ASHLAND, Kan. (WNS) – As 58-year-old Greg Gardiner surveyed the devastation from this month’s deadly fires, he described an eerie scene across the Gardiner Angus Ranch north of Ashland, Kan. Friends pitched in to help shoot the last of the fatally maimed cattle over the weekend, drones surveyed the breaks to confirm none were missed, and community volunteers began pulling up charred fence post and rolling up burnt wire. The fire on this ranch claimed more than 500 head of cattle and burned … [Read more...]
Missionaries reach special needs kids in Honduras
YAMARANGUILA, Honduras – When they were married 13 years ago, Jon and Alicia Looney felt God leading them to the mission field. But their passion for missions was finally confirmed and revitalized when they went to Puebla, Mexico, with a short-term mission team from Life Point Church, a Missouri Baptist church plant in O’Fallon. Since that time, they’ve come to realize that God prepared them for the mission field through the past decade of experience as school teachers. Today, the Looneys … [Read more...]
‘By All Means,’ register for missions celebration
JEFFERSON CITY – Early Bird registration is now being accepted for the Missouri Woman’s Missionary Union (MWMU) Missions Celebration annual meeting, themed this year, “By All Means.” The exciting two-day experience will be held April 7-8, 2017, at First Baptist Church (FBC) in Lebanon, and will include special workshops, praise and worship music and engaging speakers, all designed to renew your spirit and ignite your passion for missions. The cost for registration before March 24 is … [Read more...]
‘JESUS’ film, at 1,500 languages, reaches millions
ORLANDO, Fla. (BP) -- For one morning a week for quite some time, both women had been nothing but consistent. Riah* had been faithfully working to help keep up the home of Yvonne Cantwell*, an IMB missionary in Southeast Asia. And Cantwell had been faithfully sharing the Gospel and Bible stories with her as they built a relationship. "She is from a UPG [unreached people group]," Cantwell said. "I speak her national language but not her heart language." Riah was "friendly and open … [Read more...]
SBU physical therapy team serves in Haiti
CARREFOUR, Haiti – In an underserved nation like Haiti, if a person experiences any physical impairment, whether mild or life-altering, that person will likely live as though the residual pain and distress is his or her new lot in life. “Conveying the knowledge that there is hope, relief and rehab exercises to encourage healing is huge,” said Dr. Beverly McNeal, professor of physical therapy at Southwest Baptist University and coordinator for SBU’s Physical Therapy Global Health Outreach … [Read more...]
‘You’ve Been Egged,’ in support of Annie
JEFFERSON CITY – Missouri Baptists are encouraged to join with other believers across the continent in support of the annual Annie Armstrong Easter Offering (AAEO). The promotion will begin with churches uniting in a Week of Prayer March 5-12, followed up with individualized church fundraising initiatives that will contribute towards reaching a $70 million goal set for this year. The AAEO was named after the founder and first corresponding secretary of Woman’s Missionary Union (WMU), Annie … [Read more...]
‘Transformation Talks’: Apply gospel to all of life
SPRINGFIELD – A set of brief “Transformation Talks” at the Missouri Baptist Convention’s Great Commission Conference here, Feb. 24, prompted Missouri Baptists to consider how they might take gospel-transformation into their communities. Josh Branham, pastor of Fairview Baptist Church, Joplin, said that the “Transformation Talks” reminded him about the importance of developing a godly, deep compassion for those who don’t know Christ. And this compassion should drive Christians to take the … [Read more...]
Garrison: More Muslims coming to faith in Christ than ever before in history
SPRINGFIELD – Missouri Baptists gained a vision of what God is doing throughout the world to draw people to himself during a presentation by missions expert David Garrison at the Missouri Baptist Convention’s Great Commission Conference here, Feb. 24. “What God is doing in your ministry is part of what God is doing in the world,” Garrison, executive director of New York City-based Global Gates, told Missouri Baptists. He then described how people are coming to the faith in India, China, … [Read more...]
NAMB’S Leno finds new flock
WINDSOR, Ontario – John D’Antonio’s family knew that his four-year battle with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), or Lou Gehrig’s Disease, would soon be over. Many of his Italian-Canadian family and friends had gathered in his Windsor hospital room to say goodbye to the 30-year-old father and husband. Just before John’s diagnosis four years earlier, his family had moved next door to Garth and Patty Leno. Leno was the pastor of one of Windsor’s largest churches, and John’s mother, Italian … [Read more...]
Refugees find a safe place to learn
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – While sitting with her daughter at a mall food court, Kim Carr noticed internationals in exotic clothing surrounded them. Carr asked her daughter, “When did they all get here? Where are they from? Who is reaching them?” Armed with the new sensitivity, and prompted by the Holy Spirit, Carr felt led to learn more. She visited a local fitness center where staff immediately took her to an office. There, she met a former International Mission Board Journeyman who had been … [Read more...]
Go, pray, proclaim, repeat
NEOSHO – For a decade, Calvary Baptist has been on mission in Thailand and in Africa. One truth coming from both locales is the need for repeat visits. The work in Africa “Calvary was a guinea pig for the engaging churches that the IMB started. Rick Hedger (now MBC staff) was pastor before I came,” said current pastor Roger Brumley. “First we had to “find the (African) people group we had adopted,” Brumley said. Through the years, they found and ministered to them in Guinea-Bissau, … [Read more...]
Thousands of children to exemplify love Feb. 18
JEFFERSON CITY – Children in Missouri will unite with thousands of their peers across North America on Saturday, Feb. 18, as they share God’s love in their communities on Children’s Ministry Day (CMD). The one-day missions experience was created by Woman’s Missionary Union (WMU) in 2008 for children 1st-6th grade, and will be celebrated this year during Focus on WMU Week, which is Feb. 13-19. Focus on WMU Week is designed to help churches become acquainted, or reacquainted, with … [Read more...]
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