BRIDGETON – Trustees appealed for help to send children to camp and received a clean audit report at their April 23 board meeting of the Missouri Baptist Children’s Home (MBCH) at their main campus here. The agency, which works with on average 600 children and 250 families any given day, is also planning its sixth annual camp for students in its care July 8-12 at Camp Palestine in Chilhowee, south of Warrensburg. It costs $200 per student to attend camp, and the MBCH board asked for … [Read more...]
SBU’s Center for Global Connections provides unique opportunities for students
BOLIVAR — Through the Southwest Baptist University (SBU) Center for Global Connections, students are ministering to multiple people groups around the world, but they can’t do it without financial support from a multitude of donors. With about 350 students having participated on 28 teams in 2012, students raised more than $550,000 to fund those trips. Teams begin to form during Global Connections Week, held each spring and fall for upcoming trips. Students submit an application and are … [Read more...]
Truman State BSU team springs into urban ministry
KIRKSVILLE – Greg Xander said it is mostly about counting conversations. The Baptist Student Union (BSU) campus missionary at Truman State University values talk with lost students more than anything else. Over March spring break, students from Truman drove to Kansas City for service and evangelistic opportunities. In everything they did, they tried to make it a place where conversations could occur. About half of the 22 students on the trip were Christians. The rest were Asian and … [Read more...]
HLGU’s 2013-14 budget rises
HANNIBAL – Hannibal-LaGrange University (HLGU) trustees voted to change their meeting structure, adopted a revised HLGU mission statement and approved a $21.9 million budget during their meeting March 18-19. The budget for the upcoming fiscal year assumes the same number of residential students as last year (479), but reflects going non-residential student populations and a 4.75 percent tuition increase trustees approved last November. At $21,957,416, It is a 10.3 percent increase from … [Read more...]
MBC to appeal ruling on Windermere
JEFFERSON CITY - The Executive Board of the Missouri Baptist Convention has voted to appeal a Camden County judge’s decision April 3 granting summary judgment in favor of Windermere Baptist Conference and other defendants. The Executive Board will appeal to the Southern District Court of Appeals in Springfield. The convention is seeking the return of 1300 acres of Windermere real estate, which was removed from MBC control when Windermere’s board secretly voted in 2001 to become … [Read more...]
SBU looks to future with 7-point strategic plan
BOLIVAR — Southwest Baptist University (SBU) trustees Feb. 19 approved a five-year, seven-part strategic plan with initiatives and goals for the university. The SBU Executive Cabinet, which consists of seven members plus President C. Pat Taylor, spent three days to hammer out the details of the plan that board members wound up passing. “I believe this is the best strategic plan that we’ve had in my 161/2 years at SBU,” Taylor said. “Deans and directors will begin leading their units to … [Read more...]
HLGU nursing grads net 100 percent pass rate
Hannibal – Hannibal-LaGrange University’s 35 nursing graduates for 2012 garnered a 100 percent pass rate on the National Council Licensure Examination for Registered Nurses (NCLEX-RN). The NCLEX-RN is an exam distributed by the National Council of State Boards of Nursing used to ensure and regulate that only competent and licensed nurses are practicing in the healthcare arena. The Missouri state average for first-time exam takers is a 93 percent pass rate. The national average is 90 … [Read more...]
Midwestern tops previous spring semester enrollment
KANSAS CITY – Beginning a new semester of training students to better serve the local church, Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary (MBTS) administrators received encouraging news Feb. 11 that more students have enrolled in classes this spring semester than any other in the school’s 56-year history. Enrollment for classes at Midwestern is up 3 percent over the school’s previous top enrollment. With the school’s online program still having a second term of enrollment upcoming, Midwestern … [Read more...]
MBTS prepares hub for I-29/49 corridor project
John L. Inman III/contributing writer KANSAS CITY — Ideas are still flowing after a Nov. 16 collaboration meeting here at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary (MBTS) over the Interstate 29/49 Corridor Project. Representatives from five Baptist state conventions plus those from MBTS attended to look at reaching a largely unreached area. One of the key MBTS leaders involved with the project is Rodney Harrison, vice president for institutional effectiveness who will be a key in activating … [Read more...]
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