PANAMA CITY, Fla. – For most college students, spring break provides a welcome rest. But for 16 Missouri Southern State University students with the school’s Baptist Student Union, spring break brought an opportunity to provide relief and hope to those ravaged last year by Hurricane Michael. The team, which also consisted of three adult chaperones, drove from Joplin to Panama City, Fla., where the city and surrounding area remain largely in ruins. MSSU students joined forces with students … [Read more...]
Baptist Home trustees begin ‘new day’ of cooperative ministry
JEFFERSON CITY – Newly seated trustees for The Baptist Home gathered at the Baptist Building here in a historic meeting April 4-5. It was the first time in nearly 17 years that this vibrant ministry to senior adults came under the governance of a Missouri Baptist Convention-elected trustee board, and the plenary session of the meeting was marked with thanksgiving and graciousness among MBC leaders. Trustee chairman Ken Parker, pastor of First Baptist Church, Kearney, opened the meeting on … [Read more...]
MBU trustees elect officers, get reaquainted with campus
ST. LOUIS – It was a day nearly two decades in the making, but on March 28, Missouri Baptist University (MBU) trustees elected by the Missouri Baptist Convention (MBC) once again convened a meeting on campus and conducted the business of the institution. It was “a new beginning for us all – for our trustees, for the MBU staff, faculty and students, and even for the former trustees board that we replace today,” said James Plymale, chairman of the MBU board of trustees. The meeting was the … [Read more...]
Gettys to be featured guests at 2019 MBC annual meeting
BRANSON – Internationally renowned modern-day hymn writers Keith and Kristyn Getty will lead worship and perform during the Missouri Baptist Convention’s annual meeting at the Branson Convention Center here, Oct. 28-29. The Gettys will provide music for worship during the annual meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 29. After the meeting ends that evening, they will provide a concert beginning at 7 p.m. “The Gettys are a blessing to Christ’s church,” MBC President Jeremy Muniz, pastor of Ridgecrest … [Read more...]
Austin named director of MBC’s collegiate ministries
JEFFERSON CITY – Gene Austin, who has helped Missouri Baptists gain an active presence on 23 Missouri campuses, has been named director of the MBC’s collegiate ministries. The MBC’s Executive Board affirmed the selection of Austin at its meeting March 4-5 in Jefferson City. Austin reports to Executive Director John Yeats and joins directors Rick Hedger (multiplying churches), Jim Misloski (developing leaders), and Rob Phillips (ministry support) on the MBC leadership staff. The director … [Read more...]
Dockery appoints members to SBU Peer Assessment Committee
BOLIVAR, Mo. (SBU) — Dr. David Dockery, chair of Southwest Baptist University’s Peer Assessment Committee to discuss faith, learning and orthodoxy at the university, has appointed five additional committee members. Committee members are: Dr. David Dockery, committee chair, is president of Trinity International University in Chicago and previously served as president of Union University in Jackson, Tenn., for almost two decades. He is a respected leader in Southern Baptist higher … [Read more...]
‘Audacious giving’ – MMO receipts highest since 2000
JEFFERSON CITY – Total Missouri Missions Offering receipts for 2018, which are disbursed in 2019, shattered the goal of $710,000 by 11 percent and outpaced 2017 gifts of $759,920, thus reaching a level not seen since 2000. Further, this marks the sixth straight year of MMO giving above $700,000. Seven hundred ninety-four Missouri Baptist congregations contributed to MMO in 2018, up from 778 the previous year. Missouri Baptists responded well to the MMO theme of 1 Chronicles 29:14b: … [Read more...]
Ft. Leonard Wood Army chaplain to be guest at Great Commission Conference
KANSAS CITY – A Southern Baptist chaplain from the Fort Leonard Wood Army base – where nearly 5,000 soldiers and trainees professed faith in Christ last year – will be a featured guest at the Missouri Baptist Convention’s Great Commission Conference, Feb. 21-24. This chaplain, Capt. Jose Rondon, has served at Fort Leonard Wood since early last year. Originally from Venezuela, he came to faith in Christ in the 1990s through the witness of an International Mission Board missionary. Later, he … [Read more...]
SBU trustees uphold professor’s dismissal, censure and exclude one trustee, affirm BFM 2000
EDITOR'S NOTE: To read previous coverage of this situation at SBU, click here and here. BOLIVAR – Last week, the Educational Policies and Personnel Committee of Southwest Baptist University’s board of trustees affirmed the administration’s decision to dismiss a tenured professor for alleged violations of the SBU Faculty Handbook and the “ethical and professional canons of the teaching profession.” Meanwhile, in a special called meeting of SBU’s full board, Jan. 22, a majority of the … [Read more...]
SBU commissions peer assessment committee
EDITOR'S NOTE: The following news article was released by Southwest Baptist University on Saturday afternoon, Dec. 22. BOLIVAR (SBU) — Southwest Baptist University has commissioned an external peer assessment committee that will lead a University-wide dialogue regarding faith and learning. Included within this assessment will be deeper conversations and evaluations regarding orthodoxy. We are grateful that Dr. David Dockery, president of Trinity International University, has agreed to … [Read more...]
Messengers unanimously adopt nine resolutions
SPRINGFIELD – Messengers at the 2018 Missouri Baptist Convention annual meeting called for purity and repentance by leaders, celebrated normative-sized churches, denounced pornagraphy as a public health crisis and more by adopting eight resolutions Oct. 23. (An additional resolution expressed thanks to Crossway Baptist Church and local hotels for their assistance with the annual meeting.) The MBC Committee on Resolutions – made up of three men and two women – submitted the slate of … [Read more...]
Jeremy Muniz elected MBC president
SPRINGFIELD — Jeremy Muniz, pastor of First Baptist Church, De Soto, was elected president of the Missouri Baptist Convention, Oct. 23, at Crossway Baptist Church. Muniz, who has been serving as first vice president of the convention, was nominated by Pastor Joe Costephens of First Baptist Church, Ferguson. Also running was Ron Crow, pastor of First Baptist Church, Diamond, who was nominated by Pastor Eddie Bumpers of the Crossway Church. When messengers cast their ballots, Muniz … [Read more...]
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