Annual Meeting Stories

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‘Defining Decade’: Yeats honored for 10 years of MBC service

It was on the stage at the 2011 Missouri Baptist Convention (MBC) Annual Meeting that John Yeats was officially installed as the executive director of the MBC, so it was only fitting to mark his 10-year anniversary during the 2021 annual meeting here.
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Synergy provides a powerful gospel story, Yeats tells messengers in annual address

Synergy, as illustrated in the cooperative work of Missouri Baptists to obey the Great Commission, provides the world with a powerful gospel story, Executive Director John Yeats said Monday evening in his address to messengers and visitors at the MBC Annual Meeting.
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SBU’s Kimbrough: ‘Scripture is sufficient’

“We profess sufficiency of Scripture, but do we really believe it?” Matt Kimbrough, assistant professor theology and head of the Division of Christian Ministry at Southwest Baptist University and lay pastor at Springhill Baptist Church, asked the messengers and guests at the Missouri Baptist Convention annual meeting.
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State-to-state mission opportunities highlighted in convention’s exhibit hall

Missouri Baptists learned about mission opportunities in Montana, Minnesota and Wisconsin during the Missouri Baptist Convention annual meeting here last month.
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Evans: ‘To fix the issue, look at Scripture’

“To fix issues we must look at Scripture,” Evans continued.  “If there is a problem, look to see what God says and pray for obedience.  His Word brings about transformation.”
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Ministers’ wives receive advice on trusting God

“We will seek only to the extent we trust” – wise words delivered by Laura Lacey Johnson, guest speaker at the Ministry Wives Luncheon, which was held at the recent Annual Meeting of the Missouri Baptist Convention in Branson.
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IMB’s Chitwood: 7,317 people groups remain unreached

Paul Chitwood, president of the International Mission Board (IMB), thanked the Missouri Baptist messengers for their prayers and financial support during their annual meeting, Oct. 25.
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Nelson encourages Missouri Baptists to focus on the Kingdom of God

Missouri Baptists should become “laser-focused on the Kingdom of God,” Missouri Baptist Convention (MBC) president Jon Nelson told messengers attending the MBC annual meeting here, Oct. 25.
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Motion calling for sexual abuse task force fails

Missouri Baptist messengers at their annual meeting, Oct. 25-26, voted down a motion that would have created a sexual abuse task force in the state convention.
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Together for the Kingdom: Missouri Baptists learn about cooperative ministry at annual meeting

“Let me make it very clear: We are doing good Kingdom work,” MBC president Jon Nelson told the 1,194 messengers and 267 guests from 451 churches who gathered in Branson for the meeting.
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MBC resolutions address race, abortion, BFM 2000, parental responsibility

Missouri Baptists adopted five resolutions during their annual meeting here, Oct. 25-26, dealing with a spate of issues from race to abortion.
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Messengers able to pre-file motions, amendments

If messengers have a motion they plan to submit at the 2021 MBC annual meeting, they are welcome to pre-file that motion with the recording secretary at recordingsecretary@mobaptist.org.

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