Missouri Baptist Children’s Home has been inundated by Christmas gifts provided by generous churches and Christian people for the children and youth in our care. This year, more than 700 children in all MBCH ministries will receive Christmas gifts because of these generous contributions. From decades of experience, we know many of our children begin to see God’s love through the generosity of Christian people at Christmas. You will never fully know the joy you create in our children when … [Read more...]
Stewarding finances to make disciples
Last month at the annual meeting of the Missouri Baptist Convention, we introduced a brand new look and logo for the Missouri Baptist Foundation. This new logo represents our past, our present and our future together. I thought it would be good to take a moment and tell you what this new logo represents. You will notice the simple logo consists of three green bars of ever increasing length along with our name. The three bars remind us of our original mission, as we were created to … [Read more...]
HLGU trustees focus on fundraising, student success
HANNIBAL — Hannibal-LaGrange University’s Board of Trustees visited campus for their annual fall meeting Thursday and Friday, October 18 and 19. While on campus, the board heard reports on the activities of the University over the last year. It was reported that 254 graduates were presented diplomas in May, 40 students are traveling to Israel over Christmas break with a scholarship from Passages Israel, HLGU received a military friendly award, the athletic department has joined the … [Read more...]
SBU president outlines strategic planning timeline during first trustees meeting
BOLIVAR — Southwest Baptist University President Eric A. Turner told the University’s Board of Trustees during its meeting Tuesday, Oct. 16, to expect a finalized strategic plan by the October 2019 board meeting. “Our timeline is ambitious,” Turner said. “But our planning team is ready to get to work. To broadly represent the University, we expanded the planning team to include representation from a cross-section of SBU constituencies. Rather than prescribing a plan and course of action, I … [Read more...]
Zamperini tells background of ‘Unbroken’ at HLGU
HANNIBAL – Luke Zamperini, son of Olympic hero and World War II prisoner of war Louis Zamperini, and now an executive producer of the recent movie about his father’s path to Christ, held the audience’s attention in the palm of his hand here Nov. 7 at the Hannibal-LaGrange University Booster Banquet. The younger Zamperini discussed in detail his father’s remarkable and miraculous life. Louis was saved from a life of juvenile delinquency by sports, and made his way on to the 1936 U.S. … [Read more...]
Attorney General preaches at HLGU
HANNIBAL – Missouri’s attorney general preached from Ephesians during the Oct. 3 chapel service at Hannibal-LaGrange University. Joshua Hawley – who is also running for one of Missouri’s United States Senate seats – laid politics aside and instead exposited Scripture before a packed house at the university’s Parker Theater. He spoke to the gathered students about calling, vocation and the unique call and purpose that God has for every person, working from Ephesians 1:10, 2:10 and … [Read more...]
Court hears Baptist Home, MBU appeals
KANSAS CITY – The Baptist Home and Missouri Baptist University (MBU) attorneys asked the Kansas City Court of Appeals on Sept. 13 to reverse a trial judge’s 86-page judgment that restored both entities to their former legal relationship to the Missouri Baptist Convention (MBC). The Home and MBU are the last two of the five MBC entities that changed their charters in 2000-2001 to become “self-perpetuating boards,” breaking away from MBC oversight and accountability, and the right of MBC to … [Read more...]
‘Walk of Honor’ opens school year at HLGU
HANNIBAL – Hannibal-LaGrange University classes kicked off their fall semester, Aug. 21, with an enrollment of just under 1,000 students. HLGU President Anthony Allen welcomed all students back to campus and to HLGU’s annual Convocation Chapel, Aug. 22. “Education is a great equalizer, and knowledge is power. No matter your beginning, you are on the road to making your dreams come true,” he said. “Your world is limitless, your course is still unwritten, and your path is ripe with … [Read more...]
SBU celebrates 141st school year at formal convocation
BOLIVAR – Two faculty members and a staff member were honored at Southwest Baptist University’s annual convocation Wednesday, Aug. 22. In addition, retiring SBU President C. Pat Taylor, Ed.D., introduced the 25th president in SBU’s 141-year history – Dr. Eric A. Turner – and recalled meeting him for the first time 18 years ago during the annual meeting for Southern Baptist Colleges and Universities. “We established an immediate friendship and have been friends for 18 years now,” Taylor … [Read more...]
Missouri Foundation create new college scholarships for Mo. Baptist students
JEFFERSON CITY – The Missouri Baptist Foundation Board of Trustees met for their final meeting of the fiscal year on Aug. 17 in Jefferson City. Among other items, the board heard reports on market returns, the progress of its church loan program and Term Investments for churches product, and took action to create new college scholarships for Missouri Baptist students while approving a new budget. Due to favorable market returns, the diligence of staff and continued support by the … [Read more...]
Children’s Home looks to engage churches for Mo. kids
SPRINGFIELD – The Missouri Baptist Children’s Home has a far-reaching network as they train and provide gospel-centered resources for foster families as they care for more than a thousand kids across the state. But as the number of at-risk children, youth and families keeps rising, even their reach isn’t far enough. “We cannot be everywhere,” Russell Martin, the MBCH president told his trustees in July. “But almost everywhere in Missouri there is a Southern Baptist church that can provide … [Read more...]
HLGU banquet to feature Zamperini, tickets available Sept. 1
HANNIBAL – Tickets go on sale soon for Hannibal-LaGrange University’s 77th Annual Booster Banquet which will feature Luke Zamperini as the keynote speaker. The banquet will be held Friday, November 9, at 7 pm. Luke Zamperini is the son of Louis Zamperini, one of World War II's most well-known prisoners of war and hero of the 1936 Olympics in Berlin. Louis Zamperini is the subject of Laura Hillenbrand's latest book, Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption, … [Read more...]
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