HANNIBAL (HLGU) – In the three weeks since Hannibal-LaGrange University's (HLGU) financial crisis was first reported, the university’s leadership team has responded with transparency, faith and action. Prior to the declaration of fiscal exigency, the university was spending nearly $500,000 per month more than revenue. In mid-March, the school had accumulated $690,000 in unpaid invoices, a number that was growing daily. Additionally, CFO-Colleague, a firm that was helping the board of … [Read more...]
‘We need one another’: National missionaries join IMB to prepare Africans to go
TOGO, Africa – Tagba is a pastor who works as a national missionary in Togo. He was trained by the Togo Baptist Convention, in partnership with missionaries from the International Mission Board, to reach unreached people groups in Togo and Benin. Prepared to tell Bible stories verbally, called the orality method, he entered a mosque in the city where he serves and started talking with the imam, the Muslim religious leader. The imam was so touched, he called his wives to come hear the … [Read more...]
CP Vision Task Force reports to Executive Board
JEFFERSON CITY – During its meeting here, March 7, the Missouri Baptist Convention (MBC) Executive Board received a report and recommendations from its Cooperative Program (CP) Vision Task Force. The CP Vision Task Force was appointed in March 2020 by then-MBC President Jeremy Muniz, with authorization from the executive board. Muniz named Wesley Vance, senior pastor of Fellowship Church, Kansas City, as chairman of the Task Force. During his March 7th report to the Executive Board, Vance … [Read more...]
‘One of my normal days’: Baptisms, weddings, births in Ukraine amid war
LVIV, Ukraine (BP) – Nearly a month into Russia’s war on Ukraine, Southern Baptist-trained church planter and educator Yarsolav “Slavik” Pyzh enjoyed a day of normalcy. “This Sunday was probably one of my normal days for the last 29 days,” Pyzh, president of Ukrainian Baptist Theological Seminary (UBTS) and founding pastor of Journey Church in Lviv, told Baptist Press. On March 20, with 10 million Ukrainians displaced refugees of war, Vlad and Khrystyna Kryshchuk were married at Journey … [Read more...]
SBU commissions students for spring break mission projects
BOLIVAR (SBU) – During Center for Global Connections Week at Southwest Baptist University, students were challenged to be faithful to who God called them to be. Students learned about upcoming mission project opportunities and held a commissioning prayer service for students who are serving during spring break this week, March 19-27. The CGC kicked off Global Connections Week during Chapel service March 9, by sharing domestic and international trip opportunities for 2022-23. Andy … [Read more...]
First Baptist Church, Macon, trusts God’s Word to transform lives
MACON – Church growth is not always easy to identify. Nickels and noses are easiest to count, but numbers may not reveal the full story. First Baptist, Macon, like many other churches, hasn’t seen a revival, at least if revival means overflow crowds. But according to Pastor Phil Bray, the church continues to trust in the power of God’s Word to make old men new and transform believers into the image of Christ. Over the last two years, FBC Macon has faced the same challenges as other … [Read more...]
Mo. DR volunteers receive recognition at national event
PHOENIX, Ariz. – Missouri Baptist Disaster Relief (MODR) volunteers Ron and Jo Ann Hahs of Daisy, Mo., were awarded the Distinguished Service Award at the Southern Baptist Disaster Relief Roundtable meetings in Phoenix, Ariz., in January. The Hahs are the MODR Mass Care (feeding unit) coordinators, a role they have served in for 7 years. They have been involved in disaster relief ministry since 2001 and have been called out to lead feeding efforts in numerous DR callouts in Missouri and … [Read more...]
An ‘Affair of Sausages’: Early evangelicals defended ‘Christian liberty’ during the season of Lent
ZURICH, Switzerland – By 1523, the Protestant revolt against the medieval Catholic church had taken hold across Europe, and evangelicals (that is, early Protestants) in the Swiss city of Basel celebrated Ash Wednesday like never before. In “nine great heaps,” they piled together wooden religious sculptures from across the city, deriding them as “idols” of the medieval Catholic church. And there, according to a report decades later by the English evangelical John Foxe, “all the stocks and … [Read more...]
HLGU’s Harrison: ‘Commitment to keep the mission alive’
Harrison answers questions about financial crisis at Hannibal-LaGrange University HANNIBAL – Hannibal-LaGrange University (HLGU) trustees announced, March 5, that Rodney A. Harrison would serve as the entity’s transitional president. He officially assumed the role on March 7. The following day, he announced a March 10th prayer gathering and solemn assembly prompted by an ongoing financial crisis at the university. See related story here. Alongside his new role at HLGU, Harrison continues … [Read more...]
Faith Community brings gospel to north St. Louis
EDITOR’S NOTE: The Annie Armstrong Easter Offering provides half of the North American Mission Board’s annual budget, and 100 percent of the proceeds go to resource missionaries. The offering’s theme this year is “United,” based on Romans 15:5-6. The 2022 Week of Prayer for North American Missions is March 6-13. ST. LOUIS (BP) – Michael Byrd went back to his old neighborhood to plant a church knowing ministry there would be challenging. So, when he met and befriended an unmarried couple … [Read more...]
SBU celebrates Melson’s presidential inauguration
BOLIVAR – Southwest Baptist University celebrated the inauguration of Richard J. Melson, Ph.D., as its 26th president in a ceremony Wednesday, March 2, in Mabee Chapel on the Bolivar campus. The inauguration formally commemorates the beginning of Dr. Melson’s leadership at SBU, while celebrating the University’s rich history and reaffirming the University’s mission of being a Christ-centered, caring academic community preparing students to be servant leaders in a global society. SBU’s … [Read more...]
Congregation of eight sees God bring new life, growth
‘I am amazed,’ says pastor at Mt. Nebo Baptist, Lockwood LOCKWOOD – Before Rick Sharp became the church’s pastor in October 2021, the eight adult members of Mt. Nebo Baptist Church here considered closing. Then God stepped in. “We’re not to be amazed when God works, but I am amazed. These eight people had struggled for years to keep it alive when we got here,” Sharp said. Those eight now number more than 60, even though the church is three miles outside of Lockwood. Sharp has … [Read more...]
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