ASHEVILLE, N.C. (BP) – The Council for Christian Colleges and Universities has adopted new guidelines to address evolving differences among member schools on the definition of marriage. “We believe that this document rightly articulates both the core and the breadth of the CCCU in a way that will make us the most effective witness and advocate for Christian higher education,” board chairman Charles Pollard, president of John Brown University, wrote to CCCU presidents in a letter dated … [Read more...]
Baptist Builders help FBC Bevier raise profile in community
BEVIER – Just because the town of Bevier only boasts 723 people doesn’t mean things aren’t happening. “God has really blessed us,” said FBC pastor Scott Dalrymple. More than a dozen volunteers from Baptist Builders along with volunteers from the church – three of whom have worked on other Baptist Builder projects – constructing a new 50 ft x 132 ft multipurpose building for the congregation. “We’re out here in the country, so this is a big deal in our town and has caused a lot of … [Read more...]
Mo. Baptist students join 1 million across nation in prayer at schools
DE SOTO — Missouri Baptist youth and college students joined other believers around the nation, calling for a move of God within schools. More than a million across the U.S. and 63 other nations gathered around school flagpoles, Sept. 28, to pray. The annual See You at the Pole (SYATP) was accompanied this year by the launch of the, “I Am Hope,” outreach. “I Am Hope” is an outreach program leading up to the Oct. 21 release of the film, “I’m Not Ashamed.” This film depicts the testimony of … [Read more...]
Oldest Baptist Hispanic church in state hits 100
KANSAS CITY – For a century, First Westside Baptist Church here has set the pace for outreach to the Hispanic population within the state of Missouri. Founded in 1916, the church is Missouri’s oldest Hispanic Baptist church. “They’ve persevered,” Ken McCune, multiethnic church planting catalyst for the MBC, said. “They’ve kept the light of Christ shining for a long time in that part of Kansas City. … They’ve been the pioneers, paving the way. The fact that they’re celebrating 100 years is … [Read more...]
Transform: Registration now open for Great Commission Conference
JEFFERSON CITY – “Transform” is the theme of the 2017 Great Commission Conference, formerly known as the MBC Evangelism Conference. Building on the Missouri Baptist Convention’s vision of “Transforming lives and communities with the gospel,” the Great Commission Conference incorporates biblical preaching and teaching, corporate worship, training, relationship-building, and a celebration of God’s work among us to make disciples, multiply churches, and develop leaders, according to Matt … [Read more...]
National CP giving up, Missouri sending half a million more
NASHVILLE (BP) – The Southern Baptist Convention ended its fiscal year $9.23 million (4.95 percent) over its 2015–2016 budgeted goal and $6.57 million over the previous year’s Cooperative Program (CP) Allocation Budget gifts, according to Frank S. Page, president and CEO of the SBC Executive Committee. In Missouri, year-to-date CP giving is roughly on par with giving at this time last year, and is running 3.61 percent behind the budgeted goal. Even so, Missouri Baptists are sending more … [Read more...]
Mo. DR responding to Hurricane
JEFFERSON CITY – More than 30 Missouri Baptist Disaster Relief volunteers departed Oct. 11 for the East Coast to bring help, hope and healing to those affected by Hurricane Matthew. Red Cross officials have asked Southern Baptists to prepare up to 300,000 meals each day, a task Missouri Baptist Convention executive director John Yeats called “a huge challenge and a great gospel/missional opportunity.” “Please pray for our volunteers and for the victims of the hurricane, many of whom need … [Read more...]
A ‘High-tech and high-touch’ way to share the gospel
LENEXA, Kan. – Every Christian has a story to tell, and now there is one more way to spread that story far and wide. Steve Barnes, a minister on staff at Lenexa Baptist Church (a Missouri Baptist Convention-affiliated church, despite their west-of-the-border geography), is the brains behind 1millionstories.org, a website that helps people share the story of how Christ changed their lives. The site is free, available to churches and individuals, and is quick and easy to use for both the … [Read more...]
Herbic’s new book ‘Family Prayer Made Easy’ released
KANSAS CITY – Award-winning author Teresa J. Herbic’s new book released from Whitaker House September, 2016, has a broad spectrum of church and community leaders united on one point: Family Prayer Made Easy, is a well-written, practical and invaluable spiritual tool, crucial for this generation. Herbic will be at Barnes and Noble, Zona Rosa Kansas City on Saturday October 8, 2016 from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. for a book celebration and signing. We hope you will join her! Robert C. Springate, of … [Read more...]
Southern Baptists to celebrate CP
NASHVILLE (BP) – “Great Commission Advance” shouldn’t be mistaken for a formal program. It’s more personal. It’s a call for “every Southern Baptist and every Southern Baptist church living up to the high calling of disciple-making, evangelism and missions, biblical stewardship and fervent and effective prayer,” as Frank S. Page, president of the SBC Executive Committee, defines the focus of a growing partnership between state conventions and SBC entities. Simply put: “We follow Jesus, we … [Read more...]
Letters to the Editor: Conservative icon, intergalactic missions
Remembering an American conservative icon Phyllis Schlafly, who recently died at the age of 92, authored the bestseller “A Choice Not an Echo,” which sold 3 million copies. Phyllis was not just a conservative activist but, as the Wall Street Journal reported, she was “the conservative activist.” I was honored to have been a regular guest of her nationwide radio program. The Journal said political elites called her a “gadfly” but she was more like a “bull in their china shop.” Her … [Read more...]
‘Buckets of love’
“Elsy’s Buckets of Love,” a Tri County mission project, offers a new dimension of love for the Phillip Shuford family. As director of missions for the Tri County Baptist Association, he was quick to respond to a food crisis in Venezuela, the native home of his wife, Elsy. “Her home church, Central Baptist Church of Caracas, Venezuela, sent us a letter and asked if we could help with their food shortage,” he said. Shuford went on to explain that the country of Venezuela is experiencing a … [Read more...]
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