NASHVILLE (BP) – While the 2020 SBC Annual Meeting has been canceled for the first time since 1945, Southern Baptists will still be provided with an opportunity to hear from the entities of the Southern Baptist Convention through an online event June 2 hosted by the SBC Executive Committee. SBC Advance, a two-hour online event, is not designed to be a substitute for the annual meeting, but will provide ministry updates from and interviews with all SBC entity and auxiliary heads, as well … [Read more...]
SBU trustees set plans to update governing documents, approve $60.8 million budget
BOLIVAR – During a May 19 meeting here, Southwest Baptist University (SBU) trustees set a schedule for finalizing changes to the university’s governing documents. The board submitted a draft of the revised governing documents to the Missouri Baptist Convention (MBC) Executive Board in February. SBU trustees who are part of the governing documents work group and MBC leadership are meeting June 1 to review the revisions requested by the MBC. The full board will meet in a special session on … [Read more...]
National convention reports drop in CP giving
NASHVILLE (BP) – Stay-at-home orders around the country due to the COVID-19 global pandemic continue to affect churches and church giving. As a result, all aspects of Southern Baptist life are beginning to feel the economic changes. While data points related to giving have been sparse in the initial phases of the pandemic, national Cooperative Program receipts are beginning to reflect the stalled global and national economy. National CP receipts in April dropped more than 8 percent … [Read more...]
‘Jesus’ returns to TV May 13, DVD and download coming May 15
LANCASTER, Pa. – An estimated three million people watched the first-ever TV broadcast of a Sight & Sound Theatres stage production on Easter weekend as JESUS debuted on TBN. Viewership included both traditional broadcast and digital streaming. Demand has prompted an encore broadcast on TBN on May 13, leading up to the wide release of JESUS on DVD and digital download on May 15. “We’re thrilled to share this special encore television broadcast of JESUS on TBN,” said Sight & … [Read more...]
Mission partners in Mexico pray for Missouri Baptist churches
PUEBLA-TLAXCALA, Mexico – Missouri Baptist churches have partnered with churches in the Regional Baptist Convention of Puebla-Tlaxcala, Mexico, for several years now. While the COVID-19 pandemic has placed a temporary stop on travel, it has not slowed the prayers of encouragement and support. In a recent letter to Rick Hedger, director of Multiplying Churches for the MBC, and coordinator of partnership missions for the convention, the Puebla-Tlaxcala Board of Directors thanked Missouri … [Read more...]
Jackson County churches call for equal treatment in COVID-19 ‘re-opening’ plan
KANSAS CITY – Missouri Baptist churches in the Kansas City area are challenging a Jackson County “re-opening” plan that discriminates against churches in the county. In a federal civil rights lawsuit, filed May 7, one of these churches asked a federal judge in Kansas City to declare parts of the Jackson County government’s “re-opening” plan as unconstitutional due to its unequal treatment of churches. The lawsuit was filed after a letter to county officials did not result in a change of … [Read more...]
MBC releases new book on the Angel of the LORD
JEFFERSON CITY – The Missouri Baptist Convention, through its High Street Press imprint, has released a new resource for personal or group study titled Jesus Before Bethlehem: What Every Christian Should Know About the Angel of the LORD. Written by the MBC’s Rob Phillips, the 338-page book explores dozens of Old Testament appearances by a figure often identified as “the angel of the LORD.” This figure not only speaks for God; he speaks as God. He appears as a man, a voice from heaven, a … [Read more...]
Missouri Baptists urged to remember church security as buildings reopen
JEFFERSON CITY – Missouri Baptists are eager to celebrate their first Sunday back at church, but the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) advises worshipers not to let down their guards with respect to church security. Most local churches have security measures in place, and these should be reviewed and practiced as they open their doors in the days ahead. Brian Harrell, assistant director for Infrastructure Security for DHS, issued a letter April 8 to U.S. houses of worship … [Read more...]
Mo. Baptist apologists to discuss inerrancy
JEFFERSON CITY – Missouri Baptist apologists Dave VanBebber and Adam Cochrun are engaging two professors at Southern Evangelical Seminary (SES) in a live-streamed dialogue April 27 about approaches to the doctrine of biblical inerrancy. VanBebber and Cochrun, active members of the Missouri Baptist Apologetics Network, are scheduled to discuss this topic with Richard Howe, professor emeritus of philosophy and apologetics at SES, and Adam Tucker, director of recruiting and admissions for the … [Read more...]
The Baptist Home headquarters relocating to Baptist Building
JEFFERSON CITY – The Baptist Home’s (TBH) Board of Trustees on April 3 authorized TBH President Rodney Harrison and the executive committee to develop a plan for moving the TBH corporate office from Ironton to the Baptist Building in Jefferson City. According to Harrison, the centralized location will better serve the TBH campuses statewide, which have increased from one to four since 1988. Harrison plans to establish his office at the Baptist Building as soon as the COVID-19 stay-at-home … [Read more...]
Missourians contribute to COVID-19 ebook
NASHVILLE – Hope amid the COVID-19 crisis is the focus of a new ebook, A Pandemic Proposal: Viral Vitality … Hope for the Human Soul by former Baptist Press editor Art Toalston, with contributions from three Missourians. Even amid the horrors of a global pandemic, Toalston writes, “a distinct vitality” can be experienced “in our souls, in our circumstances, in our relationships, in the world within our sphere of influence, and in how we each move into the future beyond the sorrows of the … [Read more...]
Missouri Baptist Nominating Committee seeking profiles
JEFFERSON CITY – Volunteers are needed to fill vacancies on Missouri Baptist Convention (MBC) boards and committees, said nominating committee chairman, Daniel Carr. Carr, who serves as the senior pastor of Canaan Baptist Church, St. Louis, urged anyone who might be willing to serve to fill out the profile form on the MBC’s website at https://mobaptist.org/executive-office/nominating/. A printed copy of the form can also be obtained by calling Carla Stegeman at 573-636-0400, ext. 301. … [Read more...]
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