MBC makes good on its MMO promise, delivers hefty check to Children’s Home By Allen PalmeriStaff Writer February 8, 2005 JEFFERSON CITY – The Missouri Baptist Convention (MBC) continues to achieve its goal of delivering more money to the mission field faster than previous administrations were able to deliver it. Evidence was contained within a Jan. 25 check presentation ceremony at the Missouri Baptist Children’s Home (MBCH) Board of Trustees meeting. MBCH President Bob … [Read more...]
2005 goal has MBC church planters contemplating pancakes, waffles, tribes
2005 goal has MBC church planters contemplating pancakes, waffles, tribes By Allen PalmeriStaff Writer February 8, 2005 JEFFERSON CITY – As the church planting department of the Missouri Baptist Convention (MBC) strives to plant 100 churches this year, it does so with a philosophy that is designed to get more Missouri Baptist churches thinking a different way. For John Mark Clifton, MBC church planting specialist in Kansas City, this means thinking about pancakes and waffles. For Ben … [Read more...]
Morehouse flock doubles as God touches hearts
Morehouse flock doubles as God touches hearts Just days after pastor attends MBC state evangelism confab By Allen PalmeriStaff Writer February 8, 2005 MOREHOUSE – Pastor Randy Conn of First Baptist Church, Morehouse, was broken at the State Evangelism Conference Jan. 24-25 at Second Baptist Church, Springfield, to the point where he went to the altar to ask God to forgive him for the sin of sharing the Gospel too infrequently. Grace motivated Conn to be a better ambassador of Christ … [Read more...]
Hunter: Missouri Baptist army must march on its knees
Hunter: Missouri Baptist army must march on its knees By Allen PalmeriStaff Writer February 8, 2005 SPRINGFIELD – Phil Hunter started the State Evangelism Conference the same way he finished it, making reference to the theology of brokenness, suffering and pain that a widowed pastor’s wife used in her testimony to gently teach Missouri Baptists how to be humble. “There are a lot of things that God can only teach you when you don’t have dry eyes,” Kathy Ferguson … [Read more...]
Blunt, Loudon joining forces on pro-life bill
Blunt, Loudon joining forces on pro-life bill By Allen PalmeriStaff Writer February 8, 2005 JEFFERSON CITY – Gov. Matt Blunt, who ran for office as a pro-life Missouri Baptist, is urging lawmakers to pass Senate Bill 2, the civil liability abortion law that Sen. John Loudon, R-Ballwin and a fellow evangelical Christian, has sponsored for the last seven years. The Loudon bill would impose civil liability for violating Missouri’s informed parental consent law that stipulates … [Read more...]
Ghastly! Lawmakers ponder cloning
Ghastly! Lawmakers ponder cloning Albert: Missouri Baptists must stand with Bartle to prevent diabolical process By Allen PalmeriStaff Writer February 8, 2005 JEFFERSON CITY – The Christian Life Commission (CLC) of the Missouri Baptist Convention (MBC) has joined an ad hoc coalition of pro-life organizations seeking to pass Senate Bill 160, a ban on human cloning/embryonic stem cell research sponsored by Sen. Matt Bartle, R-Lee’s Summit and a deacon at First Baptist Church, … [Read more...]
Rescue the perishing
Rescue the perishing Missouri Baptists urged to pray, share Jesus at State Evangelism Conference By Allen PalmeriStaff Writer February 8, 2005 SPRINGFIELD – Missouri Baptist Convention (MBC) State Evangelism Director Bob Caldwell likes to talk about his simple, two-step program for the state: Pray and share Jesus. The State Evangelism Conference Jan. 24-25 at Second Baptist Church, Springfield, was mostly about the first step. Preachers helped show about a thousand Missouri Baptists … [Read more...]
Missouri Baptists prophetic in cloning debate
Guest Columnist Missouri Baptists prophetic in cloning debate February 22, 2005 On the evening of Feb. 14, the Senate Judiciary Committee voted 7-2 to forward Senate Bill 160 to the full Senate. This bill would criminalize the cloning of humans and is the most important piece of legislation the General Assembly will consider this session. Cloning is diabolical and immoral, and unfortunately it is very popular with many in the business and scientific fields. To further complicate this … [Read more...]
Frankenstein is breathing; may soon get up and walk
Thoughts and Adventures Frankenstein is breathing; may soon get up and walk February 22, 2005 “She’s got eyes like Zapruder and a mouth like heroin. She wants me to bePerfect like Kennedy.” — Marilyn Manson, Punk rock artist FT. LAUDERDALE, Fla. – On a recent balmy, south Florida evening about 150 of my state newspaper editor colleagues, state executive directors and our spouses, took a break from four … [Read more...]
RA Congress set for March 25-26
RA Congress set for March 25-26 February 22, 2005 SEDALIA — The 2005 RA Congress will be held March 25-26 at the Missouri State Fairgrounds in Sedalia. Speakers will include Missouri Baptist Convention (MBC) Evangelism Director Bob Caldwell and David Case, pastor, Riverton Baptist Church, Alton. Caldwell will address the RAs during the March 25 service at 7 p.m. The offering from that evening service will be donated to the Missouri Baptist Children’s Home. Case, will make a … [Read more...]
104 enrolled in Midwestern’s undergraduate college
104 enrolled in Midwestern’s undergraduate college By Cory MillerMBTS Communications Director February 22, 2005 KANSAS CITY - In just its second semester of existence, Midwestern Baptist College, SBC, the undergraduate school of Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, has 104 students enrolled for the spring academic semester, according to Dr. Jim Anderson, dean of the College. “We’re absolutely thrilled that in this initial stage of the college we already have 104 … [Read more...]
Hannibal-LaGrange students minister to India’s impoverished
Hannibal-LaGrange students minister to India’s impoverished By Brandy CampbellHLG Public Relations February 22, 2005 Hannibal — In recent months, images of India have been on the forefront of American media, following the devastating tsunami that took place in the Indian Ocean. However, there are some pictures that haven’t been in the newspapers or on the television – those of an entire country bonding together in the wake of tragedy. That’s just the picture … [Read more...]
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