SPRINGFIELD – Missouri Ministry Wives are invited to join us for dinner and fellowship in conjunction with the MBC Annual Meeting. This year’s theme “Unexpected” will focus on God’s detailed plan to advance the Gospel through both our planned and unplanned circumstances. The keynote speaker, Lisa Finch (IMB, Sub-Sahara Africa), will encourage you with her insights into God’s “Unexpected” assignments of trauma and loss. Register early as seating is limited. Childcare is available through … [Read more...]
Multi-ethnic churches meeting prior to MBC
SPRINGFIELD – Multi-ethnic churches affiliated with the Missouri Baptist Convention (MBC) will gather at Crossway Baptist Church here, Oct. 21. The event takes place from 7:00-9:00 p.m. in the College Worship Center at Crossway Baptist, Springfield. Featured speakers include Pastor Dany B. Stephen of African Baptist Church, Kansas City, and Pastor Hazael Rodgriguez of Iglesia Cristiana Casa de Oracion in Springfield. To register for this event, visit … [Read more...]
AUDIO: Will Hall speaks on leadership, Christian journalism
JEFFERSON CITY – Will Hall, editor of the Louisiana Baptist Convention’s state newspaper, The Baptist Message, and the director of public policy for the Louisiana Baptist Convention, spoke on leadership and Christian journalism during The Pathway's retreat Sept. 14. Audio files from his talks are linked below. Before coming to the Baptist Message in 2015, he was executive editor and director of operations for The Christian Examiner. Prior to this, he served for 10 years as vice president … [Read more...]
Churches band together to prep ‘Meals for a Million’
ST. CHARLES – Hunger is not usually considered an American need, but Sam Rowley, co-chair of Meals for a Million and a member of 2Rivers, said thousands in St. Louis wonder where they will find the next meal. “More than 27,000 families in St. Louis are in crisis mode,” Rowley said, “That includes more than 200,000 hungry children.” Several Baptist churches joined forces with the community to meet this physical need by packing a variety of meals through the two-day event held at the St. … [Read more...]
Pastors’ Conference to get to preaching’s core with sermons by Pendergraft, Reavis, Bumpers
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...]
‘Raised to Life’ – Fellowship Greenwood lives to bless its community
GREENWOOD – In the old days – just a few years ago, really – Fellowship Greenwood, originally a campus of Lenexa Baptist, “couldn’t buy a baptism,” as Lead Pastor Chris Williams says. The church was running over 150 people on a Sunday morning, but life change seemed absent. A few years later, the picture couldn’t be more different. Each Sunday, over 700 people worship in the former FBC Greenwood building that is now home to Fellowship Greenwood. With 40 baptisms already this year, a robust … [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...]
‘Adopted into the family of God’: Van Buren family fostered 65 children over 22 years
VAN BUREN – There are few people in this world who have hearts as big as Ron and Terri Robinson. In 40 years of marriage, Ron followed his calling to ministry and pastored several Baptist churches with Terri at his right hand. They opened their hearts to the communities they served, and then they opened their hearts to a new calling from God – a call to be foster parents. But their life and their marriage didn’t begin with that calling in mind. Ron and Terri always wanted children, so … [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...]
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