HANNIBAL – Bob Caldwell, 61, loves what he sees in Super Summer, not only this year, but in the program as a whole. Caldwell, the director of the Super Summer at Hannibal-LaGrange University, June 19-23, has been involved with Super Summer activities since 1990. “Super Summer is a summer camp for junior high and high school students where we share the gospel with the lost, but train future leaders in how to share their faith. It is gospel-centric,” Caldwell said. In the first two … [Read more...]
Committee releases video update on search for new MBC Executive Director
JEFFERSON CITY – The Executive Director search committee of the Missouri Baptist Convention’s executive board released a video update, June 23. “Recently, we have worked through the recommendations of good and godly men that you have presented to us, men within our state and men across the nation,” search committee chairman Wesley Vance said on the video. The search committee accepted recommendations throughout the month of May, and the window for submitting recommendations is now … [Read more...]
Resolutions due 60 days prior to MBC annual meeting
JEFFERSON CITY – Resolutions must be submitted in writing to the Committee on Resolutions at least 60 days prior to the first session of the annual meeting. Persons submitting resolutions must certify that they are messengers. The Christian Life Commission may submit resolutions directly to the Committee on Resolutions. The author of any resolution may address the Committee on Resolutions during its deliberations. Resolutions recommended by the committee are the only recommendations … [Read more...]
Meramec Association partners with Baptist Homes
IRONTON – More than 40 people from churches in the Meramec Baptist Association went on mission at the Baptist Homes of Arcadia Valley here, May 22-25. During this mission trip, the association’s church members built benches and picnic tables for the Baptist Homes campus, painted rooms in the historic Riggs Scott building, cut brush and limbs, removed old fences, prepared elevated flower beds around the campus and planted vegetables that everyone in the Baptist Homes neighborhood could … [Read more...]
MMO promotional materials coming soon
JEFFERSON CITY – The Missouri Baptist Children’s Home introduced John, an autistic and nonverbal child, to a loving, Christian adoptive family. The MBC Leader Care Network provided Christian counseling to a pastor’s family that survived a devastating house fire. And Tino, a student from Zimbabwe attending Southeast Missouri State University, came to faith in Christ through the MBC’s campus mission there. All of this – and much more – is possible only because Missouri Baptist church members … [Read more...]
MBF trustees hear reports during spring meeting
JEFFERSON CITY (MBF) – The Missouri Baptist Foundation Board of Trustees met, April 28, at the Baptist Building in Jefferson City. Eleven of their twelve Board Members met to hear reports, discuss business, and celebrate a 25th staff member anniversary. It was the first official meeting for new board members elected at the annual meeting. Upon election in October, they observe the December board meeting before officially beginning their three-year term; after that meeting. Then they … [Read more...]
Missouri WMU holds missionary family retreat
ROCKY MOUNT (WMU) – After three long years of pandemic concerns, Missouri WMU (MWMU) was finally able to host the Missionary Family Retreat at Cross Pointe Camp and Retreat Center here, April 24-25. The theme of the retreat was “Hope in Christ,” based on Romans 12:12: “Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.” Participants included 23 retired missionaries; prospective missionaries Dustin and Cherith Winslow; Sharon Pumpelly, who represented the International Mission … [Read more...]
Four students awarded Missouri Baptist Heritage Scholarships
JEFFERSON CITY – The Missouri Baptist Historical Commission awarded four scholarships to students in four Missouri Southern Baptist colleges and universities. In their spring meeting at the Baptist Building, April 18, the commissioners selected the winners of the scholarships from research papers the students had submitted. The commission was pleased that every MBC affiliated university, plus Spurgeon College at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, had entries. Students were asked to … [Read more...]
North Korean defector notes shocking developments in U.S.
HANNIBAL – A woman who escaped North Korea’s oppressive regime notes alarming trends in the United States, which she now calls home. Yeonmi Park has been in America since 2014, and she briefly shared her story of escape at Hannibal-LaGrange University. “In North Korea, you are divided into three classes. The first class I compare to a tomato, red inside and out. It is a complete commitment to communism. The second is an apple, red outside and white inside. There is government … [Read more...]
New CP bulletin insert now available
JEFFERSON CITY – A new bulletin insert from the MBC helps Missouri Baptists better understand how their support of the Cooperative Program benefits the local church. The insert is titled, “7 Ways Your Gifts Go Around the World and Come Back Home.” Samples were mailed earlier this month to each MBC-affiliated church, and additional copies are available at no cost from the MBC. The Cooperative Program (CP) is the funding process Southern Baptists have used since 1925 to carry out the … [Read more...]
Missouri WMU celebrates 100 years
POPLAR BLUFF – On Oct. 15, 1923, Missouri Baptist women met at First Baptist Church, Poplar Bluff, and officially began Missouri Woman’s Missionary Union (MWMU). On April 14-15, 2023, over 300 men, women, students and children gathered at First Baptist Church, Poplar Bluff, once again to celebrate the past 100 years of Missouri WMU. Sandy Wisdom-Martin, national WMU executive director, was the keynote speaker during the three worship celebrations as we experienced and heard about our Hope … [Read more...]
MBC Executive Director search committee accepting nominations through month of May
EDITOR'S NOTE: A new video update about the MBC Executive Director search was posted, May 22, at https://mobaptist.org/executive-director-search. JEFFERSON CITY – Until the end of May, the Missouri Baptist Convention's (MBC) Executive Director Search Committee is taking recommendations for potential candidates to serve as the MBC's next Executive Director. Recommendations can be made online at https://mobaptist.org/executive-director-search. Members of the MBC Executive Director … [Read more...]
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