ST. CHARLES — It’s just like getting a Mohawk. “I knew if God was in it—and He was, I could be completely honest with them,” said Matt Bartig, lead pastor at NorthRoad Community Church in Moscow Mills. “I told them we are going to cut it, turn it, and spike it up. I said it will be the same material, but I promise you it’s going to look completely different than it has ever looked before.” Bartig used the “Mohawk” metaphor to explain to the loyal members of Jungs Station Baptist Church … [Read more...]
FBC Marceline stands just off of Disney’s inspiration
MARCELINE – Just a block west of the quaint downtown main street that inspired Walt Disney as he designed his Anaheim and Orlando theme parks, is the over 100-year-old-facility of First Baptist Church. Brian Baker is the pastor of this traditional church. They are reaching out to their community of 2,233 people with ministries to benefit the poor and to provide a place for community and fellowship as they lift up the Lord in this north Missouri town. The Santa Fe Railroad (now known as … [Read more...]
Camp facilities are being strengthened by networking, cooperation among associations
CHILLICOTHE – On a beautiful fall day in October, camp managers and directors of missions from across Missouri drove to Grand Oaks Baptist Assembly in northern Missouri for a collaboration meeting. Around a table in the dining hall they networked and told their stories. A common theme was how blessed they are to have young people from churches in their associations and regions come to their camps and retreat centers to find a connection with God. So many young people get saved and … [Read more...]
Launching strong: MBC church plant transforms lives in KC
KANSAS CITY — Nearly one year ago 12 people met in Jernigan Schwent’s northern Kansas City living room to discuss God’s vision for a new church plant. Today the fulfillment of that vision, Discover Church, has risen to about 340 people each weekend. “What God has done through our church is unnatural,” said Schwent, pastor of Discover Church here. “The trajectory and the velocity we’ve experienced in just the three months since we launched is amazing and not at all the norm. I’m not … [Read more...]
‘Multiply’ the theme of Great Commission Conference
KANSAS CITY – The Missouri Baptist Convention’s 2019 Great Commission Conference (GCC) is set to take place, Feb. 21-24, on the campus of Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. This annual event aims to encourage, equip, and challenge Missouri Baptists as they seek to see lives and communities transformed through the gospel. The unifying theme this year is “Multiply,” emphasizing the Missouri Baptist Convention’s goal to help churches multiply churches around the state and across the … [Read more...]
MBF trustees meet, mark Franks’ first year
JEFFERSON CITY – The Missouri Baptist Foundation Board of Trustees met for its regular annual meeting on Dec. 14. The Board received and approved its fiscal year 2018 audit showing $143.9 million in assets under management, welcomed a new trustee, a new staff member, heard reports from its Outsourced Chief Investment Officer, Commonfund and closed with a recognition of Foundation Corporate Secretary, Diane Reed. MBF President, Dr. Neil Franks and Board Chair, Larry Shoaf, welcomed … [Read more...]
SBU confers degrees upon 204 graduates in winter commencement ceremonies
BOLIVAR – Southwest Baptist University graduated 204 students at two winter 2018 commencement ceremonies in the Jane and Ken Meyer Wellness and Sports Center on the Bolivar campus. The SBU Mercy College of Nursing and Health Sciences held its commencement on Thursday, Dec. 13, and the ceremony for all other graduates was held on Friday, Dec. 14. “Our graduates are extraordinary people, working diligently to achieve this milestone,” said SBU President Eric Turner. “Our faculty, as you … [Read more...]
Amid alleged confessional concerns, SBU to evaluate ‘faith and learning’
(Editor's note: This is one of two related stories. See SBU trustees weighing former professor’s appeal.) BOLIVAR – Amid expressions of doctrinal and confessional concerns about some faculty members in its Redford College of Theology and Ministry, Southwest Baptist University has commissioned an “external peer assessment committee” to foster “dialogue regarding faith and learning,” including “deeper conversations and evaluations regarding orthodoxy” within the university. David … [Read more...]
SBU trustees weighing professor’s appeal
(Editor's note: This is one of two related stories. See Amid alleged confessional concerns, SBU to evaluate 'faith and learning'.) BOLIVAR – A Southwest Baptist University trustee committee has taken under advisement the appeal of a tenured professor, Clint Bass, who disputes a notice of immediate dismissal that was issued by the administration last year for alleged violations of the SBU Faculty Handbook and the “ethical and professional canons of the teaching profession.” Bass, a … [Read more...]
CP undergirds church’s vision for ‘Living Beyond Us’
BOLIVAR (BP) – For seven decades, First Baptist Church in Bolivar, Mo., has given at least 10 percent of its undesignated offerings to missions through the Cooperative Program. “We believe in the vision of those 1925 Southern Baptists,” pastor Billy Russell said of those who created the SBC’s channel of cooperative missions and ministry more than 90 years ago. “We’re better together. We can do more together in Gospel work around the world,” said Russell, who has led First Baptist for 13 … [Read more...]
‘They came in full force’ – Florida pastor gives thanks to Missouri Baptist Disaster Relief volunteers for hurricane response
BRISTOL, Fla. – Matt Basford pastors First Baptist Church here in this small town in the Florida panhandle, but he’s grown quite accustomed to seeing the church’s hallways filled with as many Missouri Baptists as local members these past two months. First Baptist was the headquarters for Missouri Baptist Disaster Relief volunteers bringing help, hope and healing after Hurricane Michael hammered the area in mid-October. “I grew up on the gulf coast and I’ve seen many storms,” Basford … [Read more...]
SBU prof’s firing, university’s theology discussed
BOLIVAR, Mo. (BP) – As a former Southwest Baptist University professor appeals his termination for allegedly accusing faculty colleagues of deviating from theological orthodoxy, the university has commissioned an "external peer assessment" to include "evaluations regarding orthodoxy" on the Bolivar, Mo., campus. In the month since SBU's Nov. 28 termination of Clint Bass, assistant professor of theology and philosophy, online discussion has included a petition calling for the university's … [Read more...]
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