JEFFERSON CITY – The Baptist Home honored its healthcare workers as “modern-day superheroes” during National Skilled Nursing Care Week, May 10-16. Since 1967, the American Health Care Association has set aside the week of Mother’s Day as a special time of observance and recognition for nursing staff in long-term care centers across the nation. At each of The Baptist Home campuses around the state, a special theme was selected to honor their workers. At Ozark, Campus Administrator Sonya … [Read more...]
MBF Trustees select college scholarship recipients during video-conference board meeting
JEFFERSON CITY – The Missouri Baptist Foundation Board of Trustees met for its regularly scheduled Board meeting on May 15, 2020. Rather than convening in person for its tri-annual meeting, board members from across the state met via video-conferencing. The trustees received economic, performance, and financial reports. Even though the market has been volatile, performance has rebounded since the low at the end of March. In keeping with its current policy, the board maintains its … [Read more...]
MBCH trustees celebrate faith profession, generosity
BRIDGETON – The need to care for Missouri’s at-risk children and families doesn’t change during the COVID-19 pandemic, and the ministry and operations of the Missouri Baptist Children’s Home couldn’t stop either. Staff and caseworkers kept ministry rolling along with enhanced (and sometimes inconvenient) safety measures, and trustees met virtually April 28 to take care of the business side of things. It wasn’t a typical board meeting, but aside from a little chaos figuring out who seconded … [Read more...]
SBU trustees set plans to update governing documents, approve $60.8 million budget
BOLIVAR – During a May 19 meeting here, Southwest Baptist University (SBU) trustees set a schedule for finalizing changes to the university’s governing documents. The board submitted a draft of the revised governing documents to the Missouri Baptist Convention (MBC) Executive Board in February. SBU trustees who are part of the governing documents work group and MBC leadership are meeting June 1 to review the revisions requested by the MBC. The full board will meet in a special session on … [Read more...]
Despite COVID-19 setbacks, Windermere Baptist Conference Center open for ministry
ROACH – Like many other non-profits around the nation, the Windermere Baptist Conference Center here is facing financial setbacks as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. But, according to Windermere President Tim Huddleston, the camp is open for ministry. “I’ll be very transparent, the pandemic has really hurt us financially,” Huddleston told The Pathway. So far, although the camp hasn’t been closed, many events in April, May and early June have been cancelled or postponed because of … [Read more...]
Virtual celebrations – Baptist schools hail graduates online, reschedule in-person commencements
ST. LOUIS – Let no one say the class of 2020 didn’t have a memorable graduation. It may not have featured all the usual pomp and circumstance or the wails of bagpipes, but Baptist schools are finding ways to honor their seniors even though chapels and arena remain empty. Missouri Baptist University For example, Missouri Baptist University normally holds its commencement at the Family Arena in St. Charles. The in-person celebration has been pushed back to Nov. 13, but the school hosted a … [Read more...]
‘They thought I was going to die’ – Teenage stroke leads Greminger to study nursing at MBU
ST. LOUIS – It was just another headache. Or so she thought. This head pain would eventually lead her to the neuroscience floor of St. Louis Children’s Hospital. First as a patient, and, beginning this June, as a nurse. For Samantha Greminger, head pain from migraines was a common occurrence. But one morning during her sophomore year of high school, she had a headache that was a little different. “It felt like an ice pick was stabbing my head,” she recalled. She tried to treat her … [Read more...]
Adrian selected to serve as interim campus pastor at The Baptist Home-Ozark
OZARK – The Baptist Home Corporate Office is pleased to announce that Rev. Ron Adrian has agreed to serve as the interim campus pastor at The Baptist Home-Ozark. Pastor Adrian is a familiar face on the Ozark campus having been a regular volunteer at The Baptist Home for some time. He and his wife, Barbara, currently reside in Clever, Missouri, where they moved after years of ministry in Arkansas, Delaware and Texas. Although he considers himself semi-retired, Pastor Adrian is also currently … [Read more...]
SBU plans online commencement ceremonies for May 16
BOLIVAR (SBU) – Southwest Baptist University will honor May 2020 graduates through online ceremonies at 10 a.m. Saturday, May 16. On-campus commencement ceremonies — one for graduates receiving associate degrees, one for bachelor degrees and one for graduate degrees — originally scheduled for May 15 and 16 have been moved online due to restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic. “Typically, we would celebrate your extraordinary milestone with formal commencement ceremonies on the … [Read more...]
The Baptist Home headquarters relocating to Baptist Building
JEFFERSON CITY – The Baptist Home’s (TBH) Board of Trustees on April 3 authorized TBH President Rodney Harrison and the executive committee to develop a plan for moving the TBH corporate office from Ironton to the Baptist Building in Jefferson City. According to Harrison, the centralized location will better serve the TBH campuses statewide, which have increased from one to four since 1988. Harrison plans to establish his office at the Baptist Building as soon as the COVID-19 stay-at-home … [Read more...]
TBH shares gospel with family, friends of residents
IRONTON – During the COVID-19 pandemic, The Baptist Home is using technology to share the gospel with family and friends of residents. As widely reported in the news, senior adults are especially vulnerable to the coronavirus. As a response, senior living communities and nursing homes are strictly enforcing no visitor policies and the social distancing of residents. To address this need, The Baptist Home, the recently restored entity of the Missouri Baptist Convention, is now streaming … [Read more...]
Hannibal-LaGrange student leads online story time for children
COLUMBIA – When Sarah Hanson enrolled in her children’s literature course at Hannibal-LaGrange University this spring, she had no idea how God was preparing her. Now, with campus shut down due to the COVID-19 pandemic and students continuing their classes online, Hanson, a sophomore early childhood education major, is putting her training to good use by leading an online story time three nights a week. She originally read a book every night, but with the public library closed, fears of … [Read more...]
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