JEFFERSON CITY – The Rheubin L. South Missouri Missions Offering supports 24 ministries in Missouri. This year’s theme is taken from 2 Corinthians 8:5: “They gave themselves first to the Lord and then to us by God’s will.” Following are two short stories about how the gifts of Missouri Baptists support missions projects throughout the Show Me State. Sharing Christ on campus Evan, a high school student at Second Baptist Church in Springfield, had been praying for a classmate but wasn’t … [Read more...]
Seeing God in the storm
Missouri DR deploys to Louisiana in the wake of Hurricane Ida EDITOR’S NOTE: This article was written by Cindy Gladden, a member of Charrette Baptist, Marthasville, who serves as public information officer with the Marthasville Fire Protection District and as a Missouri DR Mass Care responder. MANDEVILLE, La. – Missouri Baptist Disaster Relief (MODR) volunteers were waiting and watching as Hurricane Ida surged into the Gulf Coast. They’ve seen it before and knew if forecasts were correct, … [Read more...]
MBC’s Racial Reconciliation Task Force brings report
Executive Board approves 2022 MBC spending plan JEFFERSON CITY – Missouri Baptist Convention (MBC) Executive Board members meeting here, Aug. 23-24, received a preliminary report from its Racial Reconciliation Task Force, approved the MBC’s 2022 spending plan, and recommended that Missouri Baptist messengers gathering this fall in Branson take a special offering to support the MBC’s Collegiate Disaster Relief Strategy. Racial Reconciliation Task Force The MBC’s Racial Reconciliation … [Read more...]
Missouri DR sends teams to Mandeville, La., for hurricane relief
MANDEVILLE, La. – An initial team of MBC disaster relief (DR) workers has arrived in this southern Louisiana city where Hurricane Ida swept through in the region on August 29. The category 4 hurricane left a lot of damage in its wake and the initial reports from MBC DR assessors was there will be several weeks of flood relief and chain saw recovery efforts. Wesley Hammond is serving as the incident commander in this DR call-out. He is the pastor of First Baptist Church, Paris. Hammond … [Read more...]
MBTS trains musician-theologians ‘for the church’
Worship ministries program seeks to partner with Missouri Baptists KANSAS CITY – Students of all ages are returning to campuses across Missouri, including at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. For MBTS professors Matthew and Angela Swain, they’re hoping for not just a smooth start to the school year, but an increased focus on equipping musician-theologians, on and off campus. The Heart of Worship The wording there is important to the Swains: musician-theologians. Yes, they’re … [Read more...]
Collegiate interns join Disaster Relief ministry through the summer
JEFFERSON CITY – Maddy Atwell has the assignment to oversee Disaster Relief college interns during the summer months. She had 12 students in the program this summer. The program of Missouri Baptist Disaster Relief (DR) is intended to help students learn about serving the Lord through assisting survivors of disasters. Eight of the twelve students this summer were planning to go into the emergency management field. So this internship was a real boost to their career paths. For all it … [Read more...]
MMO helps abused & neglected, fosters gospel work in Montana
JEFFERSON CITY – The Rheubin L. South Missouri Missions Offering supports 24 ministries in Missouri. This year’s theme is taken from 2 Corinthians 8:5: “They gave themselves first to the Lord and then to us by God’s will.” Following are two short stories about how the gifts of Missouri Baptists support missions projects throughout the Show Me State. Caring for the abused, neglected Missouri faces a foster-care crisis. No one knows this better than Ramona Conrad-Cooper, who leads … [Read more...]
Tickets on sale for HLGU banquet featuring Ken Bevel
HANNIBAL (HLGU) – Tickets are now on sale for Hannibal-LaGrange University’s 80th Annual Booster Banquet which will feature pastor, actor, and Marine Ken Bevel as the keynote speaker. The banquet will be held Friday, Nov. 19, at 7 pm. Tickets may be ordered online at hlg.edu/boosterbanquet, or by calling 573.629.3124. The Booster Banquet is sponsored by HNB Bank. Ken Bevel is a native of Jacksonville, FL. After 20 years of active service in the United States Marine Corps, Ken retired … [Read more...]
Missouri DR among Southern Baptists bringing help, hope in the wake of Hurricane Ida
ALPHARETTA, Ga. (BP) – Sixteen years to the day after Katrina’s historic landfall, Hurricane Ida arrived in Port Fourchon, La., around noon on Aug. 29 as a Category 4 storm. Southern Baptist Disaster Relief (SBDR) teams will start assessing damage and preparing their response on Aug. 30. Joining other Southern Baptists from across the nation, Missouri Baptist Disaster Relief (DR) has deployed teams to bring help and hope to survivors of Hurricane Ida. Missouri DR has been asked to lead … [Read more...]
Summer missionaries encourage believers, share Christ’s love
JEFFERSON CITY – Summer Missions 2021 is under wraps. For the last two-and-a-half months, God has been on the move, working in and through college students as they serve across the state. From the kickoff at orientation at the end of May, this year’s internship program was off to a promising start. MBCollegiate Director Gene Austin, received even more positive feedback than usual following the training weekend. “Every year I hear in a general way how Summer Missions Orientation prepares … [Read more...]
MBC sued by SBU’s opponents
BOLIVAR – The Missouri Baptist Convention (MBC) was named as a defendant along with Southwest Baptist University (SBU) in a lawsuit that was filed on Aug. 25 in Polk County, Mo., Circuit Court, in a pending case involving court approval of SBU’s amended articles of incorporation. Suing MBC and SBC directly as defendants is the latest tactic by critics who have been trying to block the approval process for the past six months by filing motions to intervene in a routine application … [Read more...]
SBU trustees vote to dismiss court proceeding
BOLIVAR – Eddie Bumpers, chairman for the board of trustees at Southwest Baptist University (SBU) and pastor at Crossway Baptist Church, Springfield, released the following statement after an Aug. 25th special session of the SBU trustee board: Board Chair Portal Announcement 8-27-21 Heading: Update from the SBU Board of Trustees The SBU Board of Trustees met in a special session on Wednesday, Aug. 25, to continue conversations around information received from the Higher Learning … [Read more...]
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