ST. LOUIS – A body on the brink of death is possibly healed with a transplant and Jim Breeden, Director of Missions (DOM) of St. Louis Metro Baptist Association, used this analogy to explain the church replanting of Bayless Baptist Church, 8512 Morganford Rd, St Louis. “A church looking to replant has to acknowledge that they can not go forward,” he said, “without doing something different. They must do things totally different spiritually or in method.” Breeden explained that the St. … [Read more...]
Can a church be reborn?
ARNOLD – Is it possible for a church to be born again? According to Pastor Stuart Dace, this is exactly what happened to Starling Road Baptist Church in Arnold. After a four-year process of struggle, prayer, and hard work, the church replanted with a fresh vision for sharing the Gospel and reaching its community. Starling Road Baptist Church has seen many ebbs and flows over its 50-year history. At times the church was full of life and vitality, with many families filling the pews. Other … [Read more...]
Crossroads association hosts D-NOW
HALLSVILLE - In two previous years, The Crossroads Baptist Association has seen many youth from local churches attend D-Now. However, perhaps more so than before, the youth represent a wider area of the state. Jason Kramer, Associate/Youth Pastor of Carpenter Street Baptist in Moberly and D-Now coordinator said over 200 students and another 65-70 adults participated in the Feb 17-18 event at Hallsville Baptist. “D-Now (Discipleship Now) is a weekend of intensive preaching, worship, and … [Read more...]
Southern Baptist cowboy church rounds up the unreached in rural Missouri
CARTHAGE – Missouri Baptist church planter Steve Stafford has a rule for his congregation: Never steal members from other churches. “We call that cattle rustling,” Stafford, the founding pastor of Risen Ranch Cowboy Church here said. In Jesus’ parable, a shepherd left his 99 sheep to seek one stray. It’s an image that cowboys, experienced in seeking stray cattle, might appreciate. And Stafford, like other cowboy church planters around the state, is working to round up the unreached people … [Read more...]
GCC breakouts highlight hope, faith in action
ST. CHARLES – In addition to the main speakers at the Great Commission Conference Feb. 22-24, attendees heard from a wide variety of breakout session leaders further breaking down the event’s theme of being ambassadors of hope for transformation. Bill Victor, regional collegiate ministry coordinator for the Missouri Baptist Convention, led a session on the intersection of faith and politics, a topic not often considered a way for Christians to bring about hope and transformation. While … [Read more...]
Graham a ‘hero’ to MBC’s vocational evangelists
JEFFERSON CITY – Following the death of the renowned vocational evangelist Billy Graham, Feb. 21, members of the Fellowship of Missouri Baptist Evangelists (FMBE) commended Graham for the positive influence he has had on the ministry of all vocational evangelists. But few of them have felt the impact of Graham’s ministry as much as Missouri Baptist vocational evangelist Clyde Chiles. “I was saved at a Billy Graham crusade service in Ocean City, N.J., when he was a Youth For Christ … [Read more...]
Southwest Baptist University faculty, students grieve after professor’s wife shot, killed by son
SPRINGFIELD — Faculty members and students at Southwest Baptist University (SBU) are grieving alongside and praying for an SBU faculty member, Terry Cox, whose wife was killed at her home on Tuesday evening, Feb. 27. On Wednesday, the Greene County prosecutor filed charges against their son, Connor Cox, 21, in the shooting death of his mother, Angela, 53. According to a probable cause statement from the Greene County Sheriff’s Office, Connor Cox told investigators that he shot his … [Read more...]
Love grows First Baptist Oakville
OAKVILLE – Caring for people is growing First Baptist Church of Oakville. “We had an incredible year,” John Hessel, pastor, said. “Twenty-nine people joined our church and nineteen of those were by baptism.” “God is gracious,” Hessel continued. “We’ve been more intentional about reaching out to people and relating to them. Our worship leader, John Gorse Jr. says every Sunday, ‘We’re the friendliest church in town,’ as a reminder for us to reach out to each other.” One of the early … [Read more...]
Deadly central-U.S. storms mobilize DR in 5 states
CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (BP) -- Southern Baptist disaster relief volunteers are on the ground and others are on standby after weekend tornadoes and flooding killed five people and damaged homes in five states. Two disaster relief teams have been deployed in Tennessee; Illinois is assessing a response to flooding there; and teams are on standby in Kentucky, Missouri and Ohio, according to reports from state DR representatives and the North American Mission Board (NAMB). About 25 volunteers … [Read more...]
Mo. Baptist conference highlights hope, reconciliation
HARVESTER – Hundreds of Missouri Baptists from various generations gathered together during the Missouri Baptist Convention’s (MBC) Great Commission Conference (GCC), Feb. 22-24, to learn how they could be ambassadors of hope and gospel transformation throughout the state. More than 450 attendees came to the conference, including more than 250 Missouri Baptist campus missionaries and next-generation leaders, according to Matt Kearns, MBC Making Disciples catalyst. “I was pleased,” Kearns … [Read more...]
Annie theme this year: ‘On Mission Here and Now’
JEFFERSON CITY – A great opportunity to support missionaries here, and now, in North America begins March 4-11 with the 2018 Annie Armstrong Easter Offering (AAEO) Week of Prayer. With a little planning and resource support from Missouri WMU, Baptist churches across the state can meet the challenge. The Missouri Baptist Convention has set our goal this year at $2 million, which will help contribute to the National Offering Goal of $70 million. Missouri WMU Executive … [Read more...]
St. Louis churches being ‘Good Neighbors’ to refugees
ST. LOUIS - Since 2016, the Good Neighbor Initiative has worked 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.” At least 41 refugees arrived in St. Louis last year, from countries like Afghanistan, the Congo, Iran, Iraq, Somalia, Sudan and Syria. The Good Neighbor Initiative, a partnership between St. Louis Metro Baptist … [Read more...]
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