JEFFERSON CITY – After more than six months back in the Missouri Baptists Convention fold, the Missouri Baptist Foundation (MBF) is ready to find its next president. The MBF Board voted April 28 on a four-man search committee from its board. They are Larry Shoaf, chairman of the executive committee; Jay Hughes, a staff member at Second Baptist Church, Springfield, and former controller for the MBC, first vice chairman of the executive committee; and Rob Hawkins, second vice chairman of … [Read more...]
The Cooperative Program helps your pastor
JEFFERSON CITY – Irvin Brooks always valued the Cooperative Program for its support of missions throughout the world. But when the long-time Missouri Baptist pastor retired early with health complications, he became the recipient of benefits partially funded by CP. Brooks pastored three MBC churches over a span of 27 years, and still serves as interim pastor of Trinity Baptist Church in Saint Mary, Mo. But when a variety of health issues prevented him from continuing to serve full-time … [Read more...]
Treasury of Testimonies: A tool for reporting accurate church membership
Baptists are notorious for throwing numbers around. “There are 16.5 million Southern Baptists!” the brochure proudly exclaims. If so, where are they? If only 4 million show up for Sunday school, and estimates run as high as 8 million for worship, what makes us think we can account for all who actually belong to a Southern Baptist church? In the context of churches affiliated with the MBC, we estimate somewhere between 550,000 to 600,000 people acknowledge their membership at one of our … [Read more...]
27 counties touched by MBC’s ‘Pray Across Missouri’ events
JEFFERSON CITY – Driving in a silver minivan emblazoned with the phrase, “Pray Across Missouri,” Missouri Baptist Convention staff missionaries have visited 27 counties so far in an initiative highlighting the need for prayer across the state. In 2017 and 2018, they will ultimately make stops to pray at the county courthouses in each of Missouri’s 114 counties. “Excitement is building as we make our way across Missouri praying with church leaders and county elected leaders,” Spencer … [Read more...]
Bonhoeffer Project emphasizes discipleship
OSAGE BEACH – Dietrich Bonhoeffer – the philosopher, pastor, spy and martyr, famously said, “Christianity without discipleship is always Christianity without Christ.” The author of the book, “The Cost of Discipleship,” believed that unless one followed Christ in a serious fashion, it was to cheapen the grace of God. And now his name is headlining an effort to ensure churches in Missouri and beyond do not forget the value of discipleship in the church. Created by Bill Hull, The … [Read more...]
MBC Board sets 2018 goals, celebrates partnership
JEFFERSON CITY – Missouri Baptist Convention (MBC) Executive Board members accomplished much during their latest meeting here, April 10-11. Alongside other business, they celebrated a ribbon cutting with Jefferson City officials, set 2018 goals and CP allocations and approved a new Disaster Relief endowment. Ribbon cutting celebration Board members joined city officials in front of the Baptist Building on April 11 to celebrate the completion of a joint project of the MBC and the … [Read more...]
Update: Missouri flooding damages churches, calls DR to action
VAN BUREN – The flood waters are just now beginning to recede, and while many Missouri Baptists are water-logged, they are ready to help their communities dry out. With some parts of the state seeing rain for four or five straight days and clocking more than a foot of precipitation over the weekend, Gov. Eric Greitens declared a state of emergency April 29. The Mississippi River reached 17 feet above flood stage near Cape Girardeau, within six inches of the all-time record. The Meramec … [Read more...]
Pathway’s staff cited for excellence
JEFFERSON CITY – The staff of the newsjournal of the Missouri Baptist Convention has been cited by two groups of its peers for excellence in Christian journalism. The Evangelical Press Association (EPA), which counts nation-wide heavy hitters such as Christianity Today and The Christian Post among its membership, April 11 awarded the print edition of The Pathway a fourth place in its newspaper category. The judges praised its design, variety of content and “tight writing.” The … [Read more...]
Church at Three Trails seeks to grow through missions
ZACATELCO, Mexico – The Church at Three Trails didn’t seek out a partnership with Iglesia Bautista Maranatha in the city of Zacatelco. God sought them out. It began last fall when pastor Brian Grout attended the Partnership Missions luncheon during the Missouri Baptist Convention’s Annual Meeting in St. Charles. There he heard of partial scholarships available if he and another church member were interested in a vision trip. A recent church “replant” that itself has planted a local … [Read more...]
Super Summer leads students to ‘Next Level’
HANNIBAL – Each year, the gospel transforms the lives of hundreds of students from across Missouri during Super Summer, a Cooperative Program-funded summer camp hosted by Hannibal-LaGrange University and designed by the Missouri Baptist Convention to draw students closer to Jesus Christ. “Super Summer is designed both for middle school and high school students,” Jason Walters, the MBC’s director of Super Summer, said. “And it’s also designed for students regardless of where they are in … [Read more...]
MBC’s Yeats headlines Capitol rally
JEFFERSON CITY – More than 50 people gathered in the Capitol’s rotunda March 28 to pray specifically for Missouri’s lawmakers as they enter into the final month of the legislative session. John Yeats, executive director of the Missouri Baptist Convention, was the featured speaker at the event dubbed “Show Me Your Glory,” a call to pray for those in government. “We live in difficult times — times darkened by moral relativism, intellectual negligence, spiritual apathy, and erotic … [Read more...]
Celebrate CP Day, April 9
JEFFERSON CITY – What do your tithes and offerings do? Through the Cooperative Program, they start new churches, feed the hungry, advance Christian education, provide disaster relief, rescue women from human trafficking, keep more than 8,000 full-time missionaries in the field … and much more. April 9 is Cooperative Program Day for the 50,000 churches and church-type missions of the Southern Baptist Convention. It is a day to celebrate the unique funding process that Southern Baptists have … [Read more...]
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