HANNIBAL – Days before Hannibal-LaGrange University (HLGU) opened for new students and fall semester classes, a nasty windstorm and accompanying rain damaged the campus. The main damage from the late afternoon storm, Aug. 12, was to the student center in the middle of the campus, where a large section of the roof was stripped off and thrown to the ground. However, other buildings had water infiltration, and some students were evacuated from one housing unit for a time. In addition, … [Read more...]
Resolutions must be submitted before MBC annual meeting
MBC resolutions due by Aug. 26 BRANSON – Resolutions for this year’s MBC Annual Meeting must be submitted in writing to the Committee on Resolutions at least sixty 60 days prior to the first session of the annual meeting, which means the deadline of August 26 is fast approaching. The annual meeting is October 25-26 at the Branson Convention Center. Persons submitting resolutions must certify that they are messengers. The author of any resolution may address the Committee on Resolutions … [Read more...]
Missouri’s oldest DOM turns 95
UPDATE: Missouri’s oldest associational leader dies at 95. Read here. BUFFALO – At age 95, Russell Adams is the oldest director of missions (DOM) currently serving in Missouri. He has served the Dallas Baptist Association in Buffalo since 2000. Recently a card shower for him was promoted, and he received birthday cards from Missouri Baptists all over the state including one from a lady in a church he had served as pastor many years ago. She said she and her three sons had been saved … [Read more...]
Transform Conference equips Sunday school, small group leaders
JEFFERSON CITY – The challenges COVID-19 have presented to Christian ministries over the last two years also have given church leaders a unique opportunity to rethink the way they make disciples. This includes ways to encourage and equip new and existing leaders. Sunday school and small group ministries continue to be one of the most strategic tools churches can employ to equip members for living life on mission. That’s why the Missouri Baptist Convention is convening the 2021 Transform … [Read more...]
Online registration extended for Missouri WMU Missions Celebration
JEFFERSON CITY – Just around the corner is the Missouri WMU (MWMU) Missions Celebration and Annual Meeting, which is being held Sept. 10 and 11 at First Baptist Church, Lake St. Louis. The online discounted registration is extended through Sept. 3. The cost to register online at www.mobaptist.org/wmu is $40, ad $15 for students grades 7 to collegiate; after the deadline cost will be $50, with students remaining at $15. “It is critical to our organization that our Missouri WMU men and … [Read more...]
First Baptist Church, Kimberling City, partners with Minnesota church
WADENA, Minn. – Missouri churches are building relationships with a church in Minnesota. The church, Grace Connection in Wadena, Minn., is the only Southern Baptist Church within a 90-mile radius. “We don’t have a corner on what the Good News means,” Jeff Heisler, pastor of Grace Connection, said, “But, we are the only evangelical presence in this area.” According to Jeff Hardy, pastor of FBC Kimberling City, the partnership started at the Missouri Baptist Convention in 2019 when the … [Read more...]
Missouri Baptist pastors collaborate to release new Advent devotional
JEFFERSON CITY – Missouri Baptist pastors Martin Winslow and Daniel Carr have uncovered a Christmas story embedded in Old Testament birth narratives that prefigure the Incarnation of Christ. Their collaborative work has resulted in a remarkably engaging Advent devotional book, The Seventh Birthday, released through High Street Press, the publishing arm of the Missouri Baptist Convention. Throughout Scripture we meet six unique women who aren’t able to conceive. The Bible depicts each of … [Read more...]
College Park Church reaches students seeking community
ST. LOUIS – A July 2021 InterVarsity Christian Fellowship survey found that today’s college students, identified as Generation Z, experience isolation and lack social interaction in their lives. For church they desire community, Scripture study, and prayer. Jordan Cox, lead pastor of College Park Church, which meets at Missouri Baptist University (MBU), saw the same characteristics among students, leading him to plant the church a year ago. Fellowship of Wildwood in St. Louis County was … [Read more...]
FBC Ferguson ministers to elderly, disabled in North County, St. Louis
FERGUSON – Loving your neighbor is a commandment and First Baptist Church of Ferguson has found a new way to express that love. Engage NOCO is a new mission to serve the local community by ministering to the elderly and disabled. “Many of the folks in Ferguson love their property and want to take care of it, but they are not able,” Doug Inman, associate pastor, said. “We want to show them love and help them be proud of the community.” The church purchased a trailer with donations as … [Read more...]
Churches’ partnership after fire paints picture of Christian unity
LOUISIANA, Mo. – There’s a beautiful picture being painted here. The canvas is the body of Christ in two churches – one whose building is temporarily out of service and one reaching out to the other. The brush is the movement of the Holy Spirit. The picture is titled, “Christian Unity.” As dark colors can accent a picture, so the dark times, like a church fire, can highlight God’s work. In September, 2020, lightning struck the New Jerusalem Tabernacle, a non-denominational black church in … [Read more...]
Lowe’s, Home Depot programs to benefit DR
JEFFERSON CITY – A couple of new programs with major retailers will benefit Southern Baptist Disaster Relief (DR). Home Depot and Lowe’s are offering opportunities for customers to register their personal or business credit cards with the program. By doing so, a percentage of each purchase (either in-store or online) goes directly to Southern Baptist Disaster Relief. Officials said there is no cost to the customer. It only requires the process of registering a personal, church or business … [Read more...]
BSU students from Missouri Southern State University partner to bring help, hope to Colorado
EAST TROUBLESOME, Colo. – In March, the Colorado Baptist Disaster Relief sent out the call that they needed teams to come to Grand County, CO to assist their efforts helping locals recover from last fall’s East Troublesome wildfire. Ignited on October 14, 2020, East Troublesome burned at a staggering pace, blazing through over 100,000 acres in one day, making history as the largest single-day wildfire burn in state history. By the time the fire was contained on November 30, 2020, it had … [Read more...]
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