ST. LOUIS – This fall, Franklin Graham will proclaim Christ’s love during an evangelistic road tour from Illinois to California. Featuring stops along historic Route 66, Graham’s God Loves You Tour includes two stops in Missouri. Graham will host a one-night evangelistic rally at the Gateway Arch National Park in St. Louis, Sept. 21, at 7:00 p.m. He’ll hold another rally at the Ozark Empire Fairgrounds and Event Center in Springfield, Sept. 23, at 7:00 p.m. Each event will also include a … [Read more...]
MBC universities file brief defending religious liberty
Federal directive could force schools to open dorms, showers to members of opposite sex JEFFERSON CITY – Three Baptist universities and other entities affiliated with the Missouri Baptist Convention (MBC) are jointly filing an amicus curiae brief supporting the College of the Ozarks (COO) in its lawsuit challenging a federal Housing directive that could force Christian universities and other ministries to violate biblical convictions regarding sex, gender and marriage. In April 2021, … [Read more...]
IMB joins Japanese Christians for Olympics outreach
TOKYO, Japan (IMB) – Every four years, athletes and spectators descend on the cities hosting the Olympic games. Historically, volunteer teams from U.S. churches have also journeyed to the Olympics and played active roles in both the Summer and Winter Olympics ministry strategies of IMB missionaries and national partners. IMB missionaries in Tokyo, Japan, developed evangelism and outreach plans utilizing both volunteers and Japanese churches and believers. These plans required adapting, … [Read more...]
State Rep. Doug Richey to hold listening session on CRT, COVID-19
JEFFERSON CITY – Missouri State Rep. Doug Richey, senior pastor of Pisgah Baptist Church, Excelsior Springs, will hold an official listening session to give Northland parents an opportunity to make their voices heard on pressing education issues such as critical race theory, critical pedagogy, and the ongoing COVID-19 response. Richey will be joined by Representatives Josh Hurlbert and Chris Brown for the session that is scheduled for Tuesday, July 13 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Providence … [Read more...]
Promise Keepers set to return to large-scale events this month in Dallas
NASHVILLE (BP) – In 2020, after more than 20 years, Promise Keepers prepared to return in a big way with a large-scale, in-person event at AT&T Stadium in Dallas. A speakers lineup led by Tony Evans indicated the group was headed back to the platform it enjoyed in the 1990s, when packed stadiums culminated in the 1997 Stand in the Gap event. There, the organization reported more than a million men in attendance on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. But like everything else, the … [Read more...]
High court rejects florist, gives hope to Maine parents
WASHINGTON (BP) — Barronelle Stutzman’s lengthy legal effort to operate a florist shop in Washington state according to her Christian convictions came to an end Friday (July 2) at the U.S. Supreme Court. The justices announced they would not review an appeal by Stutzman, a Southern Baptist, of a Washington Supreme Court ruling in 2019 that she was guilty of illegal discrimination by declining to design flowers for a same-sex wedding. The court’s order said three associate justices – … [Read more...]
HLGU graduate tells classic fairy tales with a Christian flavor
HANNIBAL – JacQueline Vaughn Roe has retold the classic fairytale about Rapunzel for young people in a set of novels called The Journey Series. But there’s one difference. As a 2002 graduate from Hannibal-LaGrange University with a bachelor of arts in Christian theatre, Roe strives to weave “Christian faith into the narrative” of her novels “as the characters grapple with their struggles.” “As my degree (at HLGU) centered around theatre (and specifically how to use theatre as a tool for … [Read more...]
WORLD’s Cheaney conveys gospel truth through fiction
BOLIVAR – As a senior writer for the well-known Christian publication, WORLD magazine, Janie B. Cheaney recognizes how words can shape and encourage a Christian worldview. After all, as a Christian worldview publication, WORLD aims at providing “sound journalism, grounded in facts and biblical truth.” But for many years, Cheaney – who is a member of Southern Hills Baptist Church, Bolivar – has also endeavored to convey biblical truth through books for young adults. Cheaney oversees … [Read more...]
MBTS professor’s book points children to revelation in nature
KANSAS CITY – Love for nature fills Jason Duesing’s home in Kansas City. Duesing, provost and professor of historical theology at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, makes sure of that. Inspired by trees, he loves the color green. He often sketches trees and mountains, and his children playfully call him “The Lorax” – the Dr. Seuss character that loves nature and “speaks for the trees.” In fact, the Duesing family’s love for nature inspired a new children’s book, The Moon Speaks, … [Read more...]
Biden’s proposed budget excludes Hyde Amendment
WASHINGTON (BP) – The Southern Baptist Convention’s ethics entity and other pro-life organizations are urging Congress to restore long-standing bans on federal funding of abortion that President Biden excluded from his proposed budget. On May 28, Biden released a $6 trillion budget proposal for fiscal year 2022 that failed to include the 45-year-old Hyde Amendment and other pro-life policies in federal programs. If Biden’s proposal succeeds, it would mark the first time since 1976 the Hyde … [Read more...]
Federal ‘overreach’ threatens liberty at Christian colleges
JEFFERSON CITY – Missouri Baptist Convention (MBC) university presidents expressed disappointment after a federal judge rejected the College of the Ozark’s (COO) request to press pause on a federal directive that could force Christian universities to cater to the LGBT agenda. Federal Judge Roseann Ketchmark, in the Western District of Missouri, denied COO’s request for a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction, May 19, though she hasn’t dismissed the complaint or ruled in … [Read more...]
NFL pick Trevor Lawrence set on pleasing God
CARTERSVILLE, Ga. (BP) – Trevor Lawrence isn’t your typical 21-year-old, but he was a fairly normal church kid. In January 2019 Lawrence hit the national spotlight in leading Clemson over Alabama in the national championship, the fantastic opening act of a collegiate career that culminated in his all-but-guaranteed place as the top pick in tonight’s NFL Draft. Over that time, the spotlight has only grown hotter and the magnifying glass larger. Qualifiers like “generational” follow him in … [Read more...]
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