SPRINGFIELD – For over six decades, Grant Avenue Baptist has offered parents and guardians a place where children could be tended. That option ended Friday, Aug. 21. “I’m quite sure it is the oldest church-run daycare in the state. I know it is the oldest daycare in Springfield,” said Janice Sartin, a teacher in the daycare for three years and the director for the last 47 years. Funding, the need for upgraded facilities, and just being ready to retire are reasons Sartin has given for the … [Read more...]
Fellowship Baptist Church, Lesterville, exceeds Annie Armstrong offering goals
LESTERVILLE – Fellowship Baptist Church of Lesterville has a history of working together and having fun doing it. Collecting this year for the Annie Armstrong offering was no exception. In fact, they had so much fun collecting that they shot past the goal of $6,000 to $10,824.41. “I’ve served as WMU director for the last five years,” Terry Bryant, member and financial secretary, said, “and I was asked to head up the collection.” “We’ve had a tradition of competition of teams for the … [Read more...]
MBC collegiate summer missions interns grow through ministry, mentorship
JEFFERSON CITY – The 2020 MBC Summer Missions program ended, Aug. 1. For the prior ten weeks, eighty-six college students served as interns alongside pastors, campus missionaries, and other ministry leaders. From mission trips to producing media, handing out homeless bags to mentoring youth, leading worship to planning events, the interns dug their hands in deep to real-life ministry – even in the midst of a global pandemic. The internship stretched the students, both spiritually and in … [Read more...]
MBC annual meeting letters sent, to arrive by Sept. 4
JEFFERSON CITY – Missouri Baptist church leaders should watch the mail the first week in September for Annual Meeting letters from the MBC. These letters feature important information about the MBC Annual Meeting, to be held Oct. 26-27 in the St. Charles Convention Center. The letters contain church user names and passwords for pre-registration, instructions for church leaders, COVID-19 information, and important news regarding changes in the pre-registration / registration process this … [Read more...]
CP Vision Task Force calls pastors to join listening sessions statewide
JEFFERSON CITY – The Cooperative Program Vision Task Force, appointed by Missouri Baptist Convention Executive Board Chairman Jeremy Muniz in March, is asking pastors to help them by attending one of eight listening sessions they will host around the state in September. Wesley Vance, CP Vision Task Force chairman and pastor of The Fellowship church in Kansas City, described the CP Vision Task Force as a group of “leaders who have been tasked by Missouri Baptists to evaluate and bring … [Read more...]
Climbing poles, preaching to souls
HARTSBURG – God can use anyone, any setting and any time to call someone to the gospel ministry. For Johnie Hendrix, that call came through a co-worker during a meeting at an electric co-op: “Johnie, have you ever thought about pastoring a church?” But like many calls to follow the Lord in obedience, the path for Hendrix wasn’t as straight or as direct as he might have hoped. Climbing poles, digging holes In 2015, Hendrix was an electrical lineman in southwest Missouri. He and his … [Read more...]
MBC Historical Commission awards scholarship
CRYSTAL CITY – Madyson House, a member of Faith Baptist Church in Festus, has been awarded a $2,000 scholarship to Missouri Baptist University (MBU) by the Missouri Baptist Historical Commission. She received the award after writing a research paper on a topic of Baptist history which was reviewed by the MBC Historical Commission. The award was made in May. House wrote on the subject “Baptism in Missouri Baptist History.” She delved into the definition of baptism according to … [Read more...]
After 200 years, High Point Church aims for future ministry, missions
HIGH POINT – The adage that God moves in mysterious ways is evidenced no better than by High Point Church, which recently celebrated its 200th anniversary but doesn’t have a pastor. It’s a small congregation in a rural area far from a large metropolitan area. Its interim pastor for the past year is from El Salvador. High Point is a small farming community about 30 miles southwest of Jefferson City. It’s in an unincorporated area and uses a California, Mo., address. The congregation was … [Read more...]
Flying veggies lead to gospel encounter
HANNIBAL – Sometimes God causes a gospel opportunity to fall into your lap. Literally. Southside Baptist Church Pastor Scott Hawes and a deacon were hauling a load of fresh produce to giveaway. Going around a bend, the plastic wrap securing the load came loose and wrapped around the wheel of the truck, throwing half a dozen 25-lb baskets of food into the road. “It could have been bad: fruit and vegetables flying through the air,” said Hawes. “My heart just sank. We could have hit a car or … [Read more...]
Disaster Relief provides food, cleanup in wake of flooding near St. Joseph
ST. JOSEPH (BP) – Flash flooding rolled through the St. Joseph area beginning July 20, displacing families and rendering many homes unsafe. But as the community was thrown into need, individuals and organizations within the community stepped in to help rebuild and provide immediate necessities. Jacob McMillan, pastor of Journey Baptist Church in St. Joseph, found himself faced with a crash course in disaster relief when the floods affected 200 homes just a quarter-mile from the … [Read more...]
Replant Summit scheduled for Aug. 24-25
GREENWOOD – Missouri Baptists can still register for the 2020 National Replant Summit, hosted at the Fellowship Church here, Aug. 24-25. According to Bob Bickford, associate director of replant for the North American Mission Board, the summit “will introduce different methods and models of replanting to those interested in knowing more about which options are best for their congregations.” “Replanting and Revitalization is not a one size fits all approach,” he said. “Each church is … [Read more...]
Kansas City ministry refurbishes ‘blessing houses’ for refugees
KANSAS CITY – By the time 12-year-old Alinoti Fataki was born, his parents and older siblings had already fled from violence in their small village in the Democratic Republic of Congo. From the Congo, they made their way through Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi and then to Mozambique, where Fataki was born. Throughout their journeys, his family suffered through warfare and sickness. In Mozambique, his sister nearly died of illness. “But here I am today, and even though we have faced many … [Read more...]
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