FERGUSON – Puppets, Crafts, and games were used as tools for sharing the gospel, to the delight of children and families of a St. Louis Ukrainian refugee church plant, called Shelter Church. The party was held at First Baptist Church of Ferguson (FBCF), but two other churches joined hands to assist Shelter Church and Pastor Volodymyr (Vova) Zolotov encourage the congregation and share the gospel with guests. Zolotov’s wife, Jenya, received an Operation Christmas Child shoebox when she was … [Read more...]
First Baptist Church, Arnold, shines gospel light during Christmas season
ARNOLD – First Baptist Church of Arnold shared the love and hope of Jesus through the “Lights of Christmas,” now in its fifth year. This presentation combined a live nativity, Scripture, lights, and hot cocoa. “This started during Covid,” Chris Mason, worship leader, said. “We usually did a large indoor production for Christmas with choir, orchestra, and drama, but that couldn’t happen. So, the Lord led us to develop this light show synchronized to music, with the story of Jesus. We are … [Read more...]
Inserra urges Missouri Baptists to be light, salt in a dark, decaying world
ST. CHARLES – Dean Inserra, founding and lead pastor of City Church in Tallahassee, Fla., described a social media meme, “If Paul could see the church in America today, we’d be getting a letter!” “We’ve already got a letter to the Corinthians, Galatians,” he told Missouri Baptists, Oct. 29. “All are relevant and inerrant.” Inserra then focused his sermon on the letter in Jeremiah 29. “This letter was written to a people in exile,” he said. “God wanted the people to understand His … [Read more...]
Conference, luncheon highlight biblical truths for women during Missouri Baptist gathering
‘Befriend faithfulness’: Women’s Conference features MBC executive director’s wife by Pathway staff A Women’s Conference was hosted, Oct. 28, in conjunction with the Missouri Baptist Pastors’ Conference. The event also included worship led by Missouri Baptist University’s Spirit Wing, a presentation by the MBC Ministry Wives Network, and a message from Tanya York, wife of Southern Seminary’s Hershael York. The conference also featured Tara Fowler, wife of MBC Executive Director Wes … [Read more...]
Missouri Baptist WMU groups use craft project to teach about Cooperative Program
CONWAY – Working together on a hands-on project is a key learning principle for children. The Woman’s Missionary Union (WMU) has tapped into that principle with a craft project for teaching about the Cooperative Program. The children in mission groups, summer camps and Vacation Bible Schools across the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) are making craft stick units to help them understand how the 47,000 churches in the SBC work together through the Cooperative Program (CP) for the sake of … [Read more...]
Kansas City ministry reaches trafficking survivors, offers gospel hope
KANSAS CITY – Trafficked women need support to survive and to be restored. ReHope, a faith-based ministry formerly called Restoration House and founded out of the Blue River-Kansas City Baptist Association (BRKC), provides that support and encouragement. “We have two facilities,” Jason Alvis, ReHope Chief Executive Officer, said. “We have a 17-acre Farm in Harrisonville, Mo., and a Crisis Stabilization home in Kansas City, Kansas. We also partner with the Missouri Baptist Children’s Home … [Read more...]
Children from FBC Chillicothe raise nearly $500 for Missouri DR during VBS
CHILLICOTHE – The Vacation Bible School (VBS) held at First Baptist Church Chillicothe went beyond just studying Bible stories, the boys and girls learned how to apply what they learned through giving. Giving to missions is a tradition for the children attending VBS in Chillicothe. This year, they collected almost $500 for the Missouri Baptist Disaster Relief effort. “We’ve always selected local, home or international missions to support with the offering,” Tena Eggers, member and VBS … [Read more...]
FBC De Soto sets up eyeglass clinic, shares gospel in Dominican Republic
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC – The acts of kindness Jesus performed as He shared the gospel inspired Gene Smith, administrative pastor at First Baptist Church, De Soto, and his wife, Kristi, to lead international mission trips to the Dominican Republic. “Meeting needs goes hand in hand with sharing the gospel,” Smith said. “My wife speaks Spanish, so we wanted to go to a Spanish speaking country.” “We started looking at different opportunities,” he said, “and we looked at Vision 3:16. My wife … [Read more...]
‘Focus on building the kingdom of God’: Covenant Church, Holden, flourishes in ministry after merger
HOLDEN – New Life Fellowship Church and Forward Community Church, both of Holden, had seemed to have practical reasons to merge into the new Covenant Church of Holden. “Forward Community Church lost their pastor,” Mike Wakeman, pastor of Covenant Church, said, “and we had outgrown our church building.” According to Wakeman, the churches officially formed the new church on Nov. 5, 2023. “It isn’t easy to merge two churches into one,” he said. “There is sometimes a tendency to look back at … [Read more...]
Member of Smyrna Baptist, Rogersville, helps prisoners ‘overcome obstacles’
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...]
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