LAKE CHARLES, La. – Missouri Disaster Relief volunteers in early June brought help and hope to Louisiana residents faced with flood damage because of torrential rainfall in the area last month. It was reported that they had 20 inches of rainfall in two hours, which set new weather records. The Missouri DR team was doing mud out work and had completed jobs on two homes halfway through their week of work. The homes had nine rooms and many walls. Several personal items were damaged. John … [Read more...]
Lifetime ministry couple reunites after one year
Mission:Dignity Sunday scheduled for June 27 DALLAS, Texas (GuideStone) – One Year. That’s how long it was that retired pastor Homer Hinson and his wife Doris were unable to touch each other due to COVID-19 restrictions in Homer’s nursing home. “We blew kisses through the window to each other every day,” Doris said. “Being married for 57 years, it was hard not being allowed to touch, hug or kiss him.” Homer pastored churches for almost 40 years in South Carolina, most of them … [Read more...]
WMU Missions Celebration highlights relentless faith, mission stories
NASHVILLE (WMU) – The WMU Missions Celebration and Annual Meeting will be held on Sunday, June 13 from 1-5 p.m. at Nashville First Baptist Church. “This year I am looking forward to fellowship and connecting with one another in person!” declared Linda Cooper, president of national WMU. “The last year has been challenging at best. I think we have truly learned what it means when we say ‘we are better together.’ We need that fellowship with one another that offers encouragement and … [Read more...]
MBU Trustees approve faculty appointment
ST. LOUIS – Missouri Baptist University’s Board of Trustees presented Ken Revenaugh, senior vice president for business affairs, with a resolution of appreciation at their regularly scheduled meeting May 27. Revenaugh is retiring from MBU at the end of June after nearly 30 years of service. “Ken has devoted his career to Christian higher education, and as a senior leader at MBU, he has played a significant role in helping the University to achieve the success it enjoys today,” said … [Read more...]
MBC’s Victor departs after 14 years, accepts teaching position in Texas
JEFFERSON CITY – Bill Victor, scholar-in-residence and pastoral care strategist for the Missouri Baptist Convention’s Developing Leaders team, is departing from MBC after nearly 14 years. He has been accepted onto the faculty of Coram Deo Academy in Flower Mound, Texas (in the Dallas-Fort Worth area), where he will teach history. Victor served in various roles during his ministry at the MBC, including on the MBC’s collegiate ministry team where he helped to start the University of … [Read more...]
IMB missionary Jim Flora dies at age 63
MT. VERNON (IMB) – Jim Flora, an IMB missionary from Missouri who served faithfully among the Basotho people of Lesotho in Sub-Saharan Africa, died from cancer Friday, May 8, 2021. He was 63. “From the pulpits of Missouri to the mountains of Lesotho, Jim was passionate about sharing the gospel and loved to preach the good news of Jesus Christ,” Paul Chitwood, IMB president, said. “While he will be missed around the world, we know that many will stand before the throne of the Lamb one day … [Read more...]
MBC’s High Street Press releases book by FBC Kearney’s Ken Parker
JEFFERSON CITY – We’ve all heard the expression, “The elephant in the room.” It’s a metaphorical idiom in English for an important or controversial topic that’s obvious to everyone, but so delicate that no one wants to address it. But what happens when elephants come to church? That is, what does the local church do with such hot-button topics as creation vs. evolution, same-sex attraction, racism and sexism, depression, and burial vs. cremation? Often, the answer is: we avoid … [Read more...]
KC church’s suit can move forward, judge says
KANSAS CITY – A federal judge says a Missouri Baptist church's lawsuit against Jackson County's COVID orders can continue, even as Jackson County abandoned its mask mandate. Abundant Life, a Lee's Summit church, filed suit in March 2020, when Jackson County announced it would limit churches to 10 worshippers regardless of building size. Rules for commercial businesses were less onerous. Later versions also included "gathering protocol" that lacked proper First Amendment safeguards, … [Read more...]
‘Mo. Equality Act’ fails again
JEFFERSON CITY – For the second time in a month a Missouri version of the controversial Equality Act that is before the U.S. Congress was introduced in the Missouri Senate. The measure, which threatens the First Amendment rights of Missourians, was introduced again by homosexual Sen. Greg Razer, D-Kansas City. Like the proposed Equality Act at the federal level, the Missouri measure would prohibit discrimination against homosexuals in public accommodations. Opponents say there is no … [Read more...]
MBC, NAMB agree to SEND strategy
JEFFERSON CITY – MBC Executive Director John Yeats signed an agreement with the North American Mission Board (NAMB), May 21, that clarifies church-planting lanes of responsibility for both organizations – and, in effect, makes Missouri what NAMB describes as a Send Network state (SN Missouri). SN Missouri is a strategy where NAMB deploys church planters. NAMB also provides assessment, training, and funding to plant new churches across the state. This enables NAMB to do what it does best, … [Read more...]
GuideStone Trustees elect Dilbeck to President-elect role
DALLAS (GuideStone) – Dr. D. Hance Dilbeck Jr. was unanimously elected GuideStone® President-elect during a called meeting of the GuideStoneTrustee Board, May 20. Dilbeck, executive director-treasurer of Oklahoma Baptists since 2018, accepted the call and gave thanks to the Lord, his family and trustees for the opportunity to serve at GuideStone. Dilbeck will serve alongside current GuideStone President O.S. Hawkins beginning this summer. Trustees and GuideStoneanticipate a period of … [Read more...]
Greear announces 2021 Committee on Committees
NASHVILLE (BP) – Southern Baptist Convention President J.D. Greear has announced the 68 members of the Committee on Committees that will meet prior to the SBC Annual Meeting in Nashville June 15-16. Greear, pastor of The Summit Church in Durham, N.C., has named Meredith Cook, a member of Neartown Church in Houston, as chair of this year’s Committee on Committees. Steven Wade, lead pastor of Faith Baptist Church in Youngsville, N.C., will serve as vice chair. Committee members, listed by … [Read more...]
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