JEFFERSON CITY – An opportunity for college and university students to serve as a disaster relief intern will be available during the summer of 2023. Missouri Baptist Disaster Relief (MODR) officials announced that the internship is a ten-week, paid opportunity to be trained and serve as a MODR volunteer throughout the months of June and July. They will be traveling and responding to disasters and rebuilding opportunities across Missouri and perhaps across the nation. Aaron Werner, the … [Read more...]
Barber, Wellman issue statement on proposed constitutional amendment
NASHVILLE (BP) — A commitment to affirming Southern Baptist polity and the Baptist Faith and Message remains central during a discussion over women serving as pastors, say Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) Executive Committee Chairman Jared Wellman and SBC President Bart Barber in a joint statement. “Both of us have the responsibility to protect the messengers’ rights, answer the messengers’ questions and implement the messengers’ instructions,” reads the statement issued Wednesday (Nov. … [Read more...]
Proposed rule protects children in state-funded libraries from inappropriate materials
JEFFERSON CITY – Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft’s office submitted a proposed rule last month aiming to establish measures in state-funded libraries for protecting minors from non-age-appropriate materials. In recent years, libraries have been in the spotlight of cultural debate for hosting “drag queen story hours” and including books that promote the LGBTQ+ agenda on shelves for children and youth. The Secretary of State’s proposed rule doesn’t explicitly mention LGBTQ+ … [Read more...]
Missionaries labor to reach worshipers of Santa Muerte, the Saint of Death
Southern Baptists encouraged to pray for gospel transformation By Hugh Johnson Casting a long shadow across one of Mexico City’s poorest and most crime-ridden neighborhoods stands a seven-story image of Santa Muerte – the Saint of Death. She takes the form of a human skeleton clad in black plastic sheeting with arms outstretched, inviting residents in from the streets to make offerings of flowers, fruit, burned cigarettes and alcoholic drinks. Even in a country known for its … [Read more...]
WMU groups in Missouri, Montana begin partnership
JEFFERSON CITY (MWMU) – Thirteen Missourians, including ten Missouri WMU (MWMU) staff and executive board members, recently traveled to Montana Southern Baptist Women (MTSBW) MPower event. The event was missions-focused connecting women to Cooperative Program missionaries, fellowship, idea-sharing and worship time. During the two-day event MWMU executive board members and staff shared mission action ideas, compassion ministries, leadership development, and resources. Age-group … [Read more...]
Defrosting a prayer life
I wonder how many times I’ve given up on trying to decide what to have for lunch and resignedly pulled out the peanut butter. Or before I can even pull out the peanut butter, I find that last, half-eaten donut. Goodbye, dignity. Hello, lunch. Pray for me because it happens at dinner too. It’s rather sad that I sometimes can’t even be bothered to thaw out a lasagna. Maybe someone should invent a lasagna popsicle. Lasagnasicle? Not sure why that sounds gross, but ew. What if it was more of … [Read more...]
Midwestern Seminary expresses gratitude during MBC annual meeting
ST. CHARLES – During this year’s Missouri Baptist Convention annual meeting, Midwestern Seminary expressed gratitude to pastors and churches in the seminary’s annual report and through hosting the Pastors Conference Lunch. Midwestern Seminary’s Vice President of Student Services John Mark Yeats delivered the seminary’s report. The Oct. 25th report included updates on enrollment gains, expansion of training opportunities, the newly established five-year plan, and the announcement of … [Read more...]
Former skeptic now a Missouri Baptist apologist
OZARK – Ben Neafus loved science museums growing up in Colorado. His dad was on staff at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science, and Ben spent a lot of time there. As a teenager he volunteered at the museum. His worldview was shaped by science. He said, “My identity was found in science.” As he grew and developed, he had only a moderate interest in Christianity. “My dad was not a believer and he never talked about faith,” Neafus said. His mother was a believer but practiced her faith … [Read more...]
Raytown’s Spring Valley Baptist Church writes new chapter for church library
RAYTOWN – Spring Valley Baptist Church in Raytown is writing a new chapter for their church library. Debbie Atwood, media director, brought her church library into the 21st-century by putting the catalog online. “Our church has always been an equipping church,” Atwood said. “So, it was important for our library to become an asset and a resource.” Atwood is working on a new project to make the library even more accessible. “Recently, our pastor, Larry Heenan, retired from thirty-five … [Read more...]
Yeats highlights MBC ministries, calls Missouri Baptists to holiness
EDITOR’S NOTE: This article includes additional staff reporting. ST. CHARLES – In his annual address to the Missouri Baptist Convention (MBC), Oct. 24, MBC Executive Director John Yeats presented five organizations/institutions actively serving Missouri Baptist churches. He also called Missouri Baptists to greater holiness. First, Yeats thanked and congratulated The Pathway for its dedication and commitment to accurate, biblically-based, Christ-centered journalism during the past 20 … [Read more...]
Worship reflects God’s mercy, grace at MBC annual meeting
ST. CHARLES –Music reflecting God’s mercy and grace filled the convention center during the Missouri Baptist Convention annual meeting here, Oct. 24-25. “We want to sing music biblically-rooted,” Jordon Cox, chair of the Fine Arts division at Missouri Baptist University (MBU), said. “We want to draw all back to Jesus.” The MBU SpiritWing and Chorale led the music for the Missouri Pastors’ Conference and the annual meeting. One of the worship numbers praised God in Spanish. “We … [Read more...]
Be people after God’s own heart, Nelson tells MBC messengers
ST. CHARLES – Missouri Baptist Convention president Jon Nelson challenged messengers and guests gathered for the MBC annual meeting here, Oct. 24, to focus on the heart. “That was the difference between Saul and David – the heart,” Nelson said, preaching from Acts 13:21. “Both sinned, but the difference was in the heart and not the actions.” In his address relating to the convention theme of “Reflecting Christ to a Watching World,” Nelson said it was important to determine why David … [Read more...]
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