HILLSBORO – When it comes to serving, pastor David Wells prefers to lead Sandy Baptist Church by example. “Whether it is serving through missions, ministering or disaster relief, you can’t take the people where you haven’t been,” he said. “If I want them to serve, I need to be their servant first. Servanthood is about doing it with them, not for them.” Wells was in a perfect position to model servant leadership for Sandy Baptist. When they called him as pastor, they specifically asked … [Read more...]
‘May we never forget’
I appreciated the article in the August 8th issue entitled, Missouri Baptists honored by seminary for leadership in Conservative Resurgence. The resurgence is a significant part of the history of a people called Southern Baptist. That Southwestern Seminary would honor John Yeats, Gerald Davidson, Jim Wells, Fred Powell, and James Hefley for their leadership in moving the SBC back to its historic commitment to the Scriptures as infallible, authoritative, and inerrant is commendable. Without … [Read more...]
The Cooperative Program and the ‘Missouri Plan’
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the third of several articles commemorating the Baptist history in Missouri, written by members of the Missouri Baptist Convention’s Historical Commission. Many Missouri Baptists do not realize how influential our state association was in establishing the current model for the Cooperative Program. In 1845, when the Southern Baptist Convention was formed by withdrawing fellowship from the Baptist Triennial Convention, many states like Missouri had to decide which … [Read more...]
MMO supports church multiplication, Children’s Home
JEFFERSON CITY – The Rheubin L. South Missouri Missions Offering supports 18 ministries in Missouri. This year’s theme is taken from 1 Cor. 3:9a (KJV): “For we are labourers together with God.” Following are two short stories of how the gifts of Missouri Baptists support missions projects throughout the Show Me State. Next Step Requests – Chairs Give A Boost At Anchor Church, a delivery of new chairs meant more than a comfortable seat during services. It was the “next step” for a … [Read more...]
First Baptist Branson organizes conference to spotlight OT’s role
BRANSON – Many – including too many in the church – see the first 39 books of the Bible as irrelevant and outdated, supplanted by the Good News of the New Testament. First Baptist Church of Branson is looking to disprove that notion. The Church is hosting a conference October 6-7 entitled “Christianity and the Death of the Old Testament.” The aim of this conference is to provide teaching and tools to ensure that believers take seriously all of God’s Word and are better prepared to read … [Read more...]
Ruminations as a busy summer gives way to another autumn
The Missouri Baptist Foundation Trustee Board’s presidential search committee is getting closer to recommending someone for the position. The committee could have a recommendation for the full board sometime in September. The committee, which was formed Dec. 9, includes Foundation Board Chairman Larry Shoaf, a Cape Girardeau-area businessman and member of First Baptist Church, Jackson; Jay Hughes, a staff member at Second Baptist Church, Springfield and Joby Steele, pastor, Macedonia … [Read more...]
Clinton church grieves after shooting
CLINTON – A Missouri Baptist congregation here is grieving after the Aug. 6th shooting of local police officer Gary Michael, Jr. Michael, 37, a member of First Baptist Church here, served with the Clinton police department for less than a year when he was shot to death after pulling someone over for a registration violation. According to Pastor Randy Shipman, Michael loved serving his community through law enforcement. He recalled a conversation he had with Michael only a few weeks … [Read more...]
Gospel proclaimed at Missouri state fair
SEDALIA – “I’m a gambling man. I will bet you five dollars that they will take more than three minutes if I go in that tent,” said the man at the entrance to the state fair Baptist tent. Now that was a throw-down. The man was responding to an appeal to come into the Baptist tent at the state fair and sign up for a giveaway of a merchandise gift card. But all that was being asked of the registrants was “three minutes of your time.” Tent volunteers were trained to share their testimony of … [Read more...]
Mo. missionary movement recalled after 200 years
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the second of several articles commemorating the Baptist history in Missouri, written by members of the Missouri Baptist Convention’s Historical Commission. JEFFERSON CITY – At the meeting of the Triennial Convention of Baptist on May 17, 1817, Rev. John Mason Peck (1789-1858) and Rev. James E. Welch (1789-1876) were appointed as missionaries to the Missouri Territory or “Western Mission”. They arrived in St. Louis, Missouri in late 1817. Part of the ministry of … [Read more...]
Why our church recites the BFM 2000
As a pastor, I’m grateful for the way our church family participates and responds in worship. They are “all in” whether it’s during the musical portion of worship, praying, reciting verses, or the sermon, and I greatly appreciate it. I especially appreciate our time together as each week we recite an article of the Baptist Faith & Message 2000. Granted, I know it’s not the same as Scripture (no Baptist should ever say it is), but it highlights some top-tier things we believe about … [Read more...]
Small Puxico church displays heart for missions
MOLDOVA – As one of the smaller former Soviet states, Moldova is an easy nation to overlook. Not for Lewis Scott of Brush Creek Mission Baptist Church in Puxico. Scott will return for his fifth trip to tiny country wedged between Romania and Ukraine later this month as part of an IGO Missions health clinic trip. Scott partners with a local Baptist congregation in a series strategic cities and towns. Each clinic is preceded by an evangelistic crusade where people sign up for a time … [Read more...]
MBC partnership enables Emmaus KC to train pastors, reach community, send out church planter
KANSAS CITY – Emmaus Church in Kansas City launched on January 4, 2015 with 35 people. Seven of those were pastoral residents, learning how to plant a church by planting with experienced planter, Joshua Hedger. Two and a half years later, Emmaus is averaging 186 in attendance and has 110 covenant members. Through this season of growth, it became more evident that the location they had planted in was not going to be their long-term location. On July 23rd, 2017 Emmaus had their first … [Read more...]
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