JEFFERSON CITY – With the economy still in uncertain waters and giving on a steady decline, a new emphasis hopes to give churches “traction” when it comes to teaching Godly stewardship and tithing. “We do an emphasis each year, but Traction is specifically about tithing,” said Spencer Hutson, church strengthening team leader for the Missouri Baptist Convention. “It’s something a lot of churches are asking for help with. This is a tool a church can use to promote biblical tithing, but … [Read more...]
Camdenton reaches unchurched kids in W.E.E. Care
CAMDENTON – It’s hard to miss Susie Ginnings’ passion for the unchurched, especially children. Ginnings directs the The W.E.E. Care (Weekday Early Education) year-round program of the First Baptist Church of Camdenton. The program has long made a difference in the lives of children, aged 2-14, and the often broken families from which many of Ginnings’ charges come. Her love for children has activated her church to share the vision. The church held a multi-faceted W.E.E. Care … [Read more...]
BSU mission team fights trafficking in Moldova
ORHEI, Moldova – It was the first time she had truly been alone with her thoughts since their mission team arrived in Moldova, and Jamie Jackson couldn’t stop crying. When orphaned children reach a certain age, they are required to leave the orphanage and start taking care of themselves. The friends she had made in just a short amount of time, Valentina (13) and her brother, Nelu (14), were coming up on that age. “If they have nowhere to go, they’ve got nowhere to go,” said Jackson, a … [Read more...]
Baptist State Fair Tent nets 54 decisions for Christ
SEDALIA – About 1,300 State Fair attenders looking for corn dogs, carnival rides and deals on snazzy merchandise stopped by the Missouri Baptist tent located near the fair’s midway. They had the opportunity to step inside the tent and register for a free 50-inch TV and blue ray entertainment unit. Well, it was almost free. They had to give the volunteers three minutes of their time before they could register. The 165 volunteers who worked at the tent during the 11-day fair shared about … [Read more...]
More than 300 attend prayer summit
SPRINGFIELD – Burdened by the need for revival and spiritual awakening in the United States and throughout the world, 328 Missouri Baptists gathered at Crossway Baptist Church in Springfield for the Heartland Prayer Summit, Aug. 21. The prayer summit was led by OneCry Leader and Arkansas Pastor Bill Elliff and Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) President and Arkansas Pastor Ronnie Floyd, who soon after his election at the SBC annual meeting in June called Southern Baptists to “explicit … [Read more...]
Missouri church van hit in suspected DUI
SOUIX FALLS, S.D. – Two Missouri Baptists suffered minor injuries after a driver suspected to be under the influence hit their church van and a second car while they were in town for a mission trip. Twelve mission trip-goers from churches in Cane Creek-Stoddard and Black River Baptist Associations were riding in a van owned by Friendship Baptist Church in Dexter the evening of Aug. 3 when police say a 20-year-old male drove his truck through an intersection going an estimated 45 mph, … [Read more...]
Mo. Baptist Bikers Fellowship: ‘We need to overwhelm the north with our presence’
MILWAUKEE, Wis. – Five men from the Missouri Baptist Bikers Fellowship (MBBF) struck up a conversation with a former pastor at a motel in Canada recently. The former pastor was newly married to an unbeliever, but open to a spiritual conversation. “We had the opportunity to have a rather lengthy conversation with him about his background and experience and frustration with church, and my heart really went out to him,” said Randy Shipman, pastor, FBC Clinton. “I kept wondering, ‘How do you … [Read more...]
Sports equipment is vessel for mission trip to Cuba
HAVANA, Cuba – Three family members with southern Missouri Baptist church ties joined a group distributing sports equipment and Bibles to Cuba for 13 days in early July. Paul Dudley, a deacon from Hillcrest Baptist, Lebanon, and his sons Caleb, 25, and Cory, 16, connected with a Texas ministry’s “Cuba for Christ” effort. Caleb is a Sunday School teacher and trustee at Birchtree Baptist Church. Dudley’s ministry, “Eternal Pastimes,” has collected used – but still useable – and new … [Read more...]
Kirksville First Baptist reaches out toWestern U.S.
EVANSTON, Wyo. – Aspen Church here was the recipient of some Missouri Baptist love by way of First Baptist Church, Kirksville. The Kirksville church took 13 members on a 2,600 mile misson trip to the ranching community in the Uinta Mountains of western Wyoming in late July. The group went to Evanston with a desire to lead a kids’ day camp at a community center called The Roundhouse – a former railroad maintenance facility where the train tracks are still embedded in the wooden floor. The … [Read more...]
Laclede Association partners with NAMB in East St. Louis
EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. – It’s easy to forget about the “other” St. Louis on the Illinois side of the Mississippi River, but the churches of Laclede Baptist Association have seen Kingdom results in East St. Louis as part of the North American Mission Board’s (NAMB) Send initiative. Seventeen volunteers from seven churches in the association partnered with Light of Christ Church in East St. Louis in late July. The weeklong ministry project focused on Vacation Bible School, electrical repairs … [Read more...]
Heartland Prayer Summit set for Aug. 21
SPRINGFIELD – Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) President Ronnie Floyd and OneCry Leader Bill Elliff will lead a prayer summit at Crossway Baptist Church here Aug. 21. There will be no other agenda beyond prayer. Soon after his election at the SBC annual meeting last month, Floyd made it clear his heart for SBC church is to see Southern Baptists come together in “explicit agreement, visible union and extraordinary prayer” for the next Great Awakening of the United States of … [Read more...]
Mission team targets one of America’s most dangerous areas
CHICAGO – An 8-member mission team from Springhill Baptist Church, Springfield, carried the gospel to one of the nation’s most dangerous communities last month. The team partnered with Good Hope Baptist Church in Englewood, one of the 77 official communities of Chicago – a city with only one church per 31,791 people. Two of the top 25 most dangerous neighborhoods in the nation are situated in Englewood, according to data released last year on NeighborhoodScout.com. This July, more than … [Read more...]
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