SEDALIA – A four-day tent revival north of Sedalia brought people to Christ and some were baptized at the event. Lifepointe Church pastor Rusty Thomas reported 41 salvations, 31 baptisms, and three child dedications. From July 12-15, there were a total of 253 people in the children’s tent, 3,199 people in the main tent, and 10,639 people who followed the tent revival on Facebook. This made the total attendance of 14,091 people. “To God be the Glory,” Thomas said after the event. But the … [Read more...]
New Hope, Sedalia, ministers to homeless
SEDALIA – Preparing for a mission trip to New Orleans isn’t always what God wants. New Hope Baptist Church, Sedalia, found God was pointing them in a different way. “I’ve been to the New Orleans French Quarter to minister to the homeless at least five times,” Marc Knapp, pastor, said. “We were preparing to take a group there. I was explaining to them what we would encounter on the trip, but we began to pray, and we discovered that God wanted us to do it here.” “We realized that we were to … [Read more...]
BSAAM conference to be held in Springfield
SPRINGFIELD – The Baptist Secretaries and Administrative Assistants of Missouri (BSAAM) is set to hold its annual conference on September 18-19, 2023 at National Heights Baptist Church in Springfield. This year’s theme: Stronger Together. “And if one can overpower him who is alone, two can resist him. A cord of three strands is not quickly torn apart.” Ecclesiastes 4:12 (NASB). BSAAM welcomes and encourages all secretaries and other office personnel that are active members of Southern … [Read more...]
More than 40 find faith during second week of Super Summer on SBU campus
BOLIVAR – Super Summer week two at Southwest Baptist University, June 26-30, was filled with fresh faces and new works of God’s Spirit. “Each week of Super Summer always has its own unique personality. Even though the theme, infrastructure, and plan is the same, week two is always night and day different. All of it is good, but different,” said Bob Caldwell, team leader. In addition to new faces among students and youth leaders, camp pastor Brian Jump of Forest Park Church in Joplin, and … [Read more...]
Missouri DR mass care feeding unit surprises Ewing residents with meals
EWING – A fresh, hot meal was a welcome surprise to area residents attending a monthly food box distribution, June 22. For about two years, The Mt. Salem/Wyaconda Southern Baptist Association Disaster Relief team has assisted Hester Community Church in rural Ewing with the monthly provided groceries at the church’s community center in Ewing in an ecumenical event open to anyone. Hester had been doing the food boxes for several years before the DR team became involved in helping. “Once a … [Read more...]
Missouri DR collegiate interns assist Texas Tornado victims
PERRYTON, Texas (MODR) – Having grown up in Puerto Rico before moving to Pennsylvania, Joyce Fernandez had never witnessed the aftereffects of a tornado. Granted, the damage from hurricanes in her native country can be pretty devastating; but there’s often advanced warning, allowing people to prepare. That wasn’t the case in Perryton, Texas, where a tornado killed three people, injured at least 75 more and destroyed as many as 200 houses. In many cases, the only thing volunteers were able … [Read more...]
MBU named top workplace for 11th consecutive year
ST. LOUIS (MBU) – Missouri Baptist University has been named a 2023 Top Workplace by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch for the 11th consecutive year. MBU remains the only higher education institution in the St. Louis area to receive this award for so many years. “We are delighted to once again be named a top workplace in the region,” said University President Dr. Keith Ross. “This significant recognition affirms MBU’s steadfast commitment to cultivate a culture that supports and promotes a … [Read more...]
WMU introduces Missouri Acteens Council members
POPLAR BLUFF – At the recent Missouri WMU Missions Celebration, three young women were introduced as the 2023 Missouri Acteens Council – Celia Shortell and Cefronia Shortell from Independence Baptist Church, Richland, and Hannah Stahlman, Lighthouse Baptist Church, Union. The girls who apply and are selected to serve on the council must meet the following requirements: • completed ninth – twelfth grade; • a Christian and member of a Missouri Baptist church; • active in an Acteens … [Read more...]
SBU nursing programs gain nearly $300,000 in grants
BOLIVAR (SBU) – The Missouri State Board of Nursing has awarded Southwest Baptist University nearly $300,000 in grant money to enhance and grow our nursing programs on both the Bolivar and Springfield campuses. The grants were awarded through the board’s Nursing Education Incentive Program (NEIP) and are targeted to the following areas: • Springfield campus: $150,000 to add a full-time faculty member for the Master of Science in Nursing program and support the transition of the MSN-Nurse … [Read more...]
Disciples make disciples at Missouri Valley College
MARSHALL – The shared goal of MBCollegiate ministries across Missouri is the same shared goal of MBC churches: make disciples who make disciples. At Missouri Valley College (MoVal) through The Bridge Collegiate Ministry, that’s exactly what’s happened with three football players. The story goes something like this: A campus employee takes a freshmen under wing, invites him to her church, and connects him to the campus ministry. He finds community and gets discipled. He takes another lower … [Read more...]
Missouri Baptist evangelist Ron Mills takes hope to the desperate
BLUE SPRINGS – Ron Mills was desperate over 37 years ago and needed hope. Once he found it, he’s brought it since 1987 to other desperate people as a vocational evangelist. That includes providing hope to those in churches where Mills also sees the need for repentance, holiness, and restoration. “From time to time,” Mills says, “I went to church as a child and was exposed to the gospel as a teenager.” Despite that, the church was never part of his priorities. In 1980, he and his wife … [Read more...]
HLGU computer science department to host LEGO Events this summer
HANNIBAL (HLGU) – The Hannibal-LaGrange University Computer Science Department will be hosting a series of upcoming events for students using the popular LEGO building blocks. The LEGO Learning Play Date, titled “LEGO Nation,” will give students the opportunity to learn about and build famous places from across the United States. There will be three dates to choose from – July 5 from 10am to noon, July 12 from 1pm to 3pm, and August 2 from 10am to noon. The cost is $30 and will be a … [Read more...]
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