JEFFERSON CITY – The Lottie Moon Christmas Offering (LMCO) is critical to the International Mission Board (IMB) in keeping 4,000 missionaries on the field. Missouri WMU (MWMU) is ready to equip churches in this cause by helping them create an atmosphere and attitude of giving among church members. Collectively, Missouri Baptists are being challenged to reach an offering goal this year of $4 million, which will go toward the national goal set at $185 million. “Let us not grow weary during … [Read more...]
Campers on Mission help Milo church stretch dollars
MILO – Campers On Mission rolled out of Milo Baptist recently after contributing labor to an ongoing project that will add a multi-purpose building to the church. Six couples from the volunteer organization spent two weeks at Milo, camping on the church grounds in RVs, to help the church complete its project without incurring debt. “Campers On Mission go around to different churches and do construction work,” says Milo layperson and general contractor Jim Wilson. “Six of them came to Milo … [Read more...]
Thanksgiving memories never to be forgotten
“Death leaves a heartache no one can heal, love leaves a memory no one can steal.” – Unknown Some of my fondest Thanksgiving memories are as a child hunting rabbits with Dad on Uncle Paul’s farm just north of Nashville, Tenn. We hiked across fields of brown fescue, contented with not seeing Bugs Bunny scamper across a red clay ditch, zig-zagging for self-preservation sake. There stood Dad, hound dogs barking, at the ready with DaddyHink’s (Granddaddy Hinkle) Stevens .16-gauge shotgun that … [Read more...]
FBC Ozark to share gospel in outdoor Christmas drama
OZARK – After taking a hiatus due to COVID-19, First Baptist Church of Ozark is excited to once again present Back to Bethlehem to the Southwest Missouri community. In the first two years of presenting this interactive walk-thru drama and with the Lord’s blessing, the church was able to share the gospel to over 4,500 people. “After more than 18 months of people experiencing isolation, uncertainties, and chaos, they may be searching for hope now more than ever before. I believe that God … [Read more...]
Baptist Builders help with expansion project at Bellview Baptist, Doniphan
DONIPHAN – In less than a week in October, Bellview Baptist Church got a needed expansion. The 28 x 34 foot addition for a new kitchen and fellowship hall had been in the planning for about two years, according to Pastor Jerry Cooper. With the new addition up, it will soon free old space for two new classrooms. The skyrocketing of lumber prices delayed the project for a while, and then Baptist Builders made it a reality, setting up the addition on the concrete footing prepared six months … [Read more...]
SBU Cybersecurity degree gains national recognition
SBU one of only eight universities in the country to earn prestigious ABET accreditation BOLIVAR (SBU) – Southwest Baptist University received national recognition for its cybersecurity degree as one of the first colleges in the nation to receive the prestigious accreditation from the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET), which extends retroactively from Oct. 1, 2019. “This is a great feat for SBU and our quest to produce top-notch cybersecurity professionals,” said … [Read more...]
Evangelistic drama yields 54 decisions for Christ
CAMERON – The church building became a theater, but not in the traditional sense. During the recent Judgment House production at First Baptist Church, Cameron, the theatrical scenes were spread out all over the facilities. There were eight dramatic scenes in the production of “Land of the Free, Home of the Brave.” The realistic portrayal of heaven and hell and the choices young people make as they live their lives was sketched out in the eight dramas that the crowd rotated through in … [Read more...]
MBCollegiate ministries find college students thirsty for gospel
KANSAS CITY – In the first two months of the fall semester, MBCollegiate ministries have found an abundance of opportunities to engage students on their campuses, and what they are finding is college students who are thirsty for the gospel. “I’ve had the opportunity to meet with a lot of guys this month [September],” says ministry apprentice Brent Masters with Collegiate Impact in Kansas City. “It’s been really exciting to be on campuses and share the gospel with students.” Masters has … [Read more...]
IMB ‘calling in reinforcements’ for mission field Chitwood says at Sending Celebration
COLUMBIA, S.C. (BP) – Sangseo and Yun Na Park met and married in Korea, but they both felt God calling them to the nations. “Once I personally met Jesus, I threw away my goals that I had in the world,” Yun Na said. “I went to a church conference and while we were praising the Lord with a song called ‘I want to be Your joy,’ my soul started to confess the lyric deeply. “After I came back home, I was watching TV, and I saw an African mom holding her child and she looked as if she had no … [Read more...]
‘The Most Reluctant Convert’: New docudrama narrates faith journey of author, apologist C.S. Lewis
JEFFERSON CITY – Admirers of C.S. Lewis have no shortage of resources for learning about this Oxford don and author who became one of the 20th century’s most influential Christian apologists. In 2005, Day of Discovery released a four-part documentary, The Life of C.S. Lewis, and more recently one of Lewis’ biographers – historian and theologian Alister McGrath – has released an ongoing series of podcasts on the man. Naturally, it’s called, “The C.S. Lewis Podcast with Alister … [Read more...]
‘Fight to protect our daughters’
Pro-life Missourians to challenge Illinois law allowing minors to get abortions without parental consent JEFFERSON CITY – Illinois Democrat Gov. J.B. Pritzker will soon sign a bill into law that undermines parental authority by repealing a law requiring parents or guardians be notified when girls younger than 18 are referred to abortionists. The move by Illinois lawmakers is likely to trigger a legislative, and perhaps a legal, challenge from Missouri since it will undercut pro-life … [Read more...]
Federal vaccine mandate threatens Mo. Baptist universities, ministries
JEFFERSON CITY – Missouri Baptist entity leaders remain watchful as legal challenges to a federal COVID-19 vaccine mandate work their way through the federal appeals courts. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) mandate, issued by the U.S. Department of Labor, applies to private employers with at least 100 workers – including ministries like the Missouri Baptist Convention’s three universities and the Missouri Baptist Children’s Home (MBCH). However, a separate and … [Read more...]
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