Second week of Super Summer draws 685 to SBU campus BOLIVAR – During the last week of June, 685 youth, youth leaders and staff attended the second week of the Missouri Baptist Convention’s (MBC) Super Summer camp at Southwest Baptist University (SBU). Total attendance during the two weeks of Super Summer was 1,110 – nearly doubling last year’s total attendance and sparking conversations about expanding MBC camp opportunities in future years (Read more below). The first week of Super … [Read more...]
SBU partners with Mission University on health education
BOLIVAR (SBU) – Southwest Baptist University and Mission University have announced a new partnership that will expand nursing and health sciences opportunities for Mission students through SBU’s Mercy College of Health Professions. Beginning in the Fall 2024 semester, Mission students will have the opportunity to earn Associate’s of Science (ASN) or Bachelor’s of Science (BSN) degrees in Nursing from SBU, in addition to a Bachelor of Science in Business from Mission University. Students … [Read more...]
Missourians network, learn, vote at SBC Annual Meeting in Indy
INDIANAPOLIS – Missourians at the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) were greeting friends, old and new. They browsed the exhibit hall and picked up books and information. They were inspired by Bible preaching, and then they voted for and against business session items. The Pathway spoke to several in the hallways who hail from the “Show Me State,” and they had various experiences and opinions to share. Bob Feeler, the associational mission strategist of Twin Rivers Baptist … [Read more...]
Missouri Missions Offering promotional materials coming soon
EDITOR'S NOTE: Videos below are courtesy of the Missouri Baptist Convention. JEFFERSON CITY – Hannibal-LaGrange University instructor Roderick Sweet equips inmates at the Jefferson City Correctional Center to become faithful Christian leaders. Missouri Baptist University student Avyrie Hamstra provides medical care to refugees at an international camp in Greece. And Hazael Rodriguez starts new Spanish-speaking churches in southwest Missouri. All of this – and much more – is possible only … [Read more...]
SBU Worldwide launching eight programs online
BOLIVAR (SBU) – Southwest Baptist University has announced a significant expansion of degree programs available fully online through the SBU Worldwide Campus. Eight degrees are launching over the summer and fall semesters. These will combine with the existing associate’s and bachelor’s degrees in Business Administration and Health Sciences to give SBU Worldwide 17 different programs for students seeking quality, affordable, and flexible faith-based online education. The following degrees … [Read more...]
Bible school for the ‘young at heart’: Baptist Homes campus in Ozark hosts senior adult VBS program
OZARK – The Ozark campus of the Baptist Homes & Healthcare Ministries has found a way to reach the young at heart among its senior residents. “We had Vacation Bible School (VBS) for our residents,” Don Swadley, VBS director, said. “We started this last year but had a much better turnout this year. We always had 35-40 in each service, but the final service had fifty-nine.” Swadley said the residents attended, including those who live at the “Outback.” The Outback refers to the … [Read more...]
SBU adding NCAA swimming, Men’s volleyball
BOLIVAR, Mo. (SBU) – Southwest Baptist University will be adding three new NCAA Division II sports – men’s and women’s swimming and men’s volleyball – to its athletics department beginning in the 2025-2026 academic year. The additions will give SBU, a member of the Great Lakes Valley Conference (GLVC), 21 varsity sports. The university will begin searching for coaches immediately in order to recruit student-athletes throughout the 2024-2025 academic year. “We are thrilled to be adding … [Read more...]
State grant delivers new simulators to SBU nursing program
BOLIVAR, Mo. (SBU) – Southwest Baptist University recently held a very special baby shower in its Department of Nursing to celebrate the arrival of exciting new training technology. Thanks to a $142,158 grant through Missouri’s Nursing Education Incentive Program, SBU purchased birthing simulators and related tools to enhance instruction in maternal, newborn, and post-partum care. Students will gain hands-on knowledge and experience in the vital discipline of labor and delivery health … [Read more...]
BSAAM conference to be held in St. Joseph
ST. JOSEPH – Baptist Secretaries and Administrative Assistants of Missouri (BSAAM) is set to hold its annual conference on Sept. 16-17, 2024, at Frederick Boulevard Baptist Church in St. Joseph. This year’s theme: Serving for God’s Glory. “As each one has received a gift, minister it to one another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God” (1 Peter 4:10 NKJV). BSAAM welcomes and encourages all secretaries and other office personnel that are active members of Southern Baptist churches … [Read more...]
Baptist Homes dubbed a ‘Best Christian Workplace’
JEFFERSON CITY – The Best Christian Workplaces Institute (BCWI), a research-based consulting firm, has announced that the Baptist Homes & Healthcare Ministries (BHHM) corporate office has been certified as a 2024 Best Christian Workplace. To achieve certification, organizations must complete the Best Christian Workplaces Institute employee engagement survey and meet predetermined standards of excellence. Employees of BHHM’s corporate and regional staff answered more than fifty … [Read more...]
Ministry of MBCH Foster Family Care brings hope to young woman
BRIDGETON – It was a cold day in February when Rae picked up Anna from the psychiatric hospital, but Anna shook her head no when Rae offered her a jacket. With short sleeves that showed off all the scars on her arms, Anna was a little too open, too exposed as she slouched into the passenger seat and twisted the cap off the water bottle Rae handed her. It was a long drive to the MBCH residential facility where Rae, a Family Foster Care Specialist, was assigned to transport Anna. Small talk … [Read more...]
MBC Executive Director to be featured speaker at Midwest March for Life, May 1
JEFFERSON CITY – Missouri Baptist leaders will be featured during the 2024 Midwest March for Life on May 1. Among keynote speakers at the event are Wes Fowler, executive director of the Missouri Baptist Convention (MBC); Brandy Meeks, president of the Vitae Foundation and a member of the MBC’s Christian Life Commission; and Susan Klein, executive director of Missouri Right to Life and Missouri Baptist pastor's wife (Her husband, Dusty, is pastor of Cedar Grove Baptist Church, Holts … [Read more...]
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