HANNIBAL – Citing preemptive precautions to avoid further spread of the coronavirus, Hannibal-LaGrange University, Missouri Baptist University and Southwest Baptist University have all made the decision to temporarily cease on-campus classroom activities. The three schools reported they had no reason to expect any students or faculty had been exposed to the virus that is prompting waves cancelations and postponements across the globe. The following updates were current as of 3 p.m. March … [Read more...]

HANNIBAL – Nearly all private colleges and universities in the U.S. began with one purpose in mind: theological training: Harvard, Yale, Princeton and others. And yet one by one, decade by decade, compromise by compromise, they jettisoned their Christian mission and strayed farther and farther away from their founding principles. Anthony Allen, president of Hannibal-LaGrange University, attended such an institution as an undergrad at Duke University in North Carolina. Allen explained that … [Read more...]

HANNIBAL – Home, the maxim goes, is where the heart is. Sometimes the heart claims multiple homes. Eric Turner, 48, Hannibal-LaGrange University Christian Studies Division Chair, knew growing up in Hannibal he was adopted through the Missouri Baptist Children’s Home. “My parents Charles and Joyce Turner still live here and are members of Calvary Baptist Church. My adoption was always part of my childhood. My parents talked of it in positive terms. My birthday is May 12 and June 9 was the … [Read more...]

BRIDGETON – Religious liberty can seem an abstract concept, but consider Kevin. Kevin is one of more than 13,000 children in Missouri’s foster care system. Kevin has been waiting since he was six. That was ten years ago. Back in December, Kevin was featured on KOLR Channel 10 in Springfield on their weekly feature on foster kids like Kevin in search of a home and forever family. After footage rolled of him working behind the scenes at school theatrical productions, Kevin took a whirl at … [Read more...]

EDITOR’S NOTE: After the Missouri Baptist Foundation’s (MBF) subsidiary Straighway Holdings, Inc. (SHI) purchased Windermere last month (see story, here), MBF and SHI President Neil Franks agree to answered several questions about the purchase. The following is a transcript of the interview. Prior to answering the questions via email, Franks also gave the following statement in writing  to The Pathway: “Our goal was to secure the property of the campground commonly known as Windermere … [Read more...]

CAMDENTON – The Windermere Baptist Conference Center (WBCC) may have a new lease on life after being bought off the steps of the Camden County Courthouse, Dec. 11, following the campground’s “non-judicial foreclosure.” Straightway Holdings, Inc. (SHI), a subsidiary of the Missouri Baptist Foundation (MBF), put in the highest bid on the courthouse steps, gaining ownership of Windermere for $4.745 million. The property was purchased with a loan from WatersEdge Ministry Services, which “is … [Read more...]