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...]
Fenton church makes gospel connections
FENTON – One church plant’s musical method for building relationships has struck a note for residents of this St. Louis suburb. Connect Church, a Missouri Baptist affiliated church plant here that launched on Easter 2015, is making connections in Fenton by hosting a Guitar Club for area children. During Guitar Club, Connect Church’s founding pastor Chris Perstrope – also one of the Missouri Baptist Convention’s newest multiplying churches missionaries – helps children learn the basics not … [Read more...]
Messengers able to pre-file motions, amendments
SPRINGFIELD – Messengers to the Missouri Baptist Convention’s annual meeting at Crossway Baptist Church here, Oct. 22-23, may now submit their motions in advance, although they must still be present to make the motion on the convention floor. If messengers have a motion, they can pre-file that motion with the MBC’s recording secretary via email at recordingsecretary@mobaptist.org. However, the messenger must appear at a microphone during the time for introduction of miscellaneous business, … [Read more...]
Ministry Wives’ dinner slated for Oct. 22, IMB’s Finch to speak
SPRINGFIELD – Missouri Ministry Wives are invited to join us for dinner and fellowship in conjunction with the MBC Annual Meeting. This year’s theme “Unexpected” will focus on God’s detailed plan to advance the Gospel through both our planned and unplanned circumstances. The keynote speaker, Lisa Finch (IMB, Sub-Sahara Africa), will encourage you with her insights into God’s “Unexpected” assignments of trauma and loss. Register early as seating is limited. Childcare is available through … [Read more...]
Multi-ethnic churches meeting prior to MBC
SPRINGFIELD – Multi-ethnic churches affiliated with the Missouri Baptist Convention (MBC) will gather at Crossway Baptist Church here, Oct. 21. The event takes place from 7:00-9:00 p.m. in the College Worship Center at Crossway Baptist, Springfield. Featured speakers include Pastor Dany B. Stephen of African Baptist Church, Kansas City, and Pastor Hazael Rodgriguez of Iglesia Cristiana Casa de Oracion in Springfield. To register for this event, visit … [Read more...]
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