble” tourney. Organizers said not much golf experience was needed and they even allowed for “mulligans” as needed. A mulligan is a golfing … [Read more...]
Kirksville church reaches out to neighborhood with free shoes, health screenings, family fun
KIRKSVILLE – The Fellowship Baptist Church here reached out to the kids in the Head Start program, located just a few blocks from their facility with an outreach event in mid-May providing for several physical as well as spiritual needs. They arranged to have a free pair of shoes provided for every child who attended their annual “Shoes From the Heart” giveaway. In addition to a free pair of new athletic shoes, the kids could get health, dental, vision and hearing screenings. … [Read more...]
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