KATHMANDU, Nepal – Dwain Carter jolted awake at 4:30 a.m., May 14. Still jet lagged from his flights to Nepal, he was instantly able to identify that he was feeling an earthquake. With a magnitude of just 4.4, the tremor was nowhere near as strong as the April 25, 2015 7.8 magnitude earthquake that claimed more than 8,000 lives and injured 21,000 in this Hindu country sandwiched between China and India. Carter, the director of disaster relief for the Missouri Baptist Convention, was in … [Read more...]
A transformed life: Springfield woman saved from life of drugs, adultery
SPRINGFIELD – Transformed by the power of the Gospel, a former Jehovah’s Witness with a history of abortion, drugs, and adultery, now lives to see that same power transform the lives of others. Jessie McDaris of Springfield recently shared her story with the desire that more people would experience the life-changing love of Christ. McDaris spent her early childhood years in a devout Jehovah’s Witness family. Following the teaching of the church, the family did not celebrate birthdays or … [Read more...]
Pastor Joe Costephens: What I want you to know about Ferguson
FERGUSON – The protests and unrest following the death of Michael Brown in 2014 present a striking image of the Ferguson community, one that pastor Joe Costephens says is incomplete, if not totally wrong. “I don’t want to call it business as usual, but things have calmed down,” he said. “Now that we’re almost two years out, we’re making progress and moving forward as a community. “It’s neat to see. There are a lot of good, Christian people – not just Southern Baptists – refocusing on the … [Read more...]
Odessa shows love in mission effort
ODESSA – First Baptist Church here ramped up its efforts to transform lives within their community this spring. For several years, First Odessa has had a passion for missions. For three years, they have sent a team to Nicaragua. For six years, they’ve been to Brazil. A mission team of 90 will go to Minneapolis in July. Yet Mission Pastor David Vailes said that some people in the community, as well as in the church, expressed concern that they were not doing enough to reach people with the … [Read more...]
Husband’s death leads to passion for the lost
ST. LOUIS — Many of her atheist friends think it’s funny that she goes to church, but Sarah Klausner doesn’t mind. She attends local atheist meetings to make new friends and gain understanding of what atheists believe. But sometimes she even adds to the conversation. “They once challenged me with 15 parts of the Bible that they thought was contradictory,” she said. “Each time I showed them how they didn’t contradict. They respect the fact that I’m a follower of Christ who actually knows … [Read more...]
5 years later, Joplin bouncing back from deadly tornado
JOPLIN – With sirens wailing, Greg Hailey closed his Bible, put it safely in a nylon satchel and used it to rest his head. Harmony Heights Baptist Church had no basement, but Hailey and 52 others took cover as best they could as a tornado interrupted their evening worship service May 22, 2011. “There were about 10 or so of us in the library,” he said, “and there were others in the nursery. That’s the older part of the church with smaller rooms and better-built walls. We had maybe 10 … [Read more...]
Missouri appeals court considers the rights of frozen human embryos
By Kiley Crossland (WNS) – Another divorced couple went to court last week to fight over the remains of their shattered marriage, but their disagreement involves more than the typical tug-of-war over furniture and houses. The Missouri Court of Appeals must determine whether the couple’s frozen embryos are property or human beings with rights. A lower court declared the embryos the couple’s joint property, and ruled both the mother and father must agree to any action involving them. … [Read more...]
Southwest Baptist confers 633 degrees
BOLIVAR (SBU) — Southwest Baptist University conferred 220 undergraduate and 265 graduate degrees during two ceremonies Saturday, May 14, on the Bolivar campus. Another 149 degrees were conferred Thursday, May 12, in Springfield to graduates of the Mercy College of Nursing and Health Sciences of SBU. The 2016 recipients of the Life Beautiful Award are Jenna Durnell of Harwood, Mo., and Reed Dressler of Bolivar, Mo. Durnell graduated with a degree in accounting and information assurance. … [Read more...]
Missouri pastor Malachi O’Brien to be 2nd VP nominee
ST. LOUIS (BP) – Missouri pastor Malachi O'Brien will be nominated for second vice president of the Southern Baptist Convention, Oklahoma pastor Brad Graves announced May 31. O'Brien has been pastor of The Church at Pleasant Ridge in Kansas City-area Harrisonville since 2011 and associate pastor of prayer and church revitalization at nearby First Baptist Church in Raytown, Mo., since 2014. He is immediate past president of the Missouri Baptist Convention Pastors' Conference and has … [Read more...]
MB125 Conference returning to Branson
BRANSON – A time of teaching, relaxation and networking for small church leaders and their families is returning to Branson. Mb125, a Missouri Baptist Convention (MBC) event that centers on pastors of the normative size church in Missouri, those that average 125 or fewer in attendance on a Sunday morning, will take place at Skyline Baptist Church, Branson, June 22-25. Cost per family is $149 total for the three nights in a hotel and includes four meals for first-time participants . The … [Read more...]
FBC Ferguson’s Joe Costephens speaks on Crossover 2016
In spite of all the negative realities of now famous Ferguson, Joe Costephens – now Senior Pastor of First Baptist Church of Ferguson – sees the crisis resulting in wide-open opportunities to spread the good news of Jesus! Hear him talk about it in his own words in this exciting interview with Harold Hendrick. … [Read more...]
Wells up for 15th term as registration secretary
ST. LOUIS (BP) – Jim Wells, a church consultant and retired Missouri Baptist Convention staff member, will be nominated for a 15th term as Southern Baptist Convention registration secretary, Missouri pastor Eddie Bumpers announced June 2. "Jim has served as registration secretary for over a decade and has proven himself to be a man who is faithful, competent and joyful in welcoming messengers to the Southern Baptist Convention," Bumpers, pastor of Crossway Baptist Church in Springfield, … [Read more...]
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