TROY – “Beautiful weather” was attributed for record attendance at Troy First Baptist’s outdoor Christmas presentation, Journey to Bethlehem, according to church member Diane Campbell. “We had 1,737 people come through this year,” says Campbell, co-director of the presentation. Journey to Bethlehem is an interactive presentation with visitors passing through various stage sets on their way to Bethlehem at Christ’s birth. Campbell said the church presents the gospel story as an outdoor … [Read more...]
Gilmore receives highest honor among Army chaplains
JEFFERSON CITY – Gary D. Gilmore, pastor of First Baptist Church, Marionville, and retired Missouri National Guard Senior Army Chaplain, was awarded, Nov. 18, with the highest award that a chaplain in the U.S. Army Chaplain Corp can receive. During a service at the chapel of the National Guard State Headquarters here, Gilmore was inducted into The Ancient Order of Martin of Tours. Missouri Baptist Convention Executive Director John Yeats led the invocation during the award … [Read more...]
Annual legislative prayer service set for Jan. 5
JEFFERSON CITY – Lawmakers and citizens will gather for what has become a Jefferson City tradition when Concord Baptist Church, in conjunction with the Missouri Baptist Convention’s (MBC) Christian Life Commission, hosts the 17th annual Prayer Service for Missouri government leaders, Jan. 5, 2022, at 9 a.m. The event always marks the first day of each new session of the General Assembly. The featured speaker for the prayer service is Eddie Bumpers, pastor of Crossway Baptist Church, … [Read more...]
Canaan Baptist Church sees Christmas as good time to be missional, evangelistic
ST. LOUIS – Thirty families in the South County area of St. Louis received free Christmas gifts for their children through a recent outreach project of Canaan Baptist Church. Pastor Daniel Carr told The Pathway it was a fairly easy project to set up. “We had church members and a guidance counselor at our school link us to thirty families, and we set up a Christmas store at our church.” There were 78 kids from the thirty families that came through the “store.” The kids were directed to … [Read more...]
Living nativity drama portrays gospel from cradle to cross
RUSSELLVILLE – A living Nativity scene at Corticelli Baptist Church portrays the gospel story from the cradle of Jesus to the cross and the empty tomb. The Dec. 6th production was the sixth time the church has put this together for their community. Cars line up outside the rural church and are directed in to the six nativity scenes with animals, actors, Scripture signs and music, and the story is unfolded with scenes of Bethlehem and the manger, the angels revealing Jesus’ birth to the … [Read more...]
Encounter Ministry to reopen Windermere as ‘Encounter Cove’ in 2022
Straightway Holdings Inc., Missouri Baptist Foundation sign lease-purchase agreement with Encounter Ministry ROACH, Mo. (SHI/MBF) – Straightway Holdings Inc. (SHI) and the Missouri Baptist Foundation (MBF) are pleased to announce they have signed a lease-purchase agreement with Encounter Ministry based in Lebanon, Mo., for the 350-acre property here formerly known as Windermere Baptist Conference Center. The agreement does not include the surrounding 970 acres the Missouri Baptist … [Read more...]
Northern Hills Baptist takes community members on journey to Bethlehem
HOLT – One of the challenges Michelle Brooks has faced this Christmas season was helping men, women and children from her community imagine themselves in the fields outside of Bethlehem when, suddenly, a host of angels appear in the night sky. “The biggest challenge is coming up with the ‘wow factor’ of the angel’s appearing, ... how magical and heavenly that would be,” Brooks told The Pathway. “How surprising that experience would have been for the shepherds!" Brooks was a member of the … [Read more...]
FBC Ferguson helps organize Kentucky tornado response
FERGUSON – The power of a tornado takes minutes to destroy a town, but the impact on the survivors lasts a lifetime. First Baptist Church of Ferguson is working with fire departments and the city of Ferguson to support the survivors of the Mayfield, Ky., tornado. Doug Inman, FBC associate pastor of missions and youth, is also a firefighter in his community of Orchard Farm and the chaplain for the Ferguson fire department. “A fellow firefighter from Orchard Farm said he was willing to … [Read more...]
Pastor faithful for six decades, still going at it
RISCO – It seems that Gene Lancaster has a thought that as long as there is a soul to be reached for Jesus Christ, there is still a ministry need. Lancaster, 83, is still very much about Kingdom business. He has spent six decades largely in the southeast part of the state ministering to more than a dozen churches as supply pastor, interim pastor and pastor. Furthermore, he conducted double digit revivals in and out of those churches for years. As a result, he has seen hundreds give … [Read more...]
DR responds to man made disaster in St. Louis area
EDITOR’S NOTE: Tharran Gaines is a member of First Baptist Church, Lamar, and he serves with the Disaster Relief public information team. KINLOCH – Disasters come in many forms and sizes, ranging from floods to fires to hurricanes and tornados. Unfortunately, some disaster situations are even man-made. Such has been the case within the St. Louis metropolitan area, in a suburb known as Kinloch. Located just east of the Lambert-St. Louis International Airport, Kinloch was actually the first … [Read more...]
By faith, not sight: Blind worship leader in New London makes music for the Lord
NEW LONDON – As far as Lon Sitton is concerned, his life is all about making music for the Lord. He is the First Baptist Church, New London, worship leader, which includes leading the choir, the praise band, weekly special music, and wedding and funeral music. “Ultimately, I’m in charge of the music program. The pastor and I work well together. He’s wonderful,” Sitton said. Sitton, 67, has been blind virtually all his life. He is a triplet born in the 1950s in Olton, Texas. “We … [Read more...]
Campers on Mission help Milo church stretch dollars
MILO – Campers On Mission rolled out of Milo Baptist recently after contributing labor to an ongoing project that will add a multi-purpose building to the church. Six couples from the volunteer organization spent two weeks at Milo, camping on the church grounds in RVs, to help the church complete its project without incurring debt. “Campers On Mission go around to different churches and do construction work,” says Milo layperson and general contractor Jim Wilson. “Six of them came to Milo … [Read more...]
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