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MBCH Requests Prayer Following President’s Injury

Missouri Baptist Children’s Home (MBCH) shared on April 17 that its president, Dr. Juston Gates, has been involved in a hunting accident.
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Missouri Missions Offering tops $950,000

Receipts for the 2025 Rheubin L. South Missouri Missions Offering topped $950,000, as Missouri Baptists gave generously to state mission projects ranging from foster care to disaster relief.
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SBU expands radiography program to meet demand

Southwest Baptist University is proud to announce a significant expansion and curriculum enhancements for its Associate of Science in Radiography (ASR) program. Designed to address the increasing need for skilled medical imaging professionals, the program is increasing its total student capacity and streamlining the path to graduation, all while maintaining its core mission of preparing servant leaders in healthcare.
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MBC board sets CP goal, takes action on task force report on office of pastor

Missouri Baptist Convention executive board members meeting in Jefferson City, Mo., March 2-3, approved 2027 goals for Cooperative Program giving and other statewide and national offerings. They also acted on an MBC Credentials Committee Task Force report on the office of the pastor that was approved by MBC messengers last fall.
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FBC, Viburnum, named 2025 BHHM volunteer organization of the year

Baptist Homes and Healthcare Ministries has announced its 2025 Volunteer Organization of the Year: First Baptist Church of Viburnum, led by Justin Perry.
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HLGU Music Department Presents “Let All Creation Praise Him” Spring Choral Concert on May 1 

Hannibal-LaGrange University (HLGU) invites the community to attend the HLGU Music Department’s Spring Choral Concert on Friday, May 1, at 7 p.m. in the Parker Theatre of the Roland Fine Arts Center. 
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Missouri Baptist Historical Commission again offering scholarship for MBC schools

The Missouri Baptist Convention's Historical Commission is offering a $1,000 scholarship to one student from each of these four institutions: Hannibal-LaGrange University, Missouri Baptist University, Southwest Baptist University, and Spurgeon College at Midwestern Theological Baptist Seminary. The scholarship is matched by each school, making it $2,000 total.
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SBU announces first Artificial Intelligence (AI) degree

To better prepare students aspiring to work within the data science field, Southwest Baptist University is excited to announce that its Bachelor of Science in Data Science degree has become the Bachelor of Science in Artificial Intelligence and Data Science Degree. 
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HLGU legal settlement secures right of Christians to establish schools that reflect faith

Hannibal-LaGrange University (HLGU) announced, Feb. 6, the resolution of its federal lawsuit against the Department of Education. This landmark settlement protects the constitutional right of Baptists to establish and maintain schools that reflect their faith, doctrine and values, without being forced to abandon their commitments to provide affordable education.
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First-Person: Senior deer hunts led by BHHM have ‘remarkable impact’

Now, several years into these events, I must admit that these hunts have been remarkable, to say the least. Over the past year, by the time you read this, we will have had six hunts at five of our campuses.
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Beyond barriers: Harvest Hill Baptist Church builds belonging through disability ministry

Like many ministries, it began with prayer. Not a program or a plan, but a fervent petition for local families to find a church home. The burden that members at Harvest Hill Baptist Church felt soon became an opportunity when they welcomed one family with significant disabilities. The church embraced this family and cultivated a relationship that enabled them not only to attend, but to serve.
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Baptist Homes president announces plans for retirement in fall of 2026

Rodney Harrison, president of the Baptist Homes & Healthcare Ministries, has announced his plan to retire next fall, after having served with the ministry since the December of 2019.

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