KIRKSVILLE – When asked if his ministry at Truman State has always focused on reaching international students, Campus Missionary Greg Xander laughs. “Not intentionally,” he says. When he took over as BSU Director 11 years ago, reaching international students was not on his radar. “I grew up in Edina,” he says. “Population: all white.” Neither he nor his wife, Stacey, had overseas experience, nor had they known any international students when they attended Truman Gene Austin, now the … [Read more...]
DR sends hand sanitizer to The Baptist Home, associations, churches
JEFFERSON CITY – In a pandemic it is important to wash hands often and use alcohol-based hand sanitizer frequently. The Missouri Baptist Convention Disaster Relief (DR) ministry was the recipient of a shipment of 48 pallets of hand sanitizer from the non-profit organization Global Citizen USA, based in Chicago, Ill. Of that shipment, the Baptist Homes in Chillicothe, Ironton and Ozark were provided 10 pallets, and 38 others have been distributed to associations and churches around … [Read more...]
Disaster Relief training opportunities announced
JEFFERSON CITY – Missouri Baptist Disaster Relief (DR) invites Missouri Baptists to train to participate in disaster call-outs. There will be four training sessions held in different parts of the state to equip future and current volunteers. Becoming a DR volunteer provides an excellent opportunity for hands-on service to people in need. Training is open to any member of a Southern Baptist church who is at least 18 years of age. Attending training does not obligate a person to serve but … [Read more...]
‘Plant Rural’ hosts event at Hannibal church
HANNIBAL – Equipping for the harvest is the focus of Plant Midwest and its new offshoot, Plant Rural. On Tuesday, Jan. 26, the new group held its first quarterly meeting in Hannibal. Plant Rural is a gathering to encourage and equip pastors and ministry leaders to lead, revitalize, plant and replant Gospel-centered churches in rural communities outside of St. Louis and beyond. Sam Byers, pastor of First Baptist Church, Elsberry, is heading the committee organizing this group. “Since we … [Read more...]
FBC Clever strengthens men in biblical relationships
CLEVER – February traditionally focuses on relationships. So First Baptist Church, Clever, is using it to emphasize Godly men’s relationships through a four-week conference. The church has begun four Monday night, 2-hour sessions to cover topics “we don’t talk enough about inside of the church directly to men,” said Lead Pastor Brian Jump. “Sunday morning, you can’t do that. This (conference) gives us an opportunity to be very direct.” He hopes Men’s Month for teens and men will help … [Read more...]
Missourians consider opportunities in Montana
Long-term partnerships ‘make a difference,’ Montana’s Fowler says JEFFERSON CITY – More than a dozen Missouri Baptists gathered, Jan. 28, to hear from former Missourian and long-time Montana minister Steve Fowler about opportunities for building mission partnerships with churches in the state. “We’re excited about the partnership (with Missouri),” Fowler told The Pathway after the meeting at the Baptist building here. “We’re especially excited about this being a seven-year commitment … [Read more...]
Satterwhite’s life proves dire medical prognosis wrong
KAHOKA – Amber Satterwhite was doing well as a teenager, despite being – as her parents said – a“brittle diabetic.” “She was editor of her yearbook, a straight A student. She had managed her diabetes since age 5 and gave herself shots. She was having a very successful life as a teenager,” her father Ron Satterwhite said. Ron is the Mt. Salem/Wyaconda Southern Baptist Association Director of Missons. “She had 200 kids at her 14th birthday party, played percussion and cello, and won some … [Read more...]
Church revitalization internship program expands for 2021
JEFFERSON CITY – Last summer a Missouri Baptist internship program offered hands-on training in church revitalization for two seminary pastoral candidates. This summer, program director Brandon Moore hopes to expand the program to involve up to 12 interns and serve additional churches. Moore is the director of Resound Network, a Missouri Baptist Convention ministry helping revitalize and replant churches across the state. “About 40% of the churches in Missouri are in decline. That’s … [Read more...]
Disaster survivor gives back to DR for helping
LEVASY – When Missouri River floodwaters entered Judy Oetting’s home in June 2019 she wasn’t sure what she would do. When the waters receded she and others started cleaning up the mess. Her basement was flooded as well as the first floor of her home. Mold was growing behind the walls. Missouri Baptist Disaster Relief (DR) volunteers came to her aid. They sent 5 college students who were serving as DR interns that summer. Mrs. Oetting said, “I wondered if we would ever be able to live … [Read more...]
Disaster Relief team supplies woman with winter firewood
EWING – One Disaster Relief team didn’t wait for a crisis to meet a need. Eight members of the Mt. Salem/Wyaconda Southern Baptist Association spent Saturday morning, Jan. 16, cutting a fallen tree, splitting logs, and removing them from a rural cow pasture to supply firewood for a needy woman. The eight represented four of the 19 churches of the association. The four represented churches were Ewing First Baptist, Dover First Baptist, Alexandria Baptist, and Mt. Olivet Baptist. “We were … [Read more...]
‘A library expands our reach’
RAYTOWN – Librarians are matchmakers. Debbie Atwood, media director at Spring Valley Baptist Church in Raytown, quoted S.R. Ranganthan’s Five Laws of Library Science, “Books are for use,” she said. “Every reader has a book, and every book has its reader.” “A library is only as valuable,” Atwood continued, “as the ability to find what’s in it.” Atwood has 17 years of library experience and when she became the volunteer librarian at Spring Valley, she could see that it would take a lot of … [Read more...]
Football player advances Kingdom
MARSHALL – When Texas born-and-raised Cedric Davis arrived at Missouri Valley College here on a football scholarship in the fall of 2019, he didn’t know a soul. He just knew he was supposed to be in Missouri. A year-and-a-half later, the answer to why is clear, and it has little to do with football or his degree. Davis didn’t grow up going to church but became a Christian his junior year of high school while singing “No Longer a Slave to Fear” at a winter youth retreat. “I burst out in … [Read more...]
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