JEFFERSON CITY – “Back to the Future” could have been the theme for a historic meeting on Sep. 28 of a new board of trustees for the Missouri Baptist Foundation (MBF). It was held at the Baptist Building here. For the first time since 2001, 12 trustees elected by the Missouri Baptist Convention (MBC) were back in the boardroom of the foundation that was established in 1946. New Board Chairman Floyd Gilzow, a layman from Concord Baptist Church here, called the meeting to order by thanking … [Read more...]
Baptist Builders help FBC Bevier raise profile in community
BEVIER – Just because the town of Bevier only boasts 723 people doesn’t mean things aren’t happening. “God has really blessed us,” said FBC pastor Scott Dalrymple. More than a dozen volunteers from Baptist Builders along with volunteers from the church – three of whom have worked on other Baptist Builder projects – constructing a new 50 ft x 132 ft multipurpose building for the congregation. “We’re out here in the country, so this is a big deal in our town and has caused a lot of … [Read more...]
Transform: Registration now open for Great Commission Conference
JEFFERSON CITY – “Transform” is the theme of the 2017 Great Commission Conference, formerly known as the MBC Evangelism Conference. Building on the Missouri Baptist Convention’s vision of “Transforming lives and communities with the gospel,” the Great Commission Conference incorporates biblical preaching and teaching, corporate worship, training, relationship-building, and a celebration of God’s work among us to make disciples, multiply churches, and develop leaders, according to Matt … [Read more...]
National CP giving up, Missouri sending half a million more
NASHVILLE (BP) – The Southern Baptist Convention ended its fiscal year $9.23 million (4.95 percent) over its 2015–2016 budgeted goal and $6.57 million over the previous year’s Cooperative Program (CP) Allocation Budget gifts, according to Frank S. Page, president and CEO of the SBC Executive Committee. In Missouri, year-to-date CP giving is roughly on par with giving at this time last year, and is running 3.61 percent behind the budgeted goal. Even so, Missouri Baptists are sending more … [Read more...]
Mo. DR responding to Hurricane
JEFFERSON CITY – More than 30 Missouri Baptist Disaster Relief volunteers departed Oct. 11 for the East Coast to bring help, hope and healing to those affected by Hurricane Matthew. Red Cross officials have asked Southern Baptists to prepare up to 300,000 meals each day, a task Missouri Baptist Convention executive director John Yeats called “a huge challenge and a great gospel/missional opportunity.” “Please pray for our volunteers and for the victims of the hurricane, many of whom need … [Read more...]
Southern Baptists to celebrate CP
NASHVILLE (BP) – “Great Commission Advance” shouldn’t be mistaken for a formal program. It’s more personal. It’s a call for “every Southern Baptist and every Southern Baptist church living up to the high calling of disciple-making, evangelism and missions, biblical stewardship and fervent and effective prayer,” as Frank S. Page, president of the SBC Executive Committee, defines the focus of a growing partnership between state conventions and SBC entities. Simply put: “We follow Jesus, we … [Read more...]
Letters to the Editor: Conservative icon, intergalactic missions
Remembering an American conservative icon Phyllis Schlafly, who recently died at the age of 92, authored the bestseller “A Choice Not an Echo,” which sold 3 million copies. Phyllis was not just a conservative activist but, as the Wall Street Journal reported, she was “the conservative activist.” I was honored to have been a regular guest of her nationwide radio program. The Journal said political elites called her a “gadfly” but she was more like a “bull in their china shop.” Her … [Read more...]
Offering to benefit refugee ministry
ST. CHARLES – A special offering will take place Oct. 25 during the Missouri Baptist Convention’s annual meeting to benefit the Good Neighbor Initiative, a ministry of the St. Louis Metro Baptist Association. Beginning this fall, the Good Neighbor Initiative aims to bring Mark 12:31 to life as cities like St. Louis become home to refugees from around the world. That verse reads: “'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these." "Every year … [Read more...]
‘CORE’ to highlight church multiplication
ST. CHARLES – During the Missouri Baptist Convention (MBC) annual meeting here, the “CORE” conference will highlight church multiplication – one of the core elements of the MBC’s mission. The conference will occur during the afternoon and evening sessions of the MBC annual meeting, Oct. 25. Featured speakers include: • J.D. Payne, pastor for multiplication with The Church at Brook Hills in Birmingham, Ala. Payne is responsible for overseeing the church’s Institute for Disciple Making as … [Read more...]
Three Mo. Baptist officer nominations announced
ST. CHARLES – As of press time, only three nominations for Missouri Baptist Convention (MBC) officers have been announced. Tony Preston, director of missions for Clay-Platte Baptist Association, will nominate Ken Parker for president of the convention. Parker is the senior pastor of First Baptist Church, Kearney, where he has served since 2006. Prior to that, he pastored two churches in Fort Smith, Arkansas as well as Union, Mo. He is a graduate of Missouri Baptist College (University) … [Read more...]
Ratliff to deliver Missouri Baptist Convention sermon
TRENTON – Ron Ratliff, the pastor of Tenth Street Baptist Church in Trenton, will preach the “Annual Sermon” at the Missouri Baptist Convention’s annual meeting Oct. 25. Ratliff and his wife, Iva Gail, have been in ministry together for more than 30 years. They live 18 miles west of Trenton and run a cow/calf operation. Involved in the horse and cow business most of their lives, Ronnie and Iva Gail have a deep love for the land and the people of rural America, as well as the lifestyle. … [Read more...]
Resolutions needed by Oct. 1 for MBC annual meeting
JEFFERSON CITY – Missouri Baptist Convention messengers planning to submit proposed resolutions during this year’s annual meeting are encouraged to send the proposals by October 1 to the Resolutions Committee, Missouri Baptist Convention, 400 E. High Street, Jefferson City, MO 65101-3215; Fax 573-635-0904; E-mail: pjeffries@mobaptist.org. Sending resolutions in advance of the annual meeting of the convention makes possible a more thorough consideration of the resolution and expedites the … [Read more...]
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