JEFFERSON CITY – Next month, the midday sun will go completely dark over Missouri for the first time in 148 years, and many Missouri Baptists plan to reach out to their communities during the unique event. A solar eclipse will darken Missouri skies between 11:30am-3:00pm, Aug. 21, and is expected to draw at least 1.2 million visitors to the state, according to the Missouri Department of Transportation. All Missourians will be able to glimpse a partial eclipse (at least 90 percent of the … [Read more...]
Annual Church Profile collection begins, helps churches
JEFFERSON CITY – It’s that time of year again. Not just back-to-school preparations, or the hope of one final getaway from the dog days of summer. No, it’s that time of year when every Missouri Baptist church or mission is asked to complete an Annual Church Profile (ACP). ACP is a statistical survey that tracks trends in baptisms, church membership, worship attendance, and so much more. And it’s important for several reasons, according to John Yeats, the MBC’s executive … [Read more...]
MBC Board increases 2018 CP goal
JEFFERSON CITY – Reflecting a recent increase of Cooperative Program (CP) giving within the state, Missouri Baptist Convention (MBC) Executive Board members increased its 2018 CP goal. In other business, they recommended that Missouri Baptists, gathered for their annual meeting in October, take up a special offering to fight human trafficking. 2018 CP goal and Executive Board budget In April of this year, Executive Board members set the 2018 CP goal at $14.5 million, which equals the … [Read more...]
Prayer for spiritual awakening in U.S. fosters revival at Springfield’s South Haven Baptist
SPRINGFIELD – South Haven Baptist Church, Springfield, accepted the challenge made at last year’s annual meeting by Ronnie Floyd, former Southern Baptist Convention president, and it led to a spiritual revival. “In his challenge,” Ryan Palmer, South Haven Baptist Church, said, “Dr. Floyd asked churches to consider giving at least eleven minutes of their services on Sunday, Sept. 11 (9/11), to pray for our nation.” “We decided to combine our two services to pray for Spiritual … [Read more...]
Special needs VBS uplifts Cape Girardeau families
CAPE GIRARDEAU – Vacation Bibles Schools (VBS) are billed as being open to all, but Bethany Baptist Church here, took the extra step to make sure special needs children in their community knew that God created them and loves them. During plans for the church’s traditional VBS, a mother of an autistic boy asked Donna Johnson why there couldn’t be a VBS designed specifically for children in the church and community with special needs. Johnson and the rest of Bethany took on the challenge. … [Read more...]
Churches hope to pack million meals for St. Louisans
ST. CHARLES – Most Americans just go to the pantry or refrigerator when they get hungry, but hundreds in poverty don’t have that option. Missouri Baptists are taking the lead feeding these hurting families as well as creating a community witnessing event to pack one million meals on August 26-27 at the St. Charles Family Arena. The group is looking for 5,500 volunteers to pack the one million meals during the two-day event. Volunteers can sign up for a variety of positions at times … [Read more...]
FBC Linn on mission to help families in need
LINN – First Baptist Church in Linn, as part of the Southern Baptist Convention’s goal of helping those in need, last week hosted volunteers from around the area to do just that, providing four families in the area with assistance on projects they cannot do for themselves. “The Bible tells you to go forth, from Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria, and to the ends of the earth. Linn is our Jerusalem,” said Linda Krueger, whose husband, David Krueger, is pastor at First Baptist Church. “There are … [Read more...]
MB125 encourages small church pastors, families
BRANSON - Small church pastors might feel left out from some conferences – they may lack ministry teams, large budgets or multiple programs. The Missouri Baptist Convention recognizes this and offered its seventh MB125 conference June 28-July 1 at Skyline Baptist, Branson, catering to churches with under 125 attending Sunday morning services. Gary Mathes, MBC Church Revitalization/Developing Leaders Specialist, said 73 pastors registered for the event and the number of first time … [Read more...]
Tragedy inspires service: Carters invest in youth, children during MB125
BRANSON – Bonnie and Mark Carter of Moberly, have ministered to youth most of their 30 years of marriage. That includes the annual MB125 conference. Their work continues despite losing two special youth in a Feb. 21, 2008 car accident – their teenage daughters Kayla and Alicia. Understandably, that accident rocked them. When called about that accident, Mark went to the scene, expecting a fender-bender. Instead, the girls’ car hit black ice and overturned. One daughter died at the … [Read more...]
Missourians brave heat to convene in Phoenix for Baptists’ business
PHOENIX – The exhibit hall of the Southern Baptist Convention was buzzing with activity as SBC related colleges, seminaries, entities and ancillary organizations vied for the attention of the convention messengers. The air conditioning was cranked down sufficiently to cool the conventioneers who braved 100 plus degree heat getting into the downtown convention hall. At the Hannibal-LaGrange University booth some Missourians visited with university staffers. Ray Carty offered HLGU “swag” … [Read more...]
Two Missourians preach at Pastors’ Conference
PHOENIX – Dave Miller, president of the 2017 SBC Pastors’ Conference, said "We went for simple this year." The conference was organized for the first time with a focus on enlisting preachers from smaller membership churches (less than 500 attenders). And the pastors were tasked to preach expository messages through the Book of Philippians. Miller was elected at last year's conference with a pledge to build a conference in this manner. He is the pastor of Southern Hills Baptist Church … [Read more...]
Willow Springs pastor calls for orphan, widow Sunday
PHOENIX (BP) – Messengers to the Southern Baptist Convention proposed 11 motions during two 15-minute scheduled segments of the 2017 annual meeting in Phoenix. Messengers approved one motion, presented by James Forbis of First Baptist Church in Willow Springs, Mo., for referral to the SBC’s Executive Committee. Forbis, an associate pastor at FBC Willow Springs, moved that the SBC adopt a special emphasis day called “Orphan and Widow Care Sunday” in the 2018 SBC calendar. “I’ve always … [Read more...]
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