ST. LOUIS – A network is defined as an association providing mutual assistance and helpful information based on a common interest. Jesus is the common interest for Missouri Baptist Church Planter Yoshi Ubukata, pastor of Japanese International Harvest Church which meets at The Rock Church, and the Japanese Christian Fellowship Network (JCFN). “We work with the Japanese Christian Fellowship Network,” Yoshi said. “The network helps us here and in Japan with Christians returning home. The … [Read more...]
FBC Laddonia aims to be church without walls
LADDONIA – To paraphrase an adage, First Baptist Church here has found the mission field, and it is among them. On July 15-17, some 15 church members plus another five from Texas County Baptist Association had service projects in Laddonia and nearby Martinsburg. Pastor Chris Atkinson said Community Action was contacted for people needing help. That weekend, the group in two teams painted one house and partially re-roofed another home. That Saturday night the movie Woodlawn was shown in … [Read more...]
St. Louis Association calls, equips churches to love refugees
ST. LOUIS – Nearly 20 years ago, Missouri Baptists here missed an opportunity to reach the nations, but the St. Louis Metro Baptist Association is preparing for a second chance at gospel impact. Beginning in the mid-1990s, thousands of Bosnians—many of them Muslims—fled for refuge to St. Louis after the collapse of former Yugoslavia. Today, tens of thousands of Bosnians live in the area, making St. Louis the home for the most Bosnians worldwide, outside of their native homeland. Today, … [Read more...]
Hannibal-area ministry leads addicts to gospel freedom
Perhaps the deeper the depths of sin, the better the appreciation for redemption through Jesus. James Bridges, pastor Living Way Christian Fellowship in Hannibal, has a heart for those in various addictions, especially drugs and alcohol. He knows first hand what it is like to be delivered. “I’m an ex-addict. I’ve been clean 13 years. I’ve been in prison five times for a total of 10 years,” Bridges said. “I was saved and delivered in 2003. God put a burden on my heart to reach out to … [Read more...]
Missouri native recruits interims for U.K. churches
KENNETT – Growing up on a cotton farm deep in Missouri’s Boot Heel, pastoring churches was the furthest thing from Chuck McComb’s mind. But an engineering degree from the University of Missouri and a 35-year career with Monsanto somehow put McComb in the perfect position to help find and match interim pastors with churches. In England. In 1974, Monsanto sent McComb and his family across the Atlantic to help establish a chemical plant in England. While there, they worshipped at a Baptist … [Read more...]
SBU’s Kurt Caddy: Children’s book to bring hope of Christ to Lakota tribe
BOLIVAR – When a missionary to the Navaho spoke at 9-year-old Kurt Caddy’s church, he couldn’t have known the impact his words would have on children for generations to come. Caddy, the Director of University Ministries at SBU and father of six, recently penned and illustrated Keep Hope Alive, a children’s book designed to share biblical hope with Native American children and communities. As a young boy, Kurt Caddy found himself gripped by the stories and lives of Native Americans. His … [Read more...]
Executive board sets $14.8M budget
BRIDGETON – Meeting at the Missouri Baptist Children’s Home here, the Missouri Baptist Convention’s (MBC) executive board approved its 2017 budget, based on an overall $14.8 million Cooperative Program (CP) goal for the year. According to the proposed 2017 CP goal, 5 percent of the funds collected through CP is set aside in a “shared expenses” category, which is allocated for annuity protections and The Pathway. This has been part of the allocation since 2012. From the remaining funds, … [Read more...]
Horse whisperer to be featured at Mo. State Fair
SEDALIA – James Frazier wrestled steers and manhandled broncs as a rodeo cowboy in his youth, but at 46, he has found a calmer, quieter, not to mention safer, way of bringing an animal with a bad attitude into submission: talking to it. Frazier will host the free horse whispering demonstration at 10 a.m. Aug. 11 at the Mathewson Exhibition Center at the Missouri State Fair. Admission to the Fair is normally $10 for adults and $7 for seniors, but on the 11th, Opening Day, admission is $4 … [Read more...]
Affton replant reclaims its community
Article by Karen L. Willoughby AFFTON, Mo. (BP) – An interim pastor told the dwindling, aging congregation he was to help "transition," that First Baptist Church of Affton was on its death journey. He showed them the statistics, demographics, and physically less-able status of members mostly in their 70s and beyond, and, "We told him we weren't just going to roll over and play dead," said Bill Wright, 72 and chairman of the deacons. But the church did die -- intentionally -- and on … [Read more...]
Mo. youth make an impact through Global Encounter
ST. LOUIS – Before their week with Global Encounter Ministries, Brett Blair spent months in prayer for revival to come to his student ministry. “We didn’t know exactly what we had been praying for but we could identify underlying spiritual warfare,” said Blair, associate pastor of students and families at Faith Baptist Church in Festus. “We felt like there were some strongholds in their lives holding them back from turning our student ministry from not just a string of fun events, but … [Read more...]
‘Fight the good fight’
SPRINGFIELD – The Catalyst church here competes for the souls of men and women not only in Southwest Missouri, but also throughout the nation—and with transformed lives that show the worth of their labor. During the past four-and-a-half years, this Missouri Baptist Convention church plant has led 186 people to profess faith in Christ. And they continue to fight for people’s salvation in a unique way: through competitive sports. While other churches often compete with people’s scheduled … [Read more...]
Small church pastors blessed at MB125
BRANSON – Sixty-five Missouri Baptist pastors and their families, who serve in churches that have an average worship attendance of 125 or less, gathered at Skyline Baptist Church, Branson, for the MB125 Pastors’ Conference, June 22-25. For three days, they were encouraged by fellowship, worship and inspiring messages from keynote speakers, Chuck and Rhonda Kelley and Micah Fries. Dr. Kelley serves as president of New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. He encouraged the gathered … [Read more...]
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