KIMBERLING CITY – Setting a goal proved to be inspiring and motivating for FBC Kimberling City in 2016. The congregation set a goal for 3,000 shoebox gifts for Operation Christmas Child (OCC) and they collected more shoeboxes than ever before with a final total of 3,231. Last year, the church collected 2,864. Senior pastor, Jeff Hardy, was overjoyed with the result. “It was exciting to see the church grab hold of the project and accept the challenge,” he said. “These shoeboxes are one … [Read more...]
CORE speakers urge church multiplication
ST. CHARLES – J.D. Payne, pastor for church multiplication with The Church of Brook Hills in Birmingham, Alabama, addressed the CORE Conference at the annual meeting. The CORE Conference focuses on the “Core” values of making disciples; multiplying churches and developing leaders. “The definition of church planting,” Payne said, “is evangelism that results in new churches. The gravity of the scripture requires that we look back at the biblical model of how churches were birthed. It will … [Read more...]
Williams keynotes CORE, annual meeting
ST. CHARLES – Compassion and revival were the focus of the sermons by K. Marshall Williams, senior pastor of Nazarene Baptist Church in Philadelphia, during the CORE Conference and the final session of the annual meeting. Williams discussed Matthew 9:35-37 during the CORE Conference. “Jesus went through the towns ministering,” Williams said, “and had compassion on the harassed and helpless. We are facing this today and we need to have compassion. Jesus was a lover of souls. We have the … [Read more...]
Billy Graham’s “My Hope” a tool for sharing the gospel
ST. LOUIS – My Hope combines video with personal testimonies to share the gospel. My Hope created by the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association has been used globally to win millions to Jesus. Since 2013, My Hope has been available in the United States. “The Billy Graham Evangelistic Association (BGEA) has two goals,” David Claybrook, Missouri State Coordinator for BGEA, said. “Number one to proclaim the gospel and two, to equip the church to share the gospel.” Claybrook outlined how My … [Read more...]
Bringing bright smiles
KIRKSVILLE – Smiles are always a major part of Vacation Bible School, but the smiles may have been a little brighter at the VBS for special needs adults conducted by the Thousand Hills Baptist Association at FBC Kirksville. “We held the VBS on a Saturday morning at FBC Kirksville because they have a special needs Sunday School,” Richard Nations, director of missions, said. “My wife, Rachel, has conducted special needs VBS in Iowa before we moved here, so she promoted the idea to a few of … [Read more...]
‘Buckets of love’
“Elsy’s Buckets of Love,” a Tri County mission project, offers a new dimension of love for the Phillip Shuford family. As director of missions for the Tri County Baptist Association, he was quick to respond to a food crisis in Venezuela, the native home of his wife, Elsy. “Her home church, Central Baptist Church of Caracas, Venezuela, sent us a letter and asked if we could help with their food shortage,” he said. Shuford went on to explain that the country of Venezuela is experiencing a … [Read more...]
MBC church planter networks to reach Japanese
ST. LOUIS – A network is defined as an association providing mutual assistance and helpful information based on a common interest. Jesus is the common interest for Missouri Baptist Church Planter Yoshi Ubukata, pastor of Japanese International Harvest Church which meets at The Rock Church, and the Japanese Christian Fellowship Network (JCFN). “We work with the Japanese Christian Fellowship Network,” Yoshi said. “The network helps us here and in Japan with Christians returning home. The … [Read more...]
FBC Ferguson sees the impact of a Christmas gift in a shoebox
“That box let me be a little boy,” Alex Nsengimana of Rwanda, Operation Christmas Child (OCC) national spokesperson, explained to those attending the community event at First Baptist Church of Ferguson. “OCC distributed 250 shoeboxes to the children at my orphanage and it was the first gift that we had ever been given.” The children were in the orphanage after the genocide that occurred during the days between April 7, 1994 and mid July 1994. In about 100 days, one million Rwandans were … [Read more...]
Burfordville Baptist Church dives into VBS
BURFORDVILLE – The Burfordville Baptist Church is seeing evidence of the Spirit of God. In the last two months, they have seen eleven adults and children come to know Jesus. “We have a small church of faithful folks,” Bryon Kindle, pastor, said. “They volunteer to help me, so I can preach. I’m faithful to preach the Word of God and that is the power.” Kindle said VBS paid a significant role in the decisions made for Christ. “Ms. Ashley brought her children to VBS,” he said, “and … [Read more...]
Missouri Baptists at SBC express support for Cooperative Program
ST. LOUIS – The work of the Cooperative Program was all around the Southern Baptist Convention held in St. Louis. The Cooperative Program, launched in 1925, is the unified plan in which Southern Baptist churches give a percentage of their undesignated receipts in support of state conventions and the national Southern Baptist Convention missions and ministries. Ronnie Floyd, president of the Southern Baptist Convention, announced that giving to the Cooperative Program after the first eight … [Read more...]
WMU celebrates annual meeting at MBTS
KANSAS CITY – The Missouri Women’s Missionary Union (MWMU) recently celebrated missions and held their annual meeting at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. “We usually meet in churches,” Cherri Crump, president of Missouri WMU, said, “and this gave the ladies an opportunity to see what a wonderful facility is offered to Missouri Baptists with our seminary.” The theme for the meeting was ALL FOR YOU: Surrender-Sacrifice-Serve. As the keynote speaker, Rosalie Hunt, author, speaker, … [Read more...]
Excitement stirring for WMU in St. Louis
ST. LOUIS – The excitement for the upcoming WMU Missions Celebration and Annual Meeting is building. The WMU is celebrating what God is doing around the world through missions at the meeting slated for June 12-13 in St. Louis at the Ferrara Theatre at America’s Center, 701 Convention Plaza, which is just prior to the SBC Convention. “We’re so excited,” Laura Wells, Missouri WMU Executive Director, said. “It doesn’t get closer than this.” “By All Means” is the theme for the Celebration … [Read more...]
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