Steve Otte led the youth ministry in my home church, First Baptist, Kahoka. He volunteered his leadership to a group of teenagers to introduce them to faith in Jesus Christ and grow in their relationship with the Lord. He became my example of what it meant to follow Jesus as a teen and then when I entered the ministry. I thank God every time I remember his influence in my life. Have there been people who have made an impact on your life? Are there people you respect who model ways you … [Read more...]
SBU President C. Pat Taylor announces upcoming retirement
BOLIVAR — Southwest Baptist University President Dr. C. Pat Taylor informed the SBU community today of his plans to retire Aug. 31, 2018, after nearly 22 years as the University’s president. “It has been a great 22 years,” Taylor said. “I’ve loved being president of SBU. From the time Judy and I first visited Bolivar in 1996, we fell in love with SBU and the Bolivar community. SBU has many accomplishments during the past 22 years, thanks to the efforts of the hard-working faculty and … [Read more...]
Gaming & God: Video games ripe for theological thinking
KANSAS CITY – Matt Millsap freely admits he made up the word, “theoludology” when he chose it as the topic of his doctoral dissertation in systematic theology. Google search the term, “theoludological,” and literally every single result includes his name. Broken up into its roots, his topic becomes clearer, even if doesn’t become easier to pronounce. “Theo-” and “-ology” are no-brainers. “Ludo” is the Latin root for “game” or “play.” Mashed together, Millsap created a new discipline: … [Read more...]
FBC Fenton to host Founder’s Conference
ST. LOUIS – The First Baptist Church of Fenton in St. Louis, Missouri will host the Founder's Midwest Conference on February 27-28. Founders Midwest is a regional conference that strives to encourage, educate, and edify Midwest Baptists from theological, historical, and practical perspectives. This year’s conference topic is the importance and necessity of both Law and Gospel. Keynote speakers include Tom Hicks, senior pastor of FBC Clinton, La., author, and director of Founders … [Read more...]
MBC releases tentative schedule for GCC
HARVESTER – The Missouri Baptist Convention has released a tentative schedule for the Great Commission Conference that will take place at First Baptist Harvester, Feb. 22-24. Events on Sunday, Feb. 25, are for collegiate students and leaders. Watch for schedule updates on www.mobaptist.org/gcc. Thursday (Feb. 22) 11 am - 1 pm – Registration 1:30 pm – Kickoff (Session 1) 5:00 pm – Dinner 7:00 pm – Session 2 9:30 pm – Close Friday (Feb. 23) 9:00 am – Session 3 12:00 pm – Lunch 2:00 … [Read more...]
Baptist named to Missouri’s Commission on Human Rights
CLEVER – There is a new voice promising to bring a biblical perspective to cases that come before the Missouri Commission on Human Rights. Gov. Eric Greitens appointed Jade Jump, a member of First Baptist Church, Clever, where her husband, Brian, pastors, to the commission Jan. 3. The ten-seat commission fields discrimination complaints in matters of housing, employment, and places of public accommodation based on race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, sex, disability, age and … [Read more...]
Childcare available at MBC conference
HARVESTER – Volunteers from Missouri Baptist Disaster Relief (DR) will provide childcare during the Great Commission Conference here, Feb. 22-24. Childcare is being offered for children from birth through 7 years of age. There is no cost for the childcare. Although children will have snacks in childcare, parents are responsible for their children’s meals. Missouri DR volunteers are trained and often help provide childcare for SBC and MBC events. To register, visit … [Read more...]
FBC Kearney mission team robbed in Haiti
JACQUET, Haiti – Thirteen missionaries from First Baptist Church, Kearney, their driver and a local pastor’s wife are safe and unharmed after they were robbed at gun point Jan. 21 during a mission trip. They were slated to return to the United States Jan. 23. The group was riding in a van to witness a Sunday morning baptism service about forty-five minutes away from the village where they had been ministering when three men on motorcycles passed them, came back and robbed them at … [Read more...]
Churches across the state benefit from Missouri Baptist Convention’s apologetics resources
JEFFERSON CITY – Churches and associations from across the state are benefiting from resources provided by the Missouri Baptist Apologetics Network – a group of church leaders committed to the defense of the Christian faith and called to equip believers to more effectively share their faith. In particular, Missouri Baptists have widely used apologetics tools by Rob Phillips, ministry support catalyst at the Missouri Baptist Convention (MBC), who leads the MBC’s apologetics efforts. … [Read more...]
Japanese gang member finds Christ, ministry call
TROY – When he was 15 years old, Jonathan Hayashi had been arrested, tried, blacklisted, and put behind bars. He hated Christians, he hated his father, and he hated God. He never imagined how God was already working to bring him to faith and to send him, eventually, to minister in a Baptist church, more than 6,000 miles away in Missouri. In fact, God was at work long before this. Years earlier, when Hayashi’s mother studied English at a college in Japan, she met International Mission Board … [Read more...]
Reflections on putting your house in order
Every trip I make with Sharon to Houston’s MD Anderson Cancer Hospital, I am reminded how important it is for people to “put their house in order.” This trip in particular seemed to have some really sick people held in the grip of some form of cancer. While we are very grateful for Sharon’s good report, we are reminded how terminal we all are. I hear of too many people with some kind of medical anomaly and it breaks my heart, as I know it does yours. The bodies our Lord created for His … [Read more...]
Mo. Baptists surpass Annie, MMO goals
JEFFERSON CITY – Missouri Baptist giving through the Cooperative Program (CP) fell slightly short of its 2017 goals, but giving to the Missouri Missions and Annie Armstrong offerings surpassed goals during the same period, according to final statistics reported earlier this month by the Missouri Baptist Convention (MBC). “We are very encouraged by the generosity of Missouri Baptist churches,” said John Yeats, Executive Director of the Missouri Baptist Convention. “On the whole mission … [Read more...]
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