ROGERSVILLE – Horses play a key role in the testimony of Sandy Grube, member of Smyrna Baptist Church, as well as her future. “Equine therapy provides a means to overcome obstacles,” Grube said. “I know from experience because the equine therapy group located behind Smyrna church helped me.” Now, Grube is sharing things she learned with prisoners in her work as a mentor through Crossroads Prison Ministries. “The prisoners share their Bible studies with me,” she said, “and I look them over … [Read more...]
Fellowship of Wildwood sends mission teams again to Guatemala, Romania
GUATEMALA/ROMANIA – Partnerships are important and advantageous in reaching goals. Fellowship of Wildwood (FOW) has discovered this in missions. The church has established long standing partnerships with churches in both Guatemala and Romania. “We’ve taken 21 trips to Guatemala,” Russ Ewing, executive pastor, said. “We’ve taken 64 different people through the years of working with Roger and Vicki Grossmann of Good Shepherd Ministries.” “We’ve done construction work,” Ewing continued, “as … [Read more...]
Bible school for the ‘young at heart’: Baptist Homes campus in Ozark hosts senior adult VBS program
OZARK – The Ozark campus of the Baptist Homes & Healthcare Ministries has found a way to reach the young at heart among its senior residents. “We had Vacation Bible School (VBS) for our residents,” Don Swadley, VBS director, said. “We started this last year but had a much better turnout this year. We always had 35-40 in each service, but the final service had fifty-nine.” Swadley said the residents attended, including those who live at the “Outback.” The Outback refers to the … [Read more...]
First Baptist Plattsburg a CarePortal award finalist
PLATTSBURG – Churches serving as the hands and feet of Jesus are not typically recognized by others, but FBC Plattsburg did receive recognition from CarePortal. CarePortal is a technology platform that drives action for local children and families in crisis. FBC Plattsburg is one of CarePortal’s connecting churches. “Our church was recognized by CarePortal as one of the top three finalists for “‘Rural Church of the Year,’” Jackie Tilford, member of FBC Plattsburg and north Missouri … [Read more...]
Missouri Baptist church member offers pro-life options for women
BOWLING GREEN – Options for Women (Pregnancy Resource Center) provides information and clinical services to the women in northeastern Missouri and surrounding areas. “We are seeing women in the midst of brokenness,” Carmen Gamm, director of client services and member of Second Baptist Church here, said. “The world is telling them that abortion is ok and that they should be able to live and to make plans without a baby. We are trying to give them resources to avoid that catastrophic … [Read more...]
Two St. Louis-area church events help Christians answer cultural questions
ST. LOUIS – Questions are swirling around Christians in today's culture, and 1 Peter 3:15 charges believers to always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks for a reason for the hope in Christ. Two events equipped both adults and youth to give those answers. A St. Louis Youth Conference was held on April 6 at First Baptist Church St. John in St. Charles, and an event called “Navigating Hot Topics with a Cool Head” was held for all ages at Fellowship of Wildwood (FOW), April … [Read more...]
Missouri Baptist apologists release ‘Honest Prayers for Mama Bears’
ST. LOUIS – Busy moms need prayer, but they also need to pray. A new book, released, April 2, and called Honest Prayers for Mama Bears will help moms and others do that. Honest Prayers was written by Hillary Morgan Ferrer, founder and president of Mama Bear Apologetics, and Julie Loos, member of Fellowship of Wildwood and member of the MBC Apologetics Network. “When we started this book,” Loos said, “we wanted to capture what was on a mom’s heart. I’m passionate about prayer and we wanted … [Read more...]
‘The Lord put these girls on my heart’: Faber helps young mothers, babies at Pregnancy Help Center
CAMDENTON – A young woman faced with an unplanned pregnancy has questions, needs, and struggles with the next turn. The Pregnancy Help Center (PHC) of Camdenton, and now Versailles, offers solutions. “The Lord put these girls on my heart,” Teresa Faber, director of PHC, said. “My husband pastored for 25 years, and we took young girls who were struggling with unplanned pregnancies and helped them.” Now, Faber’s husband, Timothy, is the Missouri Baptist Convention’s legislative liaison and … [Read more...]
Baptist seminary president from Ukraine updates MBC church on impact of war
WILDWOOD – The war is still raging in the Ukraine and it is especially chilling for Believers. Yaroslav “Slavik” Pyzh, president of Ukrainian Baptist Theological Seminary (UBTS) in Lviv, Ukraine shared an update with Fellowship of Wildwood. “My friend, Mykhailo Brytsyn, was pastor in the now occupied city of Melitopol,” Pyzh said. “The church was large with a membership of more than 600, but now it is gone. The Russians took the building and told the believers not to get together or they … [Read more...]
Sharing Jesus a way of life for Missouri evangelist
WAYNESVILLE – Sharing Jesus is our Great Commission, and Larry Atkins – pastor emeritus of Buckhorn FBC, Waynesville, and member of the Fellowship of Missouri Baptist Evangelists – has made it a way of life. “We all should make sharing a part of our work or whatever we are doing,” Atkins said. “We need to be on the lookout for an opportunity to share.” In addition to being a pastor through the years, Atkins has led more than 200 revivals. “Whenever I was being considered as a pastor for … [Read more...]
Mission team from Gasconade Valley Baptist Association helps ministry for persecuted churches
BARTLESVILLE, Okla. – Danger and risk for a family member sharing the gospel would be troubling, but that is what is happening to the persecuted church. “These are our brothers and sisters in Christ,” Trent Young, DOM for Gasconade Valley Baptist Association, said. “They are our family, and they are risking their lives every day sharing the gospel of Jesus with others in their community.” Young and his wife, Dana, organized a group from the Gasconade Valley Baptist Association to … [Read more...]
New mothers among refugees find support from MBC church members
Fellowship of Wildwood builds partnership with Oasis International ST. LOUIS – A new mom has many questions about her pregnancy, but that is intensified when she is forced to give up her country, extended family and familiar surroundings. Fellowship of Wildwood (FOW) – a Missouri Baptist church here – and Oasis International have partnered to make that transition a little less lonely for some new moms. “Our refugees come here, and the new moms need everything, especially if it is their … [Read more...]
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