This is another in a series of excerpts from "What Every Christian Should Know About the Return of Jesus," released by High Street Press and available at Amazon.com in print, Kindle and audio book formats. Angels proclaim the return of Jesus in at least two New Testament passages. In the first, “two men in white clothes” tell the apostles Christ’s return is to be a mirror image of his ascension, which they have just witnessed. In the second, an angel flies overhead, announcing to the … [Read more...]
‘Vacancy’ sign shines bright at Baptist Homes
Several years ago, I was riding through a summer snowstorm on motorcycle in the Rocky Mountains. I was completely unprepared for the weather and progress was much slower than anticipated. As I approached Breckenridge, Colorado, I could only think of a hot bath and a night’s rest. When I entered town, I passed a motel with a “No Vacancy” sign lit up. I was devastated but kept riding. The unforeseen snowstorm seemed to have everyone searching for a room. Imagine my relief when I finally saw … [Read more...]
‘The Lord put these girls on my heart’: Faber helps young mothers, babies at Pregnancy Help Center
CAMDENTON – A young woman faced with an unplanned pregnancy has questions, needs, and struggles with the next turn. The Pregnancy Help Center (PHC) of Camdenton, and now Versailles, offers solutions. “The Lord put these girls on my heart,” Teresa Faber, director of PHC, said. “My husband pastored for 25 years, and we took young girls who were struggling with unplanned pregnancies and helped them.” Now, Faber’s husband, Timothy, is the Missouri Baptist Convention’s legislative liaison and … [Read more...]
Donald S. Whitney joins Midwestern Seminary faculty, elected to endowed chair
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (MBTS) — Midwestern Seminary celebrated the election of Donald S. Whitney to full-time faculty during the institution’s spring trustee meeting on April 9. Whitney will fill the John H. Powell Endowed Chair of Pastoral Ministry, serving as professor of biblical spirituality and director of the forthcoming Center for Biblical Spirituality at Midwestern Seminary. President Jason Allen shared, “Dr. Whitney is a man of prayer and sound doctrine who loves the local church … [Read more...]
New well at First Baptist Church, Elsey, answers prayers, displays God’s faithfulness
CRANE – The baptism of a 70-year old man and his sister in the church where they both had grown up was going to be a celebration of God’s faithfulness. Pastor Elmer McCully at First Baptist Church, Elsey was troubled though when he saw dirty, muddy water coming out of the faucet as they filled the baptistry. Checking around it became obvious that the church’s rural water well had run dry. People began investigating the problem and it became obvious the well was not recoverable and a new … [Read more...]
Missouri Baptist minister, Matt Goodsell, named Capitol Ministry’s Global Director for North America
JEFFERSON CITY (Capitol Ministries) – With a mission to launch ministries in all 50 U.S. states and an already noteworthy record of new ministry plants through successful recruiting, Pastor Matt Goodsell has been named North America global director for Capitol Ministries (CapMin). In this role, Pastor Matt is charged with expanding the ministry by recruiting men to launch new Bible-study based discipleship ministries to political leaders throughout the United States and Canada. “Matt … [Read more...]
Christian robotics club shares Christ’s love with Scottish students
O’FALLON – Students at First Baptist Christian Academy (FBCA) in O’Fallon recently chatted by video conference with Scottish students over their shared interests in robotics. The FBCA club also shared gospel testimonies with the public school students, explaining how Christ impacts their lives. The robotics club at FBCA—a ministry of First Baptist Church O’Fallon (FBCO)—recently acquired new Lego EV3 robots. They donated their seven used robots to Milestone Church in Girvan, Scotland, … [Read more...]
From France to Mizzou: Church planter brings missionary mindset to campus ministry
EDITOR'S NOTE: This article was corrected at 2:45 p.m., April 10, to read that The Bridge Collegiate Ministry at the University of Missouri was started by Missouri Baptist campus missionary Scott Westfall. COLUMBIA – For a mission field as ripe as a college campus, it makes sense to send a missionary. That’s exactly why former missionary and current Missouri Baptist church-planter Colby Corsaut aims to reach college students in Columbia. Corsaut comes to mid-Missouri by way of 10 years … [Read more...]
IMB Missions College creates connections for cross-cultural ministry
RICHMOND, Va. (IMB) – Representatives from 21 states came together for an intensive training on cross-cultural missions taught by International Mission Board missionaries on April 2-5. The annual Missions College hosted near Richmond, Virginia, brought IMB missionaries from all over the world together with pastors, church members and missions leaders. The goal of the conference is to give Southern Baptists access to IMB resources and to each other. The event includes learning tracks that … [Read more...]
God is all Goodness, the Giver of all good things
Only one week before his death in July 1555, English Protestant John Bradford wrote from prison to his mother. “I die not, my good mother, as a thief, a murderer, an adulterer,” he wrote, “but I die as a witness of Christ, His gospel and verity.” Though he would soon become a martyr for his faith, Bradford trusted in God’s goodness. Writing to comfort men and women who likewise faced suffering and death, he described the Christian life as a voyage on a stormy sea. Buffeted and beaten by … [Read more...]
Resound Network offers summer training opportunities
JEFFERSON CITY – With more than 80 percent of churches plateaued or declining, every minister will find themselves in a church revitalization scenario at some point in their ministry. But training opportunities offered this summer by the Missouri Baptist Convention’s Resound Network can equip church leaders to face this scenario. The Resound Network is offering a “Revitalize and Replant Cohort” that, according to the network’s website, “provides the opportunity for equipping and … [Read more...]
Currence to be renominated as SBC registration secretary
EDITOR’S NOTE: This article first appeared in The Louisiana Baptist Message here. ALEXANDRIA, La. (LBM) – Associate Executive Director and Chief Financial Officer of the Louisiana Baptist Convention Dale Lingenfelter announced today that he plans to nominate Don Currence for the office of Southern Baptist Convention registration secretary. “It is an honor and a joy to nominate my friend Don Currence for registration secretary during the 2024 Annual Meeting in Indianapolis,” said … [Read more...]