CLARK – Chris Canote wants missions to always be foremost at Perche Baptist he pastors in Clark. For the latest reminder, the church held its first mission’s Conference “Around the Corner, Around the World” on November 4-5. Five guest parties participated, including Pastor David Huerta in Acuna, Mexico; a couple whose names are hidden for security reasons who are returning to a Middle Eastern Muslim dominated area; interim pastor and missionary Nate and Lori Kohl of Harrisburg; Jacob and … [Read more...]
Board recommends 60-40 CP allocations
JEFFERSON CITY – With a nearly unanimous vote, the Missouri Baptist Convention’s (MBC) Executive Board voted during their Dec. 12-13 meeting here to recommend that the convention temporarily halt its march toward a “50-50” Cooperative Program allocation. The recommendation proposes that, for three years (2018-2020), the MBC set the CP allocation plan at 60-40, with 60 percent of CP giving funding the ministries of the MBC and its entities and 40 percent funding the ministries of the … [Read more...]
MBC Executive Board approves CP allocations for 2018-2020
The Executive Board of the Missouri Baptist Convention has approved Cooperative Program allocations for a three-year period, based on the recommendation of a CP Allocations Task Force appointed earlier this year by former MBC President Neil Franks. Beginning in 2018, the MBC allocates a simple 40 percent to the Southern Baptist Convention and 60 percent to the MBC and its ministries. While the actual dollar amount sent to the SBC remains largely unchanged from the 2016 budget, the … [Read more...]
Calling for restoration
JEFFERSON CITY – The Missouri Baptist Convention has asked the Circuit Court of Cole County to restore The Baptist Home and Missouri Baptist University (MBU) to the MBC family. The Baptist Home, a three-campus senior adult residential ministry, broke away from the convention in September 2000, declaring its board of trustees to be independent and self-perpetuating. In August 2001, MBU, a four-year college in Clayton, Mo., took the same action, amending its charter to remove all ties to the … [Read more...]
‘Hangar Hangouts’ develops disciples
CALHOUN - You don’t need to be inside a church’s auditorium to hear the truth. Sometimes, pulling up a lawn chair next to a 1945 Piper Cub in a small , unfinished hangar will do just fine. That’s what been going on at “Hangar Hangouts,” a disciple-making ministry of sorts for men and boys hosted by Tom Spooner, a member of First Baptist, Clinton. “There are some folks out in this world - basically men - who do not want to go to church to hear anything,” Spooner said. “They figure they’re … [Read more...]
Joyful giveaway!
KEARNEY – Missouri families flocked to the First Baptist Church (FBC) here each December during the church’s Joyful Giveaway, a ministry intended to bless and transform lives during the Christmas season. One hundred and forty church members served 207 families, roughly 870 people, during their fifth annual event, Dec. 4. Some families traveled to Kearney just for the event—some of them driving more than 60 miles. “I’m so very proud of my church family,” FBC Pastor Ken Parker, president of … [Read more...]
Dent, Phelps Associations train for new ministries
ROLLA — Learning to lead a small group is an essential skill needed to start a new ministry or enhance a current one. Recently 38 individuals from various churches excitedly discussed what they had learned at a recent Bible study and Sunday school training provided by the Dent and Phelps County Baptist Associations and held at the Macedonia Baptist Church in Rolla. Mark Donnell, former Sunday School Specialist at Missouri Baptist Convention and currently pastor of First Baptist Church in … [Read more...]
Foundation elects officers
JEFFERSON CITY – The Missouri Baptist Foundation’s board of trustees elected new officers and a presidential search committee at its Dec. 9 meeting at the Baptist Building. The election of new officers came just moments after the board learned of the passing of former Chairman Floyd Gilzow, Jr., of Jefferson City. Gilzow, 66, played an integral part in the transition of governance following a Sept. 20 Missouri Supreme Court ruling removing self-perpetuating trustees from power and … [Read more...]
Corticelli’s nativity rises from last year’s ashes
RUSSELLVILLE – The little town of Bethlehem is back and bigger than ever. Considering how the drive-through nativity at Corticelli Baptist church ended last Christmas, that’s saying something. A fire sparked by a light that blew into a hay bale took 20 firefighters two hours to douse, but the charred and soaked ground did not dampen the church’s resolve to tell the true story of Luke 2 to its community. The sets and props themselves – and the actors and livestock – were all miraculolusly … [Read more...]
The Greitens’ robbery and clueless media
There was an attention-grabbing admission by the executive editor of The New York Times the other day where he publicly admitted that his newspaper – and others – do not adequately understand religion and people of faith. “We don’t get religion. We don’t get the role of religion in people’s lives,” Dean Baquet confessed. I realize this admission comes as no surprise, but it reminds us how out-of-touch the media can be on matters of faith. Take, for example, the recent coverage of the armed … [Read more...]
SBU’s Caddy shares hope in newly released book
BOLIVAR – Kurt Caddy’s new book, Keep Hope Alive, is hot off the press and already bringing hope to many. Keep Hope Alive is a fully-illustrated children’s book designed to reach Native American youth, particularly those of the Lakota tribe in South Dakota. Caddy, director of university ministries at Southwest Baptist University, wrote the book using a storyline that is common to many Native American tribes, but with biblical themes woven throughout. The story traces a young mouse who … [Read more...]
Nation’s top abortion provider files lawsuit against Missouri
JEFFERSON CITY – Christians throughout Missouri rallied to support the state’s pro-life laws after Missouri affiliates of Planned Parenthood – the nation’s top abortion provider – filed a federal lawsuit, Nov. 23, challenging Missouri laws that require abortion clinics to meet the medical standards of surgical clinics and that require their doctors to hold hospital privileges. The lawsuit came after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down similar laws in Texas. In a 5-3 opinion, the high court … [Read more...]
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