KANSAS CITY (BP) – Jason Allen, president of Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, challenged graduates during the school's 63rd commencement to "guard their personal holiness and doctrinal faithfulness." Midwestern Seminary's academic year concluded with much pomp and circumstance on May 4 as graduates, families and friends gathered together in the Daniel Lee Chapel for the school's commencement exercises–launching theologically-trained gospel ministers into service. In comprising the … [Read more...]
Viburnum FBC’s outreach blesses local families, widow
VIBURNUM – She had a 6-foot-wide hole in her roof and a 55-gallon drum catching rainwater in her living room. Retired after 35 years in the Viburnum school district and now living with her son who was diagnosed with cancer, Love Thy Neighbor gave this elderly widow a brand new roof. “I was on that crew and every person except me had her as a teacher,” said Justin Perry, pastor at First Baptist Church here. “While the crew worked, she cried tears of joy and told story after story about … [Read more...]
Satanist incantations, tax credits and Dred Scott
Incantations offered by a woman and a transvestite with the Order of Satanic Sisterhood at the state Capitol May 18 served as a reminder of the evil forces seeking control of our government. Not a single member of the Missouri General Assembly or statewide officeholder attended the, well, whatever it was. So the Satanists exercised their First Amendment rights in The Rotunda. A few people briefly observed before moving on and several Christians lingered among the statues in the Hall of … [Read more...]
Mo. Baptist Foundation assists churches, institutions with loans for equipment, building programs
JEFFERSON CITY – The Missouri Baptist Foundation board of trustees received reports, April 27, about the new service initiated by Foundation President Neil Franks to offer church building and equipment loans. Other noteworthy reports include: Foundation assets under management continue to increase, distributions to individuals, churches, and institutions are on pace for the fiscal year, Commonfund Investment Consultant reports and Foundation Chief Operating Officer (COO) Shelly Vaughn was … [Read more...]
North Carolina’s Gaylon Moss to lead Mo. DR
JEFFERSON CITY – Gaylon Moss, Disaster Relief (DR) director for North Carolina Baptist Men (NCBM), moves to Missouri this summer to take leadership of the state’s DR efforts, according to a May 22nd announcement from the Missouri Baptist Convention (MBC). Moss’ start date is set for July 1. He and his wife Mindy will relocate to Missouri with their three teenage daughters Megan, Hallie and Kiera. “Gaylon Moss’ 20 years of disaster response experience and leadership skills in … [Read more...]
God builds Strong Tower in St. Joseph
ST. JOSEPH – One year into setting up and tearing down each week in a roller rink turned bingo hall – a rite of passage for many young church plants, God orchestrated a miracle for Strong Tower Baptist Church. “We got a phone call from a dwindling congregation in a different denomination,” said Senior Pastor Tom Wilson. “They said they were prayerfully considering giving us their building. They had to send out an e-mail asking others in their own denomination if they wanted it and if … [Read more...]
SBU archaeology exhibit ‘illuminates’ Scripture
BOLIVAR – After the death of Moses, the Lord God called Joshua to lead His people across the Jordan River and to conquer the city of Jericho. Then, because they hadn’t completely obeyed the Lord’s commands, the Israelites met a humiliating defeat at the city of Ai. But after facing God’s discipline and finding God’s mercy, Joshua once again set the stage to take the city of Ai. Joshua’s troops stationed themselves north of Ai, looking across a valley at the city. He placed other troops to … [Read more...]
SBU trustees approve fundraising campaign
BOLIVAR – Southwest Baptist University President C. Pat Taylor expressed appreciation to SBU trustees during his final board meeting with them before retiring this fall. “Thank you for being supportive of me and of SBU,” Taylor said, adding that he’s handed out more than 16,963 diplomas during his 22-year tenure at SBU. “It is an honor and privilege to work for you and for this great university.” Reading Romans 12:9-8, which he also cited two decades earlier in his inauguration address, … [Read more...]
Yeats to be re-nominated as recording secretary
DALLAS (BP) – Missouri Baptist Convention executive director John L. Yeats will be nominated for a 22nd term as the Southern Baptist Convention’s recording secretary, Texas pastor Bart Barber announced April 23. Barber, pastor of First Baptist Church in Farmersville, Texas, said in a news release, “Our annual meetings are the largest exercise of inter-congregational polity in the world. The experience spans the gamut from boilerplate actions of formality to moments of breathtaking … [Read more...]
The mission gets personal: Forest Park, Joplin, advances gospel through Acts 1:8 project
JOPLIN – The mission doesn’t get powerful until it gets personal. “When a person sees the darkness in the world and then comes back they are much more motivated to do something about it,” said John Swadley, lead pastor at Forest Park Church here. “We desire to know the people out there on the field making the sacrifices to spread the gospel where they are so that we can play a small part in advancing their work.” That’s where Forest Park’s new giving strategy, the Acts 1:8 Project, comes … [Read more...]
Protecting the flock: Security training preps churches for day they pray never comes
HALLSVILLE – In some ways, it was like any other gathering of Christians. Two dozen pastors and laymen from across denominational lines gathered together, prayed, and discussed various issues facing their congregations. Scripture flowed freely. But as soon as pleasantries wrapped up, an air horn sounded and they each drew their pistols. They were part of the first two-day, “Tactical Applications of the Pistol for Church Protectors” training hosted by Strategos, which bills itself as the … [Read more...]
MBCH pleads for house parents
BRIDGETON – In the first quarter of 2018, a dozen families have been reunified that would not have had the chance if not through the work of the Missouri Baptist Children’s Home. In addition to those reunifications, trustees at the April 24 board meeting here heard the MBCH’s Children and Family Ministries (CFM) facilitated six guardianships and 12 adoptions. Russell Martin, president of the MBCH begged for prayers that God would call 10-15 couples to serve as house parents at group … [Read more...]
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