JEFFERSON CITY – Registration for the 2013 Ministry Wives Annual Luncheon is quickly filling. “Snapshots: Women Partnering in Gospel Advancement” is the selected theme for the 2013 Ministry Wives luncheon Oct. 29 in conjunction with the Missouri Baptist Convention’s (MBC) annual meeting. “Our desire is simply to encourage and remind our MBC ministry wives that they are part of a larger story, an army of women called to advance the gospel in our generation,” said Sandee Hedger, 2013 Task … [Read more...]
Oct. is Cooperative Program Month
BY STAFF JEFFERSON CITY – October is Cooperative Program (CP) Month, and here are eight simple ways to help your church members learn more about the eternal impact of CP. Visit mobaptist.org/cp to download the online resources or to place an order. All materials are free. Show a CP video. Choose from nearly a dozen videos, including “From you to eternity” and the “Because you give” series, all produced by Missouri Baptist Convention (MBC) videographer Sean McMackins. Show how CP works. … [Read more...]
Let’s celebrate the past and the present, too
I’m so glad the pastor invited me to participate in his church’s 190th anniversary. Can we even begin to imagine the kingdom impact of a rural congregation over the course 19 decades of ministry? Think about the total number of people saved and baptized or the number of Vacation Bible School cookies eaten on the premises or the total number of chickens that were fried for all the church luncheons. The numbers are unfathomable. The drive to this worship service was breathtakingly … [Read more...]
New website ready, let’s chat in KC
I hope you are making plans to attend the Missouri Baptist Convention’s (MBC) annual meeting in Kansas City Oct. 28-30. There will be tremendous preaching, singing and praying. MBC team leaders have been given the privilege of offering the prayers at this year’s meeting. I have the privilege of offering Tuesday evening’s (Oct. 29) invocation. It promises to be a great time of fellowship, too. One of the great things about the annual meeting is renewing acquaintances and meeting Pathway … [Read more...]
Missouri Baptists catch NAMB’s Send Kansas City vision
Eva Wilson/Kansas-Nebraska Convention of Southern Baptists KANSAS CITY – As the hot August sun beat down outside, a group in the basement of the stately stone church building here enjoyed Cuban food for lunch and heard testimonies of how God is at work. The Multiethnic Church Planting Center, housed in the former Presbyterian church building at 217 Benton Blvd., was one of the stops on the first “Catch the Vision” tour held Aug. 27-28. The tour was part of Send Kansas City, an effort to … [Read more...]
Pastors’ Conference to feature noted scholars
KANSAS CITY – The Pastor’s Conference will take an academic bent this year, with three seminary professors heading up the Oct. 28 meeting. They will focus on the life and work of Jesus, while First Baptist Macon’s choir and musical group, 60 West, will lead in worship. The conference begins at 8:30 a.m. with Tom Schreiner. Schreiner is a professor of New Testament interpretation and the associate dean of Scripture and interpretation at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in … [Read more...]
Recommendations from the Executive Board to the churches of the Missouri Baptist Convention
Annual Meeting resolutions address Boy Scouts, DOMA
KANSAS CITY – In resolutions submitted for consideration at the Missouri Baptist Convention’s (MBC) 2013 annual meeting, the MBC’s Christian Life Commissioncriticized recent attempts to legitimize homosexuality and redefine marriage. One resolution opposes the recent decision of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) to open membership to homosexuals. According to the resolution, this change in membership policy contrasts with the BSA’s historic commitment to safeguarding values that are … [Read more...]
“CORE” to feature evangelism, urban ministry leaders
KANSAS CITY – Robert E. Coleman, the author of The Master Plan of Evangelism, and Atlanta pastor Dhati Lewis will headline the “CORE” sessions of the Missouri Baptist Convention’s annual meeting, Oct. 29. Matt Kearns, leadership development team leader at the convention, hopes that the “CORE” conference will “inspire, challenge and encourage” Missouri Southern Baptists for “the glory of God and the growth of the Kingdom.” Robert Coleman, he said, is a “leading voice and role model” for … [Read more...]
Veritas to minister in music at annual meeting in KC
BY STAFF KANSAS CITY – Missouri Baptists are in for some powerful vocal performances during the annual meeting from musical group Veritas. The quintet of classically trained vocalists is slated to perform twice during the Missouri Baptist Convention (MBC) Annual Meeting, during the Oct. 29 afternoon and evening sessions. “The breadth of their classical, traditional and contemporary styles is only overshadowed by their genuine passion to lead people toward worship of the living Lord … [Read more...]
MBC Executive Board to meet in Kansas City, 8 to be honored
JEFFERSON CITY – The Missouri Baptist Convention (MBC) Executive Board will meet immediately prior to – and immediately after – this year’s annual meeting at the Sheraton Kansas City Hotel at Crown Center. The Oct. 28 meeting will be held at 1 p.m., at the hotel’s Empire A-B-C room. The board is scheduled to deal with committee recommendations and finalize the its report and recommendations to messengers at the annual meeting. The board will also meet Oct. 30 at 12:30 in Empire A-B-C. The … [Read more...]
Springfield pastor Bumpers to preach convention sermon
KANSAS CITY – Eddie Bumpers, senior pastor of Crossway Baptist Church, Springfield, will deliver the convention sermon during the annual meeting of the Missouri Baptist Convention (MBC), Oct. 29 at 11:35 a.m. As the annual meeting approaches, Bumpers prays that God will use his sermon to encourage pastors “to be dedicated to where God has put them and to overcome the difficulties, the obstacles, and the discouragement that might come.” “The heart of my message, for myself as well as for … [Read more...]
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