JEFFERSON CITY – In what has become a January tradition in the Capital City, many of the state’s government leaders gathered at Concord Baptist Church here Jan. 3 to be prayed over by Missouri Baptists. Elected and appointed officials from the three branches of state government, their staffs and families were present at the non-partisan, non-political service as Col. Gary Gilmore, a former Missouri Baptist pastor and the Missouri National Guard Joint Forces Chaplain, challenged the 99th … [Read more...]
Plan B no longer necessary for church Cooperative Program budgeting
JEFFERSON CITY – Last month, as Missouri Baptist churches received their remittance forms for Cooperative Program (CP) and designated giving in 2018, church leaders noticed something different. Starting Jan. 1, 2018, there is no longer the option to give to CP through Plan A or Plan B. That’s because messengers at the 2017 Annual Meeting approved a 2018 budget that no longer allocates a portion of CP funding for “agency restoration.” And that’s good news for Missouri Baptists, according … [Read more...]
Former Midwestern President Milton Ferguson dies at 89
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (BP) -- Milton Ferguson, 89, the second president of Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, died today (Dec. 21) in Kansas City, Mo., after a brief battle with cancer. Ferguson's tenure as president at Midwestern Seminary began in February 1973, and he served the seminary community in this role before retiring in 1995 at the age of 67. "Serving as Midwestern Seminary's president for 23 years, Dr. Ferguson led the institution through a season of great denominational … [Read more...]
Mo. Baptists celebrate 200 years: Missouri Baptists establish Will Mayfield College
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the seventh of several articles commemmorating Baptist history in Missouri, written by members of the Missouri Baptist Convention’s Historical Commission. I have pastored in Southeast Missouri for over fifty years. I grew up in Jackson, MO and united with the First Baptist Church when I was twelve. Our R.A. (Royal Ambassador) group would visit the old cemetery at the Old Bethel location. I had heard much about Old Bethel. I knew that Old Bethel was the first … [Read more...]
Fund future ministry
I have been asked more than once, “Why?” “Why did I leave the best church in the world (with the best preaching by the way) to take a position with the Missouri Baptist Foundation?” “Why did I leave Branson?” I mean, it is Branson, for goodness sake, with Silver Dollar City just down the road, lots of lakes and trees and hills, and the land of outlet shopping malls? “Why would I uproot my family after ten years of developing deep and meaningful relationships?” On many levels, I admit, … [Read more...]
Missouri Baptist Foundation’s trustees commit $100,000 grant to help churches build endowments
JEFFERSON CITY (MBF) – At their Dec. 8th meeting in Jefferson City, Mo, the Foundation board, elected by the Missouri Baptist Convention, met and affirmed its commitment of serving Missouri Baptists. The board set aside $100,000 of grant money to help churches create, develop and grow their own endowment through the Power of Five program. The program allows for the Foundation to match, dollar for dollar, the first $5,000 an MBC church sets aside to create an endowment fund. These funds … [Read more...]
Missouri WMU offers Lottie Moon resources
JEFFERSON CITY – The Missouri Woman’s Missionary Union (MWMU) showcased the diverse resources it has to offer churches at the 2017 Missouri Baptist Convention recently held in Raytown. Included among the mission materials at the MWMU exhibit booth, were ideas on how to implement a successful Lottie Moon Christmas Offering (LMCO) campaign. MWMU’s Executive Director Laura Wells, Preschool/Children/Student Missions Consultant Teri Broeker and President Cherri Crump, and other MWMU … [Read more...]
Teamwork key point of Coach Spurrier’s speech at Hannibal-LaGrange 2017 Booster Banquet
HANNIBAL – The second winningest college football coach preached teamwork to those attending the annual Hannibal-LaGrange Booster Banquet Nov. 16. The former Florida/South Carolina/Duke coach, who was named to the college football Hall of Fame earlier this year, also told of coaching HLGU President Anthony Allen when Allen was a student at Duke. Spurrier told how Duke started with an early win, then dropped the next three in 1987. This was after a preseason goal setting where players … [Read more...]
Faith sustains SBU’s Bryant through cancer
BOLIVAR – Life takes on new meaning after surviving stage 4 cancer, according to Southwest Baptist University’s Robbie Bryant. Like never before, each day becomes an opportunity to thank God for His goodness and to walk by faith. “You put your faith in God,” he told The Pathway, “and you know that He is directing each one of your steps.” As a cancer survivor, Robbie and his wife, Julie, shared the story of Robbie’s victory over cancer through a video that was shown during Citizens … [Read more...]
Slain pastor’s daughter sees God amid pain
HANNIBAL – A few years ago, while serving as a summer missionary in Chicago, Cassidy Winters saw for the first time how God was “putting together the broken pieces” of her life for His glory. That summer, Cassidy worked as a camp counselor, and the experience was far from the Bible-belt variety Vacation Bible School she at first expected. Her students – 7-year-old boys transplanted from inner city Chicago to a campground in wide-open spaces – yelled, played and created havoc as she … [Read more...]
MBU rushes to name new president, spurning request of incoming board
Missouri Baptist University’s self-perpetuating board of trustees on Nov. 16 named Keith L. Ross the seventh president of the institution. The announcement came about two weeks after James Plymale, chairman of the MBC-elected MBU trustees, sent a letter to the self-elected MBU trustees, asking them to defer such action until an appeal involving MBU and the Missouri Baptist Convention is resolved. Plymale received no reply to his letter. On Sept. 27, Special Judge Karl DeMarce ordered … [Read more...]
Online auction to support SBU student scholarships
BOLIVAR – Southwest Baptist University recently received a valuable collection of artwork from a generous couple wanting to use it to help raise scholarship funds for SBU students. In honor of this gift, SBU has set up an online auction, which will end at 10 p.m., Dec. 3. The collection includes: Anri of Italy woodcarvings, Lowell Davis sculptures, Nao by Lladro and Lladro porcelain figurines, Frances Hook porcelain figurines and original oil paintings and numbered prints by various … [Read more...]
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