NEOSHO – When Alan Brock went through the “Experiencing God” discipleship study for the first time he said it shifted his focus from “me” to “God and His activity.” He was pastor of Fellowship Baptist Church, Neosho, and he led five groups through the study in the early 1990s. He and his groups were discovering that God is at work all around them and was inviting them to be part of His work. Brock is now the director of missions for the Shoal Creek Baptist Association in Neosho (located in … [Read more...]
New VBS project teaches students about missions on their level
ST. LOUIS – Vacation Bible School has a new missions education opportunity this year through Pennies for Pupils, a project that aids a Kenyan school founded by Missouri Baptist layperson George “the Shoeman” Hutchings. The program connects children with children through participatory missions and teaches that no amount is too little in the hands of God, he says. Hutchings is the president of the Juanita School for Girls in Kenya. Pennies contributed by VBS students add up one by one to … [Read more...]
Crowder College BSU students, Shoal Creek Association partner with Utah church plant
MORGAN, Utah – Spring break is typically a time when college students relax and perhaps head to the beach. But a group of 10 from the Baptist Student Union at Crowder College in Neosho spent their time away from classes, March 12-19, partnering with a North American Mission Board church planter in the heart of Mormon/Latter Day Saints territory. The trip was part of an ongoing partnership between Shoal Creek Baptist Association and Morgan Grace Church. That church was originally planted … [Read more...]
Last Supper reenacted at Northwest Missouri churches
NORBORNE – Actors portrayed the events of the Last Supper in three churches in northwest Missouri during the Easter season. The actors sat at a long table at the front of the churches and spoke about their relationship with Jesus as they entered into the drama. Each of them gave a monologue of their recollection of events leading up to the Last Supper. Jesus Christ was portrayed as serving the supper to His disciples, and he invited the congregation to participate, as well. The drama … [Read more...]
Wildwood church celebrates ‘biblical dinner’
WILDWOOD – On Maundy Thursday, the congregation of Fellowship of Wildwood stepped back in time to biblical days to celebrate the Last Supper. Jay McCarl, author, pastor and theologian hosted the event to share his knowledge of biblical customs as well as theology. “A biblical dinner is NOT a Passover seder meal,” McCarl said. “It is a reenactment of John 13. This part of the dinner is what happens after the ceremonial seder.” Tim Montgomery, pastor of students, experienced the dinner 10 … [Read more...]
‘We’re about God’s Kingdom,’ MBC’s Nelson says at Midwest March for Life
JEFFERSON CITY – Pro-life advocates should stand firmly on the Word of God as they strive to save lives, Missouri Baptist Convention (MBC) President Jon Nelson told men, women and young people gathered for the Midwest March for Life in the Rotunda of Missouri’s Capitol building here, April 20. Praying that God would strengthen pro-life advocates for their task, Nelson told the crowd that public policy efforts and legislation can’t bring ultimate victory in the fight to defend unborn … [Read more...]
FBC Salem Easter pageant brings life transformation to audience members
SALEM – Jessica Emory, a member of First Baptist Church here, couldn’t have been more excited to invite friends to the church’s “Never Thirst Again” Easter pageant on April 10, 15 and 16. “Many people do not know this, but the last time this was presented it changed my life,” she shared on the Facebook page for her company, Jessie-Lynn Photography. “It might just change yours too.” Emory told The Pathway that God used the performance to “move mountains” in her life. It helped her … [Read more...]
Vision ministries focus on evangelism
ARNOLD – Two Missouri vision ministries, working in partnership, are clearly focused on evangelism through improving sight in their eyeglass clinics in the U.S. and Central America. Steve Smith, director of Focus On Missions, founded the organization about 20 years ago. For a time, he worked with pastors and churches in Mexico on other projects. Ten years ago, Smith—a member at First Baptist Arnold—began focusing exclusively on eyeglass clinics in the United States when he noticed a need … [Read more...]
Fellowship, High Ridge, grows from 70 to 250 people during three-year period
HIGH RIDGE – Active outreach is having positive effects, bringing new people into Fellowship Baptist Church of High Ridge. Three years ago, the church of seventy people, invited Reggan Jett to become their lead pastor. Now, the church averages 250 with as many as 400 on “big” Sundays like Easter and Christmas. “We’ve experienced a true revitalization here,” Jett said. “It required the congregation to change and to take an honest look at our focus. We found that we had a selfish, inward … [Read more...]
Creation stewardship a day-to-day activity for cowboy church members
CARTHAGE – Steve Stafford, pastor of Risen Ranch Cowboy Church in Carthage, said the biblical stewardship of creation permeates the lives of men and women involved in agriculture. “We’re more than a cowboy church,” Stafford said. “We’re an ag church. We’re blue collar, redneck. calloused, tanned, dirt-under-your-fingernails, good ol’ American people. And I love that about our church.” Members include “farmers, ranchers, livestock producers and gardeners.” The stewardship of God’s … [Read more...]
Missouri DOMs hear about church planting efforts, dedicate Larry Lewis Strategy Room
JEFFERSON CITY – The Directors of Missions in Baptist associations gathered at the Baptist building March 29-30. They heard reports from the MBC Multiplying Churches group and the North American Mission Board SEND Missouri team on the subject of church planting in Missouri. In addition to the program, the directors of missions (DOM) and MBC staff dedicated the Larry Lewis Strategy Room on the 7th floor of the Baptist Building. The 7th floor was recently remodeled after a small fire … [Read more...]
FBC Clinton puts feet to mission passion
CLINTON – First Baptist is noticeably on mission for Christ. According to Randy Shipman, with the title of pastor emeritus since January, the church in early April has marked 16 years with their program called ActsOne8. The flagship verse, in a nutshell, calls for reaching the world for Christ. “It has become the DNA of our church,” Shipman said. Shipman said it started when one man in the church wrote on a commitment card to avail himself to missions. “The last year or two he’s … [Read more...]
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