ST. CHARLES – Preaching from 1 Peter 4:10-11 during a sermon at the Missouri Baptist Convention annual meeting, Oct. 25, Willie McLaurin – interim president & CEO of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Executive Committee – urged Missouri Baptist messengers and guests to live for the glory of God. “The early church made a difference because they were unified around the right priorities,” McLaurin said. “They always kept the main thing, the main thing. ... They were a fellowship committed … [Read more...]
Sexual Abuse Response Team provides preliminary report to MBC messengers
ST. CHARLES – The Missouri Baptist Convention’s (MBC) Sexual Abuse Response Team (SART) submitted a written report to The Pathway, related to a preliminary report by SART co-chair George Fulgham to MBC messengers gathered here, Oct. 24-25. To learn more about the MBC’s response to sexual abuse issues, visit https://mobaptist.org/sexual-abuse-response/. The SART’s written report follows immediately below: • One in 10 children experience sexual abuse before their 18th birthday. • One in 4 … [Read more...]
MBC messengers trained to protect against abuse
ST. CHARLES – While local churches desire to protect their children and families from sexual abuse, their efforts in doing so are usually off-target, according to Gregory Love, co-founder of MinistrySafe and Abuse Prevention Systems. Love spoke to messengers during the business session of the Missouri Baptist Convention (MBC) annual meeting here, Oct. 25. During this message and during another two-hour session following the annual meeting, Love helped church leaders identify and better … [Read more...]
Seek revival, Elliff urges Missouri Baptists
ST. CHARLES – Revival is not a sign in a yard proclaiming a church meeting is coming Monday night. It’s the extraordinary movement of the spirit of God among His people that produces extraordinary results. That was Bill Elliff’s message as he spoke to the Missouri Baptist Convention annual meeting, Oct. 24, here. Elliff is the founder and national engage pastor of The Summit Church in Little Rock, Ark. He is also the pastor/church director for OneCry!, a ministry promoting spiritual … [Read more...]
‘Reflecting Christ to a watching world’: MBC messengers elect new slate of officers
ST. CHARLES – During their 188th annual meeting at the St. Charles Convention Center here, Oct. 24-25, messengers of the Missouri Baptist Convention (MBC) elected four new MBC officers. Coming from 470 Missouri Baptist churches across the state, 1,035 messengers and 226 guests attended the two-day meeting – making it the largest Missouri Baptist gathering in the St. Louis area in more than a decade. The theme for the meeting was “Reflecting Christ to a Watching World.” During their … [Read more...]
Missouri Baptists: Post-annual meeting observations
“Just take five more minutes on your current project,” said a time-management guru. And, to my surprise, she was right! When I practice this little gem, I am more effective with the use of my time. It works on the Internet, too. Before you send an email or post a comment or send a text, pause and proofread your words. You would be amazed at how many of your thoughts have been misapplied by auto-correct, or your sentences don’t make sense because of a missing word. It is a healthy habit … [Read more...]
Midwestern Seminary hosts FTC micro-conference during lunch at Mo. Baptist Pastors’ Conference
ST. CHARLES – During the MBC Pastor’s Conference, Oct. 24, a panel discussion was hosted by Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary (MBTS) on the subject of confessions of faith and historic creeds and how they are helpful in Baptist life. John Mark Yeats led the panel. He is a professor of church history as well as dean of students and vice-president for student services at MBTS. He was assisted by Jared Bumpers, assistant professor of preaching and evangelism, and by Todd Chipman, dean … [Read more...]
Missouri WWII vet ‘mystified’ regiment
Hudson, a retired Missouri Baptist pastor, soon to celebrate 100 years BOLIVAR – In May of 1945, three months before the end of fighting in the Pacific in World War II, a short notice with a Philippines dateline appeared in the Chicago Tribune. It bore an intriguing headline: “Missouri private’s secret mystifies whole regiment.” It told the tale of Private Gineth E. Hudson, a 23-year-old jeep driver from Cainsville, Mo., a tiny town just south of the Iowa border. According to the article, … [Read more...]
Recreational marijuana, gambling, abortion addressed by MBC resolutions
ST. CHARLES – The messengers assembled at the 2022 Missouri Baptist Convention annual meeting passed eight resolutions on a variety of issues – declaring their opposition to recreational marijuana and gambling and re-affirming their support for the sanctity of life for pre-born children. Most notably, these resolutions included a strong pro-life statement on the Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade. Resolution 4 states that Missouri Baptists “will continue to contend for and defend … [Read more...]
MBC’s Christian Life Commission honors Parson for pro-life support
JEFFERSON CITY – The Missouri Baptist Convention’s (MBC) Christian Life Commission (CLC) awarded its 2022 Distinguished Service Award to Missouri Governor Mike Parson – in recognition, especially, of his efforts to uphold the sanctity of life within the state. Parson and his wife, Teresa, are members of First Baptist Church, Bolivar. The Parsons hosted members of the CLC for a luncheon at the Governor’s mansion in Jefferson City, Oct. 26, after which the commission presented the … [Read more...]
Believers in Brazilian village endure persecution, church grows stronger
SBC Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church set for Nov. 6: Resources, including photos, videos, stories and a bulletin insert, available at imb.org/persecuted. By Mitchell Heinz BRAZIL – What would you do if you were summoned to a meeting where you were given an ultimatum — recant or lose your job? This is what happened to Leo and Annie, new Christians from an Indigenous tribe in northeastern Brazil. They worked as schoolteachers in their community for several years. But now the … [Read more...]
Aftab’s journey reveals plight for many persecuted Christians
SBC Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church set for Nov. 6 Nights are the hardest. Really, anytime he’s alone in the apartment is hard. He’d much rather be with people or be busy at work. Time alone reminds him of his family – his wife, daughter and two sons. He hasn’t seen them in person in nine years. He blinks back tears when he talks about them. When Aftab fled his home country, he thought he’d only be gone for a few weeks, possibly months. He can hardly imagine that it’s been this … [Read more...]
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