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NAMB AMS Replant Lab spurs hope, renewal for dying churches

Missouri Baptists were among 250 associational leaders from around the nation who took part in the Associational Mission Strategist (AMS) Replant Lab at the North American Mission Board, Feb. 24-26.
Missouri

Couple continues puppet ministry at FBC Plattsburg

A husband and wife team from First Baptist, Plattsburg, has continued a puppet ministry started years ago by other church members.
National

Reaching Montreal: Church plant led by former Muslim bringing gospel to unreached city

"The beginning of the story is good. But the ending is even better." That's Andrew Mark Adil's opening line when people ask how such an unlikely man ended up in such an unlikely place doing such an unlikely thing.
Faith

Group caught amid Iran attacks now headed back to U.S.

After 17 trips to a bomb shelter over 36 hours and a man named Moses leading them into Egypt, a group of weary pastors and their wives are headed back to the United States.
National

Collegiate church planting missionary sees God do “More than we could’ve have ever imagined”

Erin Chapmond and Ellie Dunlevy are two of the more than 50,000 students at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana, where the birth and growth of almost-instantaneous friendships is an everyday event. That makes West Lafayette, according to North American missionary Jordan Adams, the perfect place to plant a church.
Faith

Calls for prayer as U.S. and Israel strike Iran, face retaliation

A group of Southern Baptist pastors and their spouses, including former Send Relief President Bryant Wright, sheltered in place in Jerusalem Saturday morning (Feb. 28) as the United States and Israel launched joint strikes on Iran. Within hours, Iran responded with strikes on U.S. and Israeli targets across the Middle East.
International

450 Baptist churches among 737 houses of worship Russia has attacked in Ukraine

The priest led an Orthodox church with the Moscow Patriarchate. But when Russia invaded, soldiers stripped the priest naked, knocked out his teeth with the butt of a rifle, and paraded him through the streets, taunting “Where is your God now?”
Missouri

FBC, Viburnum, named 2025 BHHM volunteer organization of the year

Baptist Homes and Healthcare Ministries has announced its 2025 Volunteer Organization of the Year: First Baptist Church of Viburnum, led by Justin Perry.
Missouri

HLGU Music Department Presents “Let All Creation Praise Him” Spring Choral Concert on May 1 

Hannibal-LaGrange University (HLGU) invites the community to attend the HLGU Music Department’s Spring Choral Concert on Friday, May 1, at 7 p.m. in the Parker Theatre of the Roland Fine Arts Center. 
Ethics

Protesting: How should churches respond?

The Evangelical world was shocked on Jan. 18, 2026, when a group of roughly 30 protestors invaded Cities Church in St. Paul, Minn., during a worship service. While Christians aren’t surprised when unbelievers sin, we were shocked to see the sacred space of religious worship attacked so blatantly. This remarkable action should lead Christians and churches to think clearly about what the Bible says regarding protesting and how churches should biblically respond.

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