SPRINGFIELD – The 2018 Missouri Baptist Pastors’ Conference meeting at Crossway Baptist Church here, Oct. 22, will feature three guest speakers highlighting “the ‘sine qua non’ of preaching.” Featured preachers include: • Eddie Bumpers, senior pastor of Crossway Baptist Church, Springfield. Bumpers is a native of Alabama and a graduate of Luther Rice Seminary. He pastored churches in Mississippi and North Carolina before becoming senior pastor of Crossway in December 2000. Bumpers and … [Read more...]
Special hotel rates available for MBC annual meeting
SPRINGFIELD – Special hotel rates are available for a limited time to those attending the Missouri Baptist Convention Annual Meeting at Crossway Baptist Church here, Oct. 22-23. Hotels with special rates are listed below: Drury Inn & Suites 2715 N. Glenstone Ave. Springfield, MO 65803 417.863.8400 Rate: $119.99 – cutoff date 9/21/18 Holiday Inn & Suites 2720 N. Glenstone Ave. Springfield, MO 65803 417.865.8600 Rate: $99 – cutoff date 10/08/18 Oasis Hotel 2535 N. … [Read more...]
Missouri DR workers to provide childcare at annual meeting
SPRINGFIELD – Volunteers from Missouri Baptist Disaster Relief (DR) will provide childcare on Monday and Tuesday of the Missouri Baptist Convention annual meeting here, Oct. 22-23. Registration is due by Oct. 14 and is required. There is no cost for the childcare. Childcare is being offered for children from birth through 7 years of age. It begins at 8 a.m., Oct. 22, and ends after the Tuesday evening session, Oct. 23. Although children will have snacks in childcare, parents are … [Read more...]
MBC’s Student Evangelism Weekend coming Oct. 12-13
HOLTS SUMMIT – We live in a culture that is increasingly hostile towards Christianity. Simultaneously, that culture desperately needs to hear the good news of Jesus Christ. Students are on the front lines of this cultural conflict, and many of them simply are not prepared, sometimes because so few of them have been trained. To address this need, the Missouri Baptist Convention is hosting an event Oct. 12-13 to inspire, encourage, and train students to have gospel conversations and to … [Read more...]
FBC De Soto’s Muniz to be nominated as MBC president
SPRINGFIELD – Jeremy Muniz, pastor of First Baptist Church, De Soto, will be nominated for the office of Missouri Baptist Convention (MBC) president during the MBC annual meeting at Crossway Baptist Church here, Oct. 22-23. Muniz currently serves as the MBC’s first vice president. Joe Costephens, pastor of First Baptist Church, Ferguson, told The Pathway earlier this month that he will make this nomination. “Jeremy Muniz is a man that I admire. He is a loving husband to Jennifer, a … [Read more...]
FBC Diamond’s Crow to be nominated as MBC president
SPRINGFIELD – Ron Crow, pastor of First Baptist Church, Diamond, will be nominated for the office of Missouri Baptist Convention (MBC) president during the MBC annual meeting at Crossway Baptist Church here, Oct. 22-23. Eddie Bumpers, pastor of Crossway Baptist Church, Springfield, told The Pathway in late August that he will make this nomination. “I am excited about nominating my friend, brother in Christ, and faithful pastor of First Baptist Church, Diamond, Mo., Ron Crow, to be the … [Read more...]
Church gas leak shows need to plan for emergencies
HUNSTVILLE – First Baptist Church here has prepared plans for how to deal with many types of emergencies – whether that’s a fire, storm or active shooter. And after a gas leak during Sunday School Aug. 12, they now know the plan works. 30 A church trustee and another member confirmed the gas odor, but by then the youth pastor and a deacon had already gotten everyone out of the building. Such a strong gas odor might prompt a call to 911, but pastor John Rhodes happens to be a … [Read more...]
‘Steady’: Missouri Baptists gather in Springfield Oct. 22-23
SPRINGFIELD – Messengers representing churches affiliated with the Missouri Baptist Convention (MBC) are gathering Oct. 22-23 at Crossway Baptist Church in Springfield for their 184th annual meeting. The theme of this year’s meeting is “Steady,” taken from Exodus 17:8-16. That’s the story of Aaron and Hur coming to Moses’ rescue, holding up his arms so the Israelites prevailed in battle against the Amalekites. Verse 12 says, “so his [Moses’] hands remained steady until the sun went … [Read more...]
MBC’s Christian Life Commission approves resolutions to bring to annual meeting
JEFFERSON CITY – During its Aug. 13th meeting here, the Christian Life Commission of the Missouri Baptist Convention (MBC) approved three resolutions for proposal at the MBC annual meeting in October. The resolutions identify pornography as a “public health crisis,” exhort leaders toward integrity, and call for the prohibition of state-sponsored sports gambling. “Part of the task of the Christian Life Commission is to educate Missouri Baptists on social and moral issues,” CLC Chairman … [Read more...]
Missouri Foundation create new college scholarships for Mo. Baptist students
JEFFERSON CITY – The Missouri Baptist Foundation Board of Trustees met for their final meeting of the fiscal year on Aug. 17 in Jefferson City. Among other items, the board heard reports on market returns, the progress of its church loan program and Term Investments for churches product, and took action to create new college scholarships for Missouri Baptist students while approving a new budget. Due to favorable market returns, the diligence of staff and continued support by the … [Read more...]
Children’s Home looks to engage churches for Mo. kids
SPRINGFIELD – The Missouri Baptist Children’s Home has a far-reaching network as they train and provide gospel-centered resources for foster families as they care for more than a thousand kids across the state. But as the number of at-risk children, youth and families keeps rising, even their reach isn’t far enough. “We cannot be everywhere,” Russell Martin, the MBCH president told his trustees in July. “But almost everywhere in Missouri there is a Southern Baptist church that can provide … [Read more...]
Special hotel rates available for MBC annual meeting
SPRINGFIELD – Special hotel rates are available for a limited time to those attending the Missouri Baptist Convention Annual Meeting at Crossway Baptist Church here, Oct. 22-23. Hotels with special rates are listed below: Drury Inn & Suites 2715 N. Glenstone Ave. Springfield, MO 65803 417.863.8400 Rate: $119.99 – cutoff date 9/21/18 Holiday Inn & Suites 2720 N. Glenstone Ave. Springfield, MO 65803 417.865.8600 Rate: $99 – cutoff date 10/08/18 Oasis … [Read more...]
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