JEFFERSON CITY (MBC) – The Rheubin L. South Missouri Missions Offering supports more than two dozen ministries in Missouri. This year’s theme is taken from Romans 10:15: “How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news.” The MMO Eight Days of Prayer are Sept. 10-17. Following are two short stories about how the gifts of Missouri Baptists support missions projects throughout the Show Me State. The nations in Missouri: Engaging 50 ethnic congregations Omar Segovia speaks several … [Read more...]
MODR responds to derecho storm in northern Missouri
BETHANY – Until a few years ago, most people had never heard of a derecho (deh-REY-cho), even though the term dates back to 1877 when it was first used to describe an unusual wind event in Iowa. If wind damage wasn’t caused by a tornado or a hurricane, it has generally been blamed on a strong, straight-line wind. In fact, the word “derecho” is Spanish for “straight.” Today, the term, which has been used more frequently in the last 10 to 20 years, is, by definition, a wind damage swath that … [Read more...]
Antioch Baptist church member leads ‘Walk Thru the Bible’ sessions
HANNIBAL – Schedules are being set to teach people the Old Testament. Dan Dehner, a member of Antioch Baptist, is offering to teach five half-hour sessions of the Old Testament in the “Walk Thru the Bible” program. “It’s an educational organization that provides seminars and training to churches or groups who want more information of the Bible. I particularly do the Old Testament live sessions. We take the lessons and give a framework of how they fit together,” Dehner said. Dehner said … [Read more...]
‘We need prayer’: Ukrainian seminary president speaks at Fellowship of Wildwood about ongoing war, gospel opportunities
WILDWOOD – Slavik Pyzh, Ukrainian Baptist Theological Seminary (UBTS) president, reported to the Fellowship of Wildwood congregation that leadership was still a focus despite the ongoing war. “I would like to report that the war is over,” Pyzh said, “but it is not. The city of Lviv where our seminary is located was hit with missiles. About forty apartment buildings were destroyed. The home of one of our partners who works with the Young Leaders Program was hit. He has a pregnant wife and a … [Read more...]
Springhill Baptist Church, Springfield, partners with Noel churches to reach 8 language groups
NOEL – Relationships are important in evangelism and Joshua Manning, pastor of Community Baptist Church in Noel, believes relationships are important for churches. “Our church has seen lots of mission groups,” Manning said, “But it is the relationships with the area churches that are important. Springhill in Springfield, Fellowship and FBC in Neosho, and FBC Anderson among others have all been great partners.” “Our church was established in 1880,” Manning added. “Since then, the … [Read more...]
HLGU student earns associate’s degree 50 years in the making
HANNIBAL – Wes Segawa completed one class this past semester at Hannibal-LaGrange University (HLG) and graduated with an associate degree in May. That’s the short of a 50-year-long story. The one class was what he lacked for the degree he started in the early 1970s. Segawa, of Hilo, Hawaii, graduated from Hilo in 1970. Like many Asian immigrants in the Hawaiian islands, he grew up a fourth-generation Buddhist. Rev. Richard Uejo, a Hawaiian pastor and 1940 graduate with his wife Masue, led … [Read more...]
Forty-one people find faith in Christ during Lifepointe, Sedalia, tent revival
SEDALIA – A four-day tent revival north of Sedalia brought people to Christ and some were baptized at the event. Lifepointe Church pastor Rusty Thomas reported 41 salvations, 31 baptisms, and three child dedications. From July 12-15, there were a total of 253 people in the children’s tent, 3,199 people in the main tent, and 10,639 people who followed the tent revival on Facebook. This made the total attendance of 14,091 people. “To God be the Glory,” Thomas said after the event. But the … [Read more...]
New Hope, Sedalia, ministers to homeless
SEDALIA – Preparing for a mission trip to New Orleans isn’t always what God wants. New Hope Baptist Church, Sedalia, found God was pointing them in a different way. “I’ve been to the New Orleans French Quarter to minister to the homeless at least five times,” Marc Knapp, pastor, said. “We were preparing to take a group there. I was explaining to them what we would encounter on the trip, but we began to pray, and we discovered that God wanted us to do it here.” “We realized that we were to … [Read more...]
Caddy’s ministry integrates faith, art
WALNUT GROVE – For 25 years, Kurt Caddy served as the Director of University Ministries at Southwest Baptist University. After retiring in 2022, Caddy formally launched Fourwinds Faith and Art, a ministry designed to inspire the church to use art for discipleship, worship, and evangelism. The ministry derives its name from Ezekiel 37:9 where God tells Ezekiel to call upon the four winds to bring life to the valley of dry bones. Caddy described the fourfold purpose of Fourwinds: educate … [Read more...]
Christian school volunteer arrested on sexual abuse charges
by Laura Erlanson JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (BP) – A school volunteer in Missouri was arrested earlier this month on sex-related charges. Jennifer Cecil was a volunteer at a local Christian school and a member of Concord Baptist Church in Jefferson City. The school, Lighthouse Preparatory Academy, is not affiliated with Concord Baptist Church. Cecil was charged with first-degree sexual abuse, sexual contact with a student, second-degree statutory rape and second-degree statutory sodomy, … [Read more...]
BSAAM conference to be held in Springfield
SPRINGFIELD – The Baptist Secretaries and Administrative Assistants of Missouri (BSAAM) is set to hold its annual conference on September 18-19, 2023 at National Heights Baptist Church in Springfield. This year’s theme: Stronger Together. “And if one can overpower him who is alone, two can resist him. A cord of three strands is not quickly torn apart.” Ecclesiastes 4:12 (NASB). BSAAM welcomes and encourages all secretaries and other office personnel that are active members of Southern … [Read more...]
More than 40 find faith during second week of Super Summer on SBU campus
BOLIVAR – Super Summer week two at Southwest Baptist University, June 26-30, was filled with fresh faces and new works of God’s Spirit. “Each week of Super Summer always has its own unique personality. Even though the theme, infrastructure, and plan is the same, week two is always night and day different. All of it is good, but different,” said Bob Caldwell, team leader. In addition to new faces among students and youth leaders, camp pastor Brian Jump of Forest Park Church in Joplin, and … [Read more...]
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