REEDS SPRINGS – You don’t have to travel around the globe to be a missionary; sometimes the mission field is as close as your own back yard. That’s what 15 junior high and high school students from First Baptist, Branson, discovered during a March 12-16 mission trip just a few minutes from home, in the neighboring town of Reeds Springs. “It’s a challenge to convince students to work on spring break, but these students were incredible,” Caleb McElvain, First Baptist high school director, … [Read more...]
State of the Bible 2023: Scripture engagement still down, but interest up
PHILADELPHIA (BP) – Scripture engagement remains down among Americans, but a widespread curiosity gives ground for evangelism, the American Bible Society (ABS) said in releasing the first chapter of its 2023 State of the Bible survey. Only 47 million Americans, or about 18 percent of the adult population, ranked as Scripture-Engaged in the 2023 study, using a descriptor based on Bible use and its impact in one’s life. Scripture-engaged described 49 million adults in 2022, down from 71 … [Read more...]
Could return to faith resolve nation’s ‘flight from work’?
Whether the COVID-19 lockdown of 2020 achieved any good for society, I’ll leave it for you to decide. But one good thing, at least, it did for me. See, for all the decades of my life, I’ve lived under the delusion that toilet paper is always in ready supply. The lockdown undeceived me, once and for all. Come to find out, if a man wants a delicate roll of two-ply at hand, the multitudes must sweat and toil. They must labor at logging companies, toilet paper mills and packaging plants, in … [Read more...]
Midwestern Seminary announces three new degrees, 14 new emphases
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (MBTS) – Midwestern Seminary faculty approved curricular changes and added mentorship opportunities to its master’s program on March 30. The newly approved structure features double the number of available emphases, clear and attainable pathways to doctoral programs, and discipline-specific cohort offerings for Global Campus students. “I am grateful to be able to announce these new degrees and new emphases in our Master’s programs at Midwestern Seminary,” said President … [Read more...]
Easter story in Muscogee language spreads gospel, revives Native tongue
SEMINOLE, Okla. (BP) – Mary Emarthle, an Oklahoma Seminole Creek grandmother, became enamored in her childhood with the similarity between English and Muscogee when her mother read Scripture to her in their native tongue. Her father had always told her never to stop speaking Muscogee, rendered Mvskoke, and she had spoken it exclusively until she entered first grade in Seminole County public schools, where she was required to speak English. “I began to look at the (Mvskoke) Bible and … [Read more...]
Easter video from missionary leads to long-term discipleship of teenager
A stranger slid into Carina Beaty’s Instagram DMs. The message would open not just chat windows but doors to discipleship Carina couldn’t have imagined when she and her husband decided to open their apartment windows three years ago. On Easter Sunday in 2020, Caleb and Carina Beaty stood by their windows and began playing worship music that echoed through the central courtyard of their Madrid apartment complex. Heads leaned out of the windows of apartments surrounding the IMB … [Read more...]
‘Incredible destruction’: Disaster Relief responds after deadly tornado hits southeast Missouri
GLENALLEN, Mo. – Missouri Baptist Disaster Relief (MODR) has already deployed in response to a deadly tornado that hit the southeast Missouri town of Glenallen in the early morning hours of April 5. Sgt. Clark Parrott of the Missouri State Highway Patrol Troop E confirmed at least five deaths in Glenallen, FOX News reported on April 6. According to the 2020 census, Glenallen has a population of 57 people. MODR’s assessment team was on the ground in Bollinger County yesterday, April … [Read more...]
Jerusalem pastors ask Israel for safety at Easter amid rising violence
JERUSALEM (BP) – Pastors of churches in Jerusalem appealed in their joint Easter message for freedom to worship safely in the Holy Land this Easter as violence has mounted against Christians. In their 2023 joint Easter message, the patriarchs and heads of the churches of Jerusalem noted violence that Christians have suffered at worship services, funerals and other public gatherings, as well as government intervention that limited access to holy sites during Holy Week of 2022. “For … [Read more...]
Protect moral objections to contraceptive mandate, ERLC tells federal agencies
WASHINGTON (BP) – A newly proposed rule would crush the freedom of conscience of Americans with a moral objection to the provision of “life-threatening contraceptives,” a Southern Baptist entity has told the Biden administration. The Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC) filed public comments Monday (April 3) in opposition to the administration’s proposal to repeal the exemption for employers’ moral objections to coverage of contraceptive services under the 2010 Affordable … [Read more...]
Lynwood Academy aims at ‘excellent academics with a biblical worldview’
CAPE GIRARDEAU – Lynwood Christian Academy (LCA) is a growing ministry of Lynwood Baptist Church. LCA is putting Deuteronomy 6 into action by teaching the Lord’s commands so that students in the first through eighth grades can keep them in the future. Benjamin Rhodes, head of school, identified the mission and the vision of the school. “We are partnering with families to train champions for Christ,” he said. “We have a Christian curriculum and we teach God’s Word with application so that … [Read more...]
Sight & Sound’s ‘JESUS’ to be streamed online for free on Easter weekend
BRANSON – The greatest rescue story of all time comes to life in a free streaming event on Easter weekend. Sight & Sound TV has announced that JESUS will be streamed, at no cost, to screens in your home for three days, from Good Friday, April 7, through Easter Sunday, April 9. Filmed in front of a live audience, this state-of-the-art theatrical production has been experienced by more than five million people worldwide. From the bustling streets of Jerusalem to the raging Sea of … [Read more...]
Their new missions assignment: caring for the called
The specifics of Tim and Annie’s call to missions changed, but the calling itself never altered. God led the Tidenbergs to bring the gospel to the nations, and they’ve obeyed. When they retired from their church planting role in East Africa, they moved to the U.S. to lead a church. Then, they felt led to move back overseas. Now, they spend their time in West Africa resourcing, equipping and supporting missionaries as member care consultants with the International Mission Board. In this … [Read more...]
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