JEFFERSON CITY – Missouri Baptists are mourning the loss of Don Hinkle, 68, founding editor of The Pathway. Many expressed their condolences in comments to a Sept. 22 post on The Pathway's Facebook page sharing the news of Hinkle's death. “With great sorrow, we learned tonight that Don Hinkle, founding editor of the Missouri Baptist Convention’s Pathway newspaper, has gone home to be with the Lord Jesus,” the Facebook post reads. “We will share more information online and in the next … [Read more...]
‘Reflecting Christ’: Missouri Baptists to gather in St. Charles, Oct. 24-25
ST. CHARLES – Messengers representing churches affiliated with the Missouri Baptist Convention (MBC) are gathering Oct. 24-25 at the St. Charles Convention Center for their 188th annual meeting. The theme of this year’s meeting is “Reflecting Christ to a Watching World,” taken from Acts 13:22, where Luke records the words of God about King David: “… a man after my heart, who will do all my will.” The annual meeting begins at 3:30 p.m. Monday and closes Tuesday at 4 p.m. The full program … [Read more...]
Camp blends love of Jesus, horses to impact younger generation
SWEDEBORG – Will you need your own horse if you attend Horsemanship Bible Camp in 2023? “Nay,” say Joe and Kristi Cargill, operators of the camp and members of First Baptist Church, Swedeborg, in central Missouri. They’ll supply the horse for campers, ages 9-17, of any experience level. The unique summer youth camp combines a love of horses with a biblical focus. It operates every June on the Cargill’s farm south of Swedeborg. The 2022 event wrapped up with impressive results as over 100 … [Read more...]
What’s in The Pathway? Here’s a quick sampling
JEFFERSON CITY – Browsing through The Pathway’s pages reveals an array of news and feature stories – close-up looks at the people and churches in the Missouri Baptist Convention who impart a witness for Christ in communities across the state. Some examples of stories covered during the newspaper's two decades in print are compiled below. To subscribe at no cost to the print edition of The Pathway, which is funded by the Cooperative Program, click here. Ukraine In the week after Russia … [Read more...]
MBC board sets spending plan for 2023
JEFFERSON CITY – Missouri Baptist Convention (MBC) Executive Board members meeting here, Aug. 29-30 approved the convention’s 2023 spending plan and recommended that MBC messengers gathered for their annual meeting in October take a special offering to support the Disaster Relief response to flash floods in the St. Louis area. 2023 Spending Plan approved The MBC’s 2023 spending plan is based on a $15 million Cooperative Program (CP) budget approved by the board earlier this year. This … [Read more...]
Lifepoint, O’Fallon, hosting live faith-and-fitness event with Revelation Wellness
O'FALLON – Lifepoint Church, O'Fallon, is preparing to open its doors to the community to host a live faith and fitness event on Sept. 23-24 with Revelation Wellness, a non-profit ministry dedicated to educating and inspiring people to live healthy and whole lives. Rev on the Road is a two-day wellness event for your mind, body, and spirit where we help participants find contagious joy and new found freedom in body, mind, soul and spirit. The agenda is built to help facilitate the Good … [Read more...]
MMO funds VBS training, collegiate mission efforts
JEFFERSON CITY – The Rheubin L. South Missouri Missions Offering supports more than two dozen ministries in Missouri – including VBS training and collegiate ministry. This year’s theme is taken from Romans 12:10: “Love one another deeply as brothers and sisters. Take the lead in honoring one another.” The MMO Eight Days of Prayer are Sept. 11-18. Following are two short stories about how the gifts of Missouri Baptists support missions projects throughout the Show Me State. The love of … [Read more...]
Transition coming to MBC’s Pathway newspaper
Hinkle to be named editor emeritus, will focus on MBC’s public policy efforts JEFFERSON CITY – The Pathway’s founding editor, Don Hinkle, has announced that, effective on Jan. 1, 2023, he will step aside from the Baptist state newspaper to focus entirely on his role as the Missouri Baptist Convention’s (MBC) public policy advisor. He will hold the title of editor emeritus at the newspaper. (Read Hinkle's thoughts about this transition in his latest editorial here.) This year marks the … [Read more...]
Missouri pastor’s wife dies in auto crash
NEW MADRID (BP) – Heather Polk, a nurse practitioner who used her expertise on medical mission trips, died Sept. 7 in a two-car collision as she returned home from work. Polk’s husband, Jeff, is pastor of New Madrid Baptist Church. The accident occurred at the junction of highway 61 and I-55 in New Madrid. A 19-year-old driver in a 2012 Chevrolet Cruz failed to yield and collided with Polk’s 2012 Mazda as she returned from her shift in Dexter, Mo. Polk was pronounced dead at the … [Read more...]
FBC Trenton helps Wisconsin congregation make impact in neighborhood
WISCONSIN DELLS, Wisc. – For the past three years, the First Baptist Church of Trenton, Mo., has sent a mission team of roughly 20 people to partner with Rock of Hope Church here. The Missouri Baptist Convention is currently engaged in a partnership with the Minnesota-Wisconsin Baptist Convention. On July 10-14, a mission team from the Missouri church once again traveled to the area and reached out to the Wisconsin Dells community. “They helped us meet neighbors in the community through … [Read more...]
MBCollegiate ministries living, active in the summer
JEFFERSON CITY – What exactly do campus ministries do in summer? College students are gone, so ministry efforts cease, and campus missionaries just sit around planning for the fall, right? Wrong. The pace of summer looks different than the school year for college ministries, but life is far from dull, and ministry isn’t dead from June to August. Many campus missionaries use the summer months as prime time to train up their student leaders and mobilize students for outreach and … [Read more...]
MMO supports rescue from human trafficking
JEFFERSON CITY – The Rheubin L. South Missouri Missions Offering supports more than two dozen ministries in Missouri – including ministry to human trafficking survivors and to military veterans. This year’s theme is taken from Romans 12:10: “Love one another deeply as brothers and sisters. Take the lead in honoring one another.” The MMO Eight Days of Prayer are Sept. 11-18. Following are two short stories about how the gifts of Missouri Baptists support missions projects throughout the … [Read more...]
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