JEFFERSON CITY — For the first time in recent memory, the Missouri Speaker of the House visited the Baptist Building and spoke to the Missouri Baptist Convention (MBC) Executive Board at its April 9 meeting. Speaker Tim Jones, R-Eureka, delivered a 13-minute speech in which he traced current concerns and outlined the healthy condition of alliances, particularly between his Catholic denomination and Missouri Southern Baptists. “There are a lot of common elements we’ve been working on … [Read more...]
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Board approves construction at DR’s High Point Annex
JEFFERSON CITY – The Missouri Baptist Convection (MBC) Executive Board voted April 9 to approve $80,000 to add 6,400 square-feet onto the High Point Annex that will serve as Disaster Relief (DR) Headquarters. That is approximately the amount left over from the sale of the former DR property at Marshall, plus up to $50,000 from the Baptist Building capital reserve account. The 80x80-foot extension will bring the total footprint of the facility to nearly 25,000 square-feet to house the … [Read more...]
MBC sets $14.5 million budget goal
JEFFERSON CITY — The Missouri Baptist Convention (MBC) Executive Board adopted a Cooperative Program (CP) budget goal for 2014 of $14.5 million with a “40-60” focus during its April 8-9 meeting here at the Baptist Building. MBC Executive Director John Yeats indicated that the MBC has grand goals. One of those goals is to push more funds to the ends of the earth. Practically this will mean embarking on a plan that would balance state and national giving for CP causes in the next seven … [Read more...]
DR crews provide response after Hazelwood tornado
HAZELWOOD – Three weeks into the spring storm season, an April 10 tornado destroyed 12 homes and damaged another 60, prompting the first DR call-out of the year. “We’ve been busy,” said Dwain Carter, Director of Disaster Relief for the Missouri Baptist Convention. Disaster Relief Volunteers from churches around the state have assessed 92 different job sites, and completed work on 84 properties. Those jobs include four temporary “blue tarp” roofs, and debris removal. The gritty, dirty work … [Read more...]
Credentials Committee continues restoration process
JEFFERSON CITY — The Missouri Baptist Convention (MBC) Credentials Committee met March 27, their first since election last October. During the meeting the members received the list of 55 churches that are longer members of the MBC. After 2011, the convention determined in annual session that churches belonging to the MBC must give something to the Cooperative Program. “Giving to the Cooperative Program” is defined as mission giving from churches through the Missouri Baptist Convention to … [Read more...]
Mock disaster could bring 1,000+ to simulation
JEFFERSON CITY – A massive tornado will devastate the Jefferson City area May 3. More precisely, a massive hypothetical tornado will devastate the Jefferson City area May 3. The disaster simulation will be the largest Disaster Relief (DR) event in the state of Missouri, and will take place May 3-4 at the Missouri Baptist Convention (MBC) DR Head Quarters at 2552 High Point Road outside Jefferson City. “We’re inviting every unit and every volunteer from Missouri,” said Dwain Carter, MBC … [Read more...]
Because you give, a St. Louis church plant sprouts
Editor’s note: Kenny Petty spent time in prison before Jesus released him from a life of crime. He’s now on mission in the eighth most dangerous city in North America. The Cooperative Program (CP) helps fund his urban church. ST. LOUIS – Kenny Petty is a St. Louis original. The pastor-elder of TheGateSTL is a product of the city judged the eighth most dangerous place to live in North America. While today he walks the city’s urban streets sharing the love of Christ, he once walked these … [Read more...]
New Omaha, Neb., church aided by MBC
OMAHA, Neb.—With the help of the Missouri Baptist Convention (MBC), Changed Life Church launched Jan. 13 with some 200 people in attendance at Burke High School. They have been averaging more than 100 ever since. Pastor Craig Liscom said one of the most compelling values at the heart of the church is its focus on the concept of restarting over. “We believe that when you open the pages of the Bible that some of the people who lived the greatest lives for God at some point needed a … [Read more...]
DR structure to make disaster response deeper
JEFFERSON CITY – Missouri Baptists’ Disaster Relief (DR) response is going to be quicker and deeper according to a new structure for one the most highly visible ministries in the state. Instead of a single “white hat” to manage an entire state – usually the state DR director – there are now eight additional volunteers who can operate as white hats when multiple disasters strike or time and distance make it necessary. “I can’t do it all myself,” said Dwain Carter, the Missouri Baptist … [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...]
Worldview event probes impact, spread of pluralism
JEFFERSON CITY — The 2013 Worldview Conference March 28 featured comparisons between “Paul at Mars Hill—Being a Christian in a Pluralistic Society” and the United States of America. The conference, which drew 100 people here to Memorial Baptist Church, was a joint project of the Christian Life Commission of the Missouri Baptist Convention (MBC) and The Pathway. Andy Chambers, professor of Bible and vice president of Missouri Baptist University, laid a biblical foundation for the … [Read more...]
Missouri Baptists encouraged to plan for apologetics training
JEFFERSON CITY – Help equip your church members to defend the Christian faith by scheduling an apologetics training event in 2013. Apologetics is defined simply as a reasonable defense of the Christian faith, and it is the duty of every believer, according to Rob Phillips, who heads up a new apologetics ministry for Missouri Baptists. “The need to defend our beliefs with gentleness and respect is growing as we live in a culture increasingly more hostile – or simply complacent – towards … [Read more...]