SEDALIA – The Baptist tent ministry at the Missouri state fair yielded 50 decisions for Christ during the recent Aug. 9-19 fair. Forty-seven were for salvation, with three decisions for recommitment to the Lord. State fair committee co-chairman, John Brittain said, “We had a great group of volunteers who were willing to share their faith this year.” There were over 22 Baptist associations, churches and ministry groups who assisted with the tent ministry. “In addition to the gospel … [Read more...]
SBC’s Page: 15 Dragons posing danger to pastors & ministers
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – Frank Page, president and CEO of the SBC Executive Committee told attenders at the Midwest Advance leadership summit that there are dragons in Baptist church life that have to be dealt with very carefully. As he spoke on church conflict during a breakout session in the organizational leadership track, Page said he wanted to encourage the pastors and staff members and help them navigate around “dragons” that devour Baptist leaders. He mentioned 15 kinds of dragons who … [Read more...]
Midwest Advance equips Missourians
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – A little over a hundred Missouri Baptists took in leadership training and missions inspiration at the Midwest Advance leadership summit in Springfield, Ill., Jan. 23-25. Registration for the event was coordinated through Baptist associations in the state and directors of missions were allowed to recruit a limited number of pastors and associational leaders for the event. Headlining the event were Darryl Gaddy, a church planting strategist from Detroit; Kevin Ezell, … [Read more...]
Missouri university students repair homes in flood-ravaged Houston during the holidays
HOUSTON – Turkey and all the fixings on the table at grandparents house in late November. Nope. For students in Baptist Student Union groups across Missouri and several other states, it was a trip in church vans to Houston, Texas, to begin the rebuilding process for homeowners who were hit hard by Hurricane Harvey. Twenty BSU students from Southwest Baptist University, Missouri Southern State University, Missouri Western University, Missouri Science and Technology University and the … [Read more...]
‘Old fashioned hard work’ the key to successful outreach, growth at rural Flemington church
FLEMINGTON – The village of Flemington is located in the rolling hills north of Bolivar in Polk County. A little over a hundred people live in the village. The Rondo Baptist Church is located outside of town on a country road. Three years ago they had about 25 people attending. But now there are about 75 in worship most Sundays. Pastor Harry Moore, age 76, leads this progressive rural congregation. His director of missions, Joe Coppedge, describes him as “old fashioned and hard … [Read more...]
Congolese believers gather to form French-speaking church in Kirksville
KIRKSVILLE – A French-speaking congregation was formed November 19th at First Baptist Church, Kirksville. Joel Kabamba, a 2015 immigrant from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, is the pastor of the new mission church. Pastor Jason Marlin, pastor of FBC Kirksville, said “Congolese people started coming to the church. There are a lot of them out there.” They are moving to northern Missouri to work in two pork processing plants in Kirksville and Milan. Carolyn Chrisman, director of … [Read more...]
Hems of Grace ministry tailors love of sewing for gospel outreach to the people of Kenya
ANDERSON – When Pastor John and Elizabeth Beck moved to southwest Missouri last year to serve at First Baptist Church, Anderson, they brought their three teenage children. But they also brought a missional desire to evangelize in the East African nation of Kenya. For several years Elizabeth Beck has partnered with ladies back in her home state of South Carolina to combine a love of sewing with a desire to reach Kenyans for Christ on annual mission trips. Elizabeth’s friend, Mandy Joye, … [Read more...]
Elliff, former IMB prez, speaks to messengers
RAYTOWN — The preacher said he was going to start with an altar call. “At the end of my message we are going to call you to come down and pray,” Dr. Tom Elliff said to the MBC messengers at the concluding session of the MBC annual meeting on Tuesday night. Elliff was president of the International Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention from 2011 to 2014, preceding current president Dr. David Platt. He spoke from his heart, without notes, in front of the pulpit for the … [Read more...]
NAMB’s Ezell urges Baptists to ‘live on mission’
RAYTOWN – “Thank you for the Cooperative Program, Thank you for Annie Armstrong (offerings) for the North American Mission Board” said Dr. Kevin Ezell, president of the North American Mission Board (NAMB) in his Tuesday night message to the MBC annual meeting. He said his first church was in Ft. Worth, Texas while he was in seminary and he got a unanimous call—all 7 of the members voted for him to be pastor. “But it doesn’t matter if it is 7 people or 7,000 people, we are to bear … [Read more...]
‘Don’t worry, be holy,’ MBC President says
RAYTOWN – “Don’t Worry, Be Holy” was the theme of the presidential address spoken by MBC President Ken Parker, who is the pastor of First Baptist Church, Kearney. He spoke about Jesus’ teachings in Luke 12:22-31. The Lord told His disciples not to be anxious about several areas of their lives. One of them is the encouragement to not be anxious about life in general. Parker said, “There are a lot of people who think President Trump is the Messiah. He’s not. Some think he is the … [Read more...]
SBC’s oldest seminary extension in Trenton: 2017 marks 51-year anniversary
TRENTON – Pastors and lay leaders in northern Missouri have an opportunity to study the Bible together in a seminary extension site and they have been able to do that in Trenton for over 50 years. The Seminary Extension center of North Grand River Baptist Association has been notified that they are the longest continuous operating Seminary Extension center in the U.S. Seminary Extension centers are credentialed by the Seminary Extension Center in Nashville, which is operated by the … [Read more...]
Gospel proclaimed at Missouri state fair
SEDALIA – “I’m a gambling man. I will bet you five dollars that they will take more than three minutes if I go in that tent,” said the man at the entrance to the state fair Baptist tent. Now that was a throw-down. The man was responding to an appeal to come into the Baptist tent at the state fair and sign up for a giveaway of a merchandise gift card. But all that was being asked of the registrants was “three minutes of your time.” Tent volunteers were trained to share their testimony of … [Read more...]
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