ST. CHARLES – Trained volunteers from Missouri Baptist Disaster Relief (DR) will provide childcare on Monday and Tuesday of the Missouri Baptist Convention annual meeting here, Oct. 26-27. Registration is free, but required. The deadline for registration is Oct. 12. Childcare is being offered for children from birth through 7 years of age. It begins at 8 a.m., Oct. 26, and ends after the Tuesday evening session, Oct. 27. Although children will have snacks in childcare, parents are … [Read more...]
O’Brien to be nominated for MBC 2nd vice president
ST. CHARLES – Malachi O’Brien, senior pastor of The Church at Pleasant Ridge in Harrisonville, will be nominated for the office of Missouri Baptist Convention (MBC) second vice president during the MBC annual meeting at the St. Charles Convention Center here, Oct. 26-27. Shaun Jones, executive pastor of worship and media arts at Fellowship Church, Greenwood, told The Pathway in early September that he will make this nomination during the annual meeting. “Dr. Malachi O’Brien a … [Read more...]
Williams to be nominated for MBC 1st vice president
ST. CHARLES – Chris Williams, pastor of Fellowship Church in Greenwood/Raymore, will be nominated for the office of Missouri Baptist Convention (MBC) first vice president during the MBC annual meeting at the St. Charles Convention Center here, Oct. 26-27. Malachi O’Brien, pastor of Pleasant Ridge Baptist Church, Harrisonville, told The Pathway in early September that he will make this nomination during the annual meeting. Sharing his intentions to nominate Williams, O’Brien wrote in … [Read more...]
Special hotel rates available for MBC annual meeting
ST. CHARLES – Special hotel rates are available for a limited time to messengers and guests attending the Missouri Baptist Convention Annual Meeting at the St. Charles Convention Center (located at 1 Convention Center Plaza) here, Oct. 26-27. Hotels with special group rates are listed below: Comfort Suites 1400 South Fifth Street St. Charles, MO 63301 636-949-0694 $89 + Tax Group Name: Missouri Baptist Convention / Group Code: RL89L2 Best Western Plus The Charles Hotel 1425 … [Read more...]
Ministry Wives’ Luncheon slated for Oct. 27, Bitsi Callahan to speak
ST. CHARLES – The 2020 Ministry Wives’ Luncheon is slated to take place at 11:30 a.m., Oct. 27, in conjunction with the Missouri Baptist Convention annual meeting. The luncheon will take place in rooms D1-D3, on the upper level, in the St. Charles Convention Center here. The featured speaker for the event is Bitsi Callahan, a pastor’s wife at Encounter Church, Arnold. Worship will be led by Chris and Rebecca Perstrope of Connect Church in Fenton. Chris is the founding pastor of Connect … [Read more...]
‘Contactless check-in’ option available at annual meeting
ST. CHARLES – The Missouri Baptist Convention (MBC) is offering a way for pre-registered messengers to check in at the MBC annual meeting here, Oct. 26-27, with as little personal contact as possible. The “contactless check-in” process is an attempt to make the annual meeting safer for messengers amid the COVID-19 pandemic. How it works In order to participate in the MBC’s “contactless check-in” process, messengers must pre-register either online or through the mail. The MBC sent … [Read more...]
‘Jesus saves’: Mo. Baptist annual meeting to spotlight gospel truth
Meeting set for St. Charles, contingency plans announced ST. CHARLES – Messengers representing churches affiliated with the Missouri Baptist Convention (MBC) are planning to gather Oct. 26-27 at the St. Charles Convention Center for their 186th annual meeting. However, if federal, state, or local restrictions are imposed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the MBC missionary staff has arranged for alternative meetings. Plan A is to hold the annual meeting as proposed Oct. 26-27 in St. … [Read more...]
Nominating committee members announced at annual meeting
BRANSON – Missouri Baptist Convention president Jeremy Muniz, in consultation with the other officers, nominated eight new members for three-year terms on the Nominating Committee, terms to expire 2022; and two members with terms to expire in 2020. Daniel Carr, Canaan Baptist Church, St. Louis, has been nominated to serve as chairman for 2020. New members term expiring 2020: 1. Brad Adams (M), FBC, House Springs (EC) (filling unexpired term of Buddy Perstrope) 2. Aaron Mick (L), … [Read more...]
Mo. Baptist messengers submit three motions
BRANSON – Messengers to the Missouri Baptist Convention annual meeting submitted three motions to the body urging action on racial reconciliation, the prevention of sexual abuse, and denouncing a resolution on critical race theory made at the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting this summer. Motion No. 1 was submitted by Daniel Carr, a messenger from Canaan Baptist Church, St. Louis. He moved “that the Executive Board of the MBC create a task force with the purpose of developing a … [Read more...]
Messengers’ resolutions address racial reconciliation, ensuring religious freedom
BRANSON – Messengers to the 185th annual meeting of the Missouri Baptist Convention approved eight resolutions, ranging on issues of Christian citizenship to the need to care for those who have been sexually abused. The full resolutions can be read at https://mobaptist.org/annual-meeting/. Resolution No. 1: On Christian Citizenship This resolution called “upon all Christians to faithfully fulfill their God-given responsibilities to engage in the public life of the nation” and encouraged … [Read more...]
Ministry Wives Luncheon attendees encouraged to ‘lose the mask’
BRANSON – Encouraging words are necessary for most women, including wives serving alongside their husbands in ministry. The message, No Concealer Needed, resonated well with more than 100 women attending the Ministry Wives Luncheon, an event held during the recent MBC annual meeting in Branson. Ministry wives often feel the need to live up to a higher standard than other Christians. Reiterating the gospel of grace to the group was humorous and dynamic guest speaker Kathy Ferguson Litton, … [Read more...]
Messengers report good spirit of cooperation
BRANSON – In the hallways and exhibit hall the Missouri Baptists attending the MBC annual meeting reported a good spirit and a renewed sense of cooperation for ministry in the state and beyond. The Pathway interviewed several messengers and guests and asked what they liked about the meeting and what cooperation meant to them? Alan Brock, director of missions (DOM) of Linn-Livingston and North Grand River Baptist Associations said there was a sense of peace. “There is a desire to … [Read more...]
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