CAPE TOWN, South Africa – Freeway Ministries, a Springfield-based outreach and discipleship ministry to ex-cons, drug addicts and other hard-to-reach people, is going global next year. In October, John Stroup – a member of Crossway Baptist Church, Springfield, and one of the founders of Freeway Ministries – preached a revival at Lakeview Community Church in Cape Town, South Africa. Now, Stroup looks forward next spring to flying Gregory Craig, a member at Lakeview, to Missouri for … [Read more...]
Lottie Moon Christmas Offering set at $155 million
JEFFERSON CITY – With an ambitious national goal set at $155 million, now is the time for Southern Baptists to prepare for the annual Lottie Moon Christmas Offering (LMCO) and the Week of Prayer for International Missions, Dec. 4-11. A promotion DVD was recently mailed to churches from the International Missions Board (IMB), with additional resources available through their online store and thru the Missouri Woman’s Mission Union (MWMU) for free or at minimal cost. These resources will … [Read more...]
Behind the scenes of ‘The Insanity of God’
RICHMOND, Va. (BP) — When Nik and Ruth Ripken moved with their three sons to Africa, they had no idea how much obedience to Christ would cost. Years later, producer Craig Martin sensed that the Ripkens’ experiences would be vital viewing for the church in America. The assassination of four Somali Christian friends and the death of their son Timothy rocked the foundations of the Ripkens’ faith. Their spiritual crisis launched a search for answers. They needed to know: Is Jesus worth it? Is … [Read more...]
Missionary to Russia loses appeal on anti-evangelism law
ORYOL, Russia (BP) – A Baptist missionary convicted under Russia’s new anti-evangelism law and compelled to end his ministry there has lost his first court appeal in Oryol, Russia, but has vowed to continue legally fighting for the cause of religious freedom. An appeals court judge Sept. 30 upheld the conviction of Donald Ossewaarde on charges of conducting missionary activities in violation of the new law that prohibits evangelizing outside church walls and without a government … [Read more...]
BRKC churches on mission in Africa
KANSAS CITY – Missouri Baptist churches throughout the Blue River-Kansas City Baptist Association (BRKC) are striving to transform lives and communities in Africa with the gospel message. For nearly 10 years, the Heart of Life Church has served in the West African nation of Togo by sharing the gospel from home to home, as well as through agricultural development, medical missions and church planting. According to Pastor Dennis Roth, the church’s desire has been to develop indigenous … [Read more...]
Russian anti-evangelism case appeal postponed
ORYOL, Russia (BP) – A Baptist missionary’s appeal of a judgment against him for teaching a Bible study in his home in Oryol, Russia, was postponed in the middle of proceedings Sept. 19 when the judge said additional witnesses were needed to continue. Donald Ossewaarde, who appealed a $600 fine under Russia’s new law prohibiting organizations from evangelizing outside church walls and without a permit, said his attorney believes the postponement is a delay tactic designed to sidestep … [Read more...]
Global Hunger Sunday set for Oct. 8
NASHVILLE (BP) – Baptist Global Response, a Southern Baptist humanitarian aid organization, has published a new media kit to help churches promote Global Hunger Sunday, Oct. 9. The kit contains a poster, promotional video, announcement slide, three versions of a bulletin insert and three hunger-related sermon outlines. Southern Baptist churches can use these resources to raise awareness about Global Hunger Sunday, an annual giving event for Global Hunger Relief (GHR). Formerly known as the … [Read more...]
‘Buckets of love’
“Elsy’s Buckets of Love,” a Tri County mission project, offers a new dimension of love for the Phillip Shuford family. As director of missions for the Tri County Baptist Association, he was quick to respond to a food crisis in Venezuela, the native home of his wife, Elsy. “Her home church, Central Baptist Church of Caracas, Venezuela, sent us a letter and asked if we could help with their food shortage,” he said. Shuford went on to explain that the country of Venezuela is experiencing a … [Read more...]
Platt to EC: Seemingly dead man rose among UUPG
NASHVILLE (BP) – What appeared to local believers to be a physical resurrection from the dead among an unengaged, unreached people group in Southeast Asia has opened a door for Gospel witness and highlighted what International Mission Board President David Platt called “God’s power to supernaturally save sinners.” Platt recounted the story – which, though atypical in Western experience, bore similarities to biblical accounts of raising the dead – during his report to the Southern Baptist … [Read more...]
‘Semper Gumby’ defines mission efforts in Canada
DESLOGE, Mo. — Once they arrived in Burnaby, Canada, the First Baptist Church of Desloge mission team had two clear goals. The first was to assist the leadership of Zendeh Church and its pastor, Amin, with anything he needed. The second? Semper Gumby. “I was trying to communicate to our team that we needed to be fluid while we were there and Pat Kahn, one of our mission team members and former military captain, said what we need is to be Semper Gumby,” said Bradford Laubinger, senior … [Read more...]
9/11 called catalyst for missions to Muslims
NEW YORK (BP) – When radical Islamic terrorists brought down the World Trade Center's Twin Towers 15 years ago, they didn't realize their actions would also help bring down walls to reaching Muslims with the Gospel. But that's exactly what happened. In the years since Sept. 11, 2001, the number of Unengaged, Muslim Unreached People Groups (UMUPGs) in the world has decreased by nearly 20 percent, from 1,333 in 2001 to 1,077 today, according to statistics provided by Vision 5:9, a … [Read more...]
‘Sad’ Russian anti-evangelism law ends a ministry
ORYOL, Russia (BP) -- Missionaries Donald and Ruth Ossewaarde always suspected their Gospel ministry in Oryol, Russia, wouldn't last when they began in 2002, he told Baptist Press by telephone from his home in the central Russian town of 320,000. But he had not expected to be among the first people arrested under Russia's new law prohibiting organizations from evangelizing outside church walls and without a government permit. Two weeks after police interrupted Ossewaarde's Sunday … [Read more...]
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