“Calling Down the Fire” is the theme of this year’s Pastors’ Conference which will be meeting on Oct. 24 just prior to the Convention in St. Charles Convention Center. The Pastors’ Conference will begin at 8:40 a.m. with pre-session music and 9:00a.m-4:30p.m. is the time of the conference. I am asking that you make this conference a matter of urgent prayer as I have asked the four men coming to proclaim God’s Word, to seek to bring us messages that will ignite our hearts for the glory of … [Read more...]
MBC board recommends governing docs update
BRIDGETON – The MBC Executive Board on July 11 accepted recommended changes in certain MBC governing documents, culminating a two-year effort by a Board-appointed task force to review, simplify, and update them. The Board is scheduled to present these documents to messengers at the MBC Annual Meeting Oct. 24-26 in St. Charles. If accepted, Missouri Baptists have one year to review the documents and then vote on them at the 2017 annual meeting. To help Missouri Baptists prepare for this … [Read more...]
LifeWay to screen 2 movies at SBC
ST. LOUIS (BP) – LifeWay Christian Resources will provide a free breakfast for pastors and screen two new movies at the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting in St. Louis this summer. The focus of the LifeWay Pastors’ Breakfast will be “Leading Change in the Church,” featuring LifeWay President and CEO Thom S. Rainer, followed by a panel discussion of critical issues in effectively navigating change. The panel will include Ron Edmondson, Immanuel Baptist Church, Lexington, Ky.; Sam … [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...]
St. Louis SBC preschool child care full
ST. LOUIS (BP) – Preschool child care registration for the 2016 SBC Annual Meeting in St. Louis reached capacity ahead of today’s May 6 deadline and has surpassed 2015 registration by more than 30 percent, according to Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee staff. Preschool registration closed May 4 with 142 registrants, SBC Executive Committee meeting planner Lynn Richmond told Baptist Press. Last year’s registration closed May 20 with 109 preschoolers, characterized as newborns … [Read more...]
An appendix to the MBC Annual Meeting
In this issue there are several stories about the MBC annual meeting. When Missouri Baptists convene, we are one of the largest annual meetings among the state conventions in partnership with the Southern Baptist Convention. This year we had 1,022 messengers from 440 churches and 236 registered guests. I’m grateful for every Missouri Baptist and guest who came to hear, see, and learn about the amazing cooperative ministries our churches do throughout our state, this nation and the world. … [Read more...]
Yeats highlights Missouri Baptist vision, mission
SPRINGFIELD – During the Missouri Baptist Convention (MBC) annual meeting here, Oct. 26, Executive Director John Yeats highlighted the reorientation of the MBC staff around a mission grounded in the historical purpose for which the convention was founded and around the MBC’s vision for the future. Yeats urged Missouri Baptists to embrace a sense of urgency as they engage a culture desperately in need of the transforming gospel of Jesus Christ. Starting two years ago, Yeats challenged the … [Read more...]
Franks urges Missouri Baptists to move forward
SPRINGFIELD – To promote forward thinking, Neil Franks looked back. Franks, pastor of First Baptist, Branson, gave the president’s address at this year’s Missouri Baptist Convention annual meeting, using a cleverly-filmed video and a throwback to his high school days to drive home his point. The video showed a man walking forward on a street, while the world moved in reverse around him. But then Franks showed the video the way it was filmed: the man walked backwards; he, not the people … [Read more...]
Ripken: Persecuted Christians see miracle of everday U.S. churches
SPRINGFIELD – The International Mission Board’s Nik Ripken opened a window on the realities facing persecuted believers worldwide and on the way those believers view American Christianity during the Missouri Baptist Convention annual meeting, Oct. 28. “There is no free church and persecuted church,” Ripken said. “There is just the church. And it is always persecuted and it is always free. And when any part of your body is hurting and you’re not aware of it, and you’re not concerned about … [Read more...]
MBC’s Yeats outlines restructuring, attendees focus on religious liberty
SPRINGFIELD – Missouri Baptist Convention (MBC) messengers pressed forward during their 181st annual meeting with the restructuring of the convention’s staff and with the defense of religious liberty. A total of 1,022 messengers and 236 guests from 440 churches gathered, Oct. 26-28, at Springfield’s University Plaza and Expo Center, where MBC Executive Director John Yeats highlighted the need for the convention to return to its original mission to “make disciples, multiply churches, and … [Read more...]
Missouri Baptist women hear message of courage
SPRINGFIELD – Five years ago Jennifer Rothschild was ready to quit ministry and hide in her bedroom. “I want to be gut-honest with you, Sisters. I was defeated and depressed,” she said to a packed ballroom of more than 200 Missouri Baptist women at the University Plaza Hotel here. “My system for managing my blindness was failing me … but I am so thankful that God never fails me. In that moment I preached to my soul, ‘I Am.’ That’s when you realize what can change everything. There is a … [Read more...]
Gospel at the CORE of making disciples
SPRINGFIELD – While the unifying theme for this year’s two-session CORE conference was Making Disciples, the takeaway inspired messengers to share the gospel more. Organized by Matt Kearns, Leadership Development Team Leader for the Missouri Baptist Convention (MBC), the CORE conference took place Oct. 27 in the Springfield Expo Center as part of the 181st annual meeting of the MBC. “While the gospel will change others as we share it, it should be changing us,” said Alvin Reid, professor of … [Read more...]
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