BRANSON – Executive Director John Yeats shared a crowded stage during the evening of Oct. 28 with the presidents of Missouri Baptist entities in order to celebrate the Kingdom work Missouri Baptists are doing together. After beginning with an illustration of ordinary people literally pulling together to move a massive Boeing 747, Yeats said, “God has called us to the impossible task of communicating the gospel to every person in Missouri. The only way it can be done is by working together. … [Read more...]
MBCH seeks to build up Missouri families
BY STAFF BRIDGETON – Because of privacy concerns, stories about the Missouri Baptist Children’s Home’s impact on the Kingdom must be told with changed names and without photos. That, however, does not lessen the impact made on thousands of children and families through the last 130 years. Whether it’s through adoption, foster care, training, rescuing sex trafficking survivors or offer pregnancy resources, Missouri Baptist Children’s Home is committed to serving God by responding to the … [Read more...]
SBU Trustees approve new strategic plan, remove board member
BOLIVAR (SBU) — Southwest Baptist University’s Board of Trustees met for its regular fall meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 22. Action items and discussion included approval of the new strategic plan, Peer Assessment Committee report and the removal of one trustee. Strategic plan approval Trustees approved the “Shaping Our Story Together” 2019-2028 strategic plan, guiding SBU toward the sesquicentennial in 2028. The planning process began in Fall 2018, and the board received a … [Read more...]
SBU trustees release Executive Summary of Peer Assessment Committee report
BOLIVAR (SBU) — After presenting Peer Assessment Committee findings to Southwest Baptist University’s full Board of Trustees on Oct. 22, the Executive Committee released its Executive Summary. The Peer Assessment Committee, chaired by Dr. David Dockery, chancellor of Trinity International University, conducted an external review of SBU’s integration of faith, learning and orthodoxy. In particular, the committee evaluated the key elements of Baptist distinctiveness that inform SBU’s … [Read more...]
Pathway Exclusive: Greear talks abuse prevention, 1979 SBC election
BRANSON – Southern Baptist Convention President J.D. Greear will be a guest speaker at the Missouri Baptist Convention’s annual meeting here, Oct. 29. Earlier this month, The Pathway asked him some questions about politics, preventing abuse in churches, and the legacy of the SBC’s Conservative Resurgence after 40 years. Recently, you delivered a prayer in the U.S. House of Representatives. Why did you feel like this was important to do? “I was humbled and honored to be invited to the … [Read more...]
BSU, association connect with internationals during ‘Celebration of Nations’
ROLLA – Students from across the globe paraded through Rolla, Sept. 28, during Missouri S&T’s annual “Celebration of Nations” event here. Many of the students wore traditional dress and waved the flags from their homelands. They set up booths, serving food from around the world. Missouri S&T Baptist Student Union Director Bruce Wade ordered Chicken Masala, a traditional Indian dish – discovering a tad too late how spicy it was. Fortunately, Phelps County Baptist Association … [Read more...]
Tractor, quilt show hauls in Centralia crowds
CENTRALIA – If the change in the weather makes you think of harvest time or snuggling up under a quilt, Grandview Baptist Church has you covered. The congregation 20 miles north of Columbia hosted a quilt and tractor show, Sept. 21, with the community turning out in force. “It’s a way to let the local community be a community,” said Grandview pastor, Don Combs. “We were wanting to bring in all of our neighbors and folks from around the area to be able to spend time together and see … [Read more...]
Great Commission Conference ‘put on hold’ by MBC for 2020
JEFFERSON CITY – The Missouri Baptist Convention (MBC) announced last month its decision to put the Great Commission Conference on hold for 2020, according to a statement from MBC Making Disciples director Brad Bennett. “The Great Commission Conference, formally known as the Evangelism Conference, has been one the longest-standing equipping events in our state and we are evaluating its current effectiveness,” Bennett wrote in a statement released to The Pathway, Sept. 30. “I remember a … [Read more...]
New abortion clinic opens outside St. Louis
FAIRVIEW HEIGHTS, ILL. – Facing increasingly restrictive laws in Missouri toward abortion, Planned Parenthood, the nation’s largest provider of abortions, has quietly built a “super” abortion clinic just across the Mississippi River here. The 18,000-square-foot clinic cost approximately $7 million to build and is just 13 miles from St. Louis. The facility was converted from an existing building, using a shell company under the code name “Alaska” to avoid protesters or construction … [Read more...]
Missouri Baptist Convention offers resource for outreach
JEFFERSON CITY – The Missouri Baptist Convention is offering a resource to churches that can help them in targeted outreach efforts to their community. Through the MBC, churches have access to information at no cost to themselves from the Mapping Center for Evangelism & Church Growth, accessed via BlessEveryHome.com. “This is a great resource,” Gene Austin, MBC Director of Collegiate Ministries, told The Pathway. The Mapping Center provides demographic information – for example, names … [Read more...]
MBC releases new book on racial reconciliation
JEFFERSON CITY – The Missouri Baptist Convention has released a new book on racial reconciliation designed for personal or group study. One Church, All People: Biblical Truth About Diversity and Reconciliation is available from Amazon in print and Kindle formats, and from the MBC’s website, mobaptist.org. Written by the MBC’s Bill Victor, who serves in the Developing Leaders Group as scholar in residence, One Church aims to show that diversity and racial reconciliation are biblical … [Read more...]
MMO supports Children’s Home, church multiplication
JEFFERSON CITY – The Rheubin L. South Missouri Missions Offering supports 16 ministries in Missouri. This year’s theme is taken from 2 Corinthians 9:7 - “Each of you should give what you have decided in your heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.” Following are two short stories about how the gifts of Missouri Baptists support missions projects throughout the Show Me State. A chance for new life Kendra* was in awe the entire weekend. She … [Read more...]
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