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...]
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...]
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...]
‘The Awakening’ revival refreshes, equips SBU community
BOLIVAR (SBU) – “The Awakening,” a three-day student-led revival on Southwest Baptist University’s Bolivar campus on Nov. 5-7, revealed a desire to grow in the Lord and to repent by providing the campus and surrounding community with a weekend of encouragement and equipping through learning, connecting and worship. “Among attendees, there was a distinct desire to grow in the Lord and repent of complacency and trivial pursuits,” said Tyler Eads, a senior accounting major from Neosho, who … [Read more...]
Resound Network focuses on traits of replant leaders
EDITOR'S NOTE: This article includes additional reporting by Pathway contributing writer Richard Nations. BRANSON – More than 50 joined a late-night panel discussion on church revitalization during the Missouri Baptist Convention annual meeting, Oct. 25, and their focus was on identifying and fostering key characteristics that can help a church bounce back and thrive. “God does want to use leaders, said Brandon Moore, MBC missionary and director of the Resound network. “And He wants to … [Read more...]
Synergy provides a powerful gospel story, Yeats tells messengers in annual address
BRANSON – 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. Yeats’ remarks closed out the first day of the two-day event, Oct. 25-26, at the Branson Convention Center. “Like an internal combustion engine, there are so many things working together among Missouri Baptists to … [Read more...]
Ministers’ wives receive advice on trusting God
BRANSON – “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. Women in attendance were treated to a beautifully prepared lunch, and then they joined together in worship music. Johnson followed with encouraging remarks centered around the Meeting’s theme verse from Matthew 6:33, “Kingdom Focus.” Several personal … [Read more...]
Sudanese church in KC finds new home
KANSAS CITY – Just north of the river in Kansas City, Randolph Baptist Church (RBC) was dying. Since 2005, it’d lost 80 percent of its membership and split. Twice. When their pastor retired in 2019, the church consisted of only five members. It was essentially a home without a church. A few miles away in Gladstone, Sudanese Community Church had been meeting in Linden Baptist Church, but was looking for a more permanent place to worship and be a gospel light to the northern African … [Read more...]
Jesus transforms lives, conference speakers say
BRANSON – Ministers at the Missouri Pastors’ Conference here, Oct. 25, were reminded of Jesus’ power to change people's lives. Jason Allen, President of Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, told of a 15-year-old girl kidnapped from her home in 1981 and secretly held in a church attic for 119 days, until two church maintenance people held an all-night stake out, catching the culprit and freeing the girl. The girl left clues of her plight at the church when she and her abductor … [Read more...]
DR wraps up work in Louisiana
MANDEVILLE, La. – The MBC Disaster Relief (DR) ministry scaled back in their response to the southern Louisiana city of Mandeville earlier this month. When Hurricane Ida blew through the area on Aug. 29, MBC DR units were in Texarkana, Ark., staging so they could have a rapid response. Then 24 hours after the storm cleared, MBC DR volunteers were arriving in the city and set up to serve meals to storm survivors. Mandeville is on the north shore of Lake Pontchartrain about 35 miles north … [Read more...]
Brownfield Baptist gives food backpacks to school-aged kids
RICHLAND – Brownfield Baptist Church provides the food for fourteen backpacks that go home with students at their local school every weekend. Brownfield Baptist is a small church in rural Laclede County near Richland. They run about 25-30 on a good Sunday. But they decided five years ago to be a blessing to the kids in their school district. Stacy Herrill was talking to one of her clients at the nail salon where she works. The lady who attends the Christian church asked her to help … [Read more...]
What if you’re working with a toxic leader?
As a bright-eyed 19-year-old college student, I immediately found a church to get involved in within my new college town. However, when I applied for a position at this church, I had no idea there was a history of high turnover that had become a regular part of this inner-city church. I also didn’t know the church had a reputation for being a spiritually abusive church, primarily through the leader’s manipulative control tactics. What made the situation more difficult was the pastor was … [Read more...]
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