COLFAX, La. (BP) – Daryl Stagg, 60, a Southern Baptist associational mission strategist (AMS) serving dozens of churches in north central Louisiana, is jailed on 12 counts of felony sex crimes, the Grant Parish Sheriff’s Office reported. Stagg previously served as a Director of Missions at the Harmony Baptist Association in Sedalia, Mo., from 2012-2018, according to his LinkedIn profile and Missouri Baptist Convention records. Stagg is charged with three counts each of first-degree rape, … [Read more...]
Meramec Association partners with Baptist Homes
IRONTON – More than 40 people from churches in the Meramec Baptist Association went on mission at the Baptist Homes of Arcadia Valley here, May 22-25. During this mission trip, the association’s church members built benches and picnic tables for the Baptist Homes campus, painted rooms in the historic Riggs Scott building, cut brush and limbs, removed old fences, prepared elevated flower beds around the campus and planted vegetables that everyone in the Baptist Homes neighborhood could … [Read more...]
MMO promotional materials coming soon
JEFFERSON CITY – The Missouri Baptist Children’s Home introduced John, an autistic and nonverbal child, to a loving, Christian adoptive family. The MBC Leader Care Network provided Christian counseling to a pastor’s family that survived a devastating house fire. And Tino, a student from Zimbabwe attending Southeast Missouri State University, came to faith in Christ through the MBC’s campus mission there. All of this – and much more – is possible only because Missouri Baptist church members … [Read more...]
MODR rebuild efforts open doors for spiritual impact in St. Louis
ST. LOUIS – Missouri Baptists have an opportunity to reach St. Louis residents with the gospel through Missouri Disaster Relief’s (MODR) efforts to rebuild homes damaged last year by flooding. Though MODR has already coordinated rebuild efforts at 14 homes, more than 100 homes still need work, according to MODR Director Gaylon Moss. While the immediate response to a disaster garners more media attention, Moss said that long-term recovery efforts – including rebuild efforts – can often … [Read more...]
Parkville churches join hands to reach community
PARKVILLE – Church walls don’t mean much when it comes to partnering together for the gospel. That was part of what was on display at Parkville 4 the Gospel, a joint worship service / event that brought hundreds to a busy park in this Kansas City suburb. The four churches participating were Fellowship Kansas City; Fellowship of Grace, Park Hill Baptist Church and River Park Baptist Church. “At the beginning of the year, us four pastors got together and had a conversation,” said Tyler … [Read more...]
Preaching ministry ‘an honor and privilege,’ Whitney says
HOLTS SUMMIT – Brother Frank Whitney stood up, took a deep breath, and walked toward the pulpit. Bible in hand, he double-checked his notes for the Sunday evening sermon. Tonight’s topic: faith the size of a mustard seed. The crowd wasn’t any larger than usual; about 30 people. It was just another Sunday evening service, except for one detail: The preacher, Brother Whitney, was 12 years old. Whitney was born in 1956 in Decatur, Ill. When he was 2 years old, his family moved to Oak Ridge, … [Read more...]
Missouri WMU holds missionary family retreat
ROCKY MOUNT (WMU) – After three long years of pandemic concerns, Missouri WMU (MWMU) was finally able to host the Missionary Family Retreat at Cross Pointe Camp and Retreat Center here, April 24-25. The theme of the retreat was “Hope in Christ,” based on Romans 12:12: “Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.” Participants included 23 retired missionaries; prospective missionaries Dustin and Cherith Winslow; Sharon Pumpelly, who represented the International Mission … [Read more...]
FBC Lowry City hosts third annual ‘Answer the Call’ student gathering
LOWRY CITY – First Baptist Church here hosted its third “Answer the Call” student gathering, March 31-April 2. The gathering was born out a conversation between Pastor Jeremy Hostettler of First Baptist, Weaubleau, and Pastor Jeff Ferguson of First Baptist, Lowry City. Both pastors shared a burden about students or young adults: The students rarely say, “God has called me into full-time ministry.” “Answer the Call” exists to help students understand and properly respond to God’s call. The … [Read more...]
Marshall pens book on Lincoln, Christianity
SPRINGFIELD – If you have a question about a U.S. president, you might ask John Marshall. Upon his retirement as long-time pastor of Second Baptist Church, here, he began diving deep into the histories of America’s 46 top executives. “I set out to read a major biography of every president,” Marshall said. “It took me two years, but I did it: 20,000+ pages. I plowed through them, reading the Pulitzer Prize-winning ones first.” And now, the current interim at National Heights Baptist … [Read more...]
Long-time pastor, associational staff member honored at Gasconade Valley Baptist Association meeting
BELLE – The theme this year for the Gasconade Valley Baptist Association (GVBA) mid-year meeting on April 16 was “Being Together Matters.” The GVBA made effective use of this time together by including break-out sessions and teaching time. In addition to this time of learning, the GVBA recognized two faithful servants, Alma Moman, member of Faith Baptist Church in Belle, who served as GVBA treasurer for 36 years as well as David Krueger who served as pastor of First Baptist in Linn for … [Read more...]
Missouri Baptists grieve death of Gene Austin, MBC director of collegiate ministry
JEFFERSON CITY – Missouri Baptists are grieving the loss and celebrating the life of Gene Austin, director of collegiate ministry at the Missouri Baptist Convention (MBC). Austin, 65, died on May 23 after a battle with cancer. “Gene leaves a legacy of disciple-making across Missouri campuses, where he led an army of collegiate missionaries and epitomized servant leadership,” MBC Executive Director John Yeats told The Pathway. “Gene was a trusted colleague, friend, and confidant, a dad … [Read more...]
‘Encountering Christ’: New High Street Press book by Springfield pastor puts spotlight on Jesus’s seven ‘I Am’ statements
JEFFERSON CITY – The Missouri Baptist Convention, through its High Street Press imprint, has released a new resource for personal or group study titled Encountering Christ: Meeting Jesus in His Seven I AM Statements. Written by Pastor Eddie Bumpers of Crossway Baptist Church in Springfield, Mo., the 90-page softcover book seeks to answer the question Jesus asks his disciples in Matthew 16:15, “Who do you say that I am?” The true answer comes, not from opinions that emerged over the … [Read more...]
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