STOUTLAND – The Laclede Baptist Association camp was the site of the recent “Great Outdoors Day.” The camp accommodated about a thousand people for games, food, drinks and demonstrations of various kinds to celebrate the outdoors and God’s creation Saturday, April 16th. A horse whispering demonstration, led by James Frazier, of Diamond was viewed by the crowd in the morning. Frazier concluded the demo of taming an unbroken horse with a gospel invitation to receive Christ. Five people … [Read more...]
Teen uses school project to make disciples
BROOKLINE – Abby Dennis, a member at First Baptist Church here and a student at Republic High School, used her senior project to draw other girl’s from her school to a closer relationship with Christ—proving that no Christian is too young to make disciples. For her senior project, Dennis organized a girl’s conference at FBC Brookline, with the theme “Be-YOU-tiful.” She invited girls from 6th grade up to be a part of the conference, which included a sleepover and speakers who urged the … [Read more...]
Pathway’s site wins at EPA
JEFFERSON CITY – Going up against media outlets across the country and from all flavors of evangelical Christianity, The Pathway’s website, www.mbcpathway.com, has been recognized for its excellence in by the Evangelical Press Association. The site received an Award of Merit, and is only site representing an state convention newspaper to be recognized. Kenny McCune of Megaphone Designs rebuilt the site from the ground up in 2013 and since then has helped triple its daily web traffic. … [Read more...]
Developing leaders: An interview with Dr. Tom Hufty
JEFFERSON CITY – As consulting catalyst (strategic leader) for Developing Leaders for the Missouri Baptist Convention, Dr. Tom Hufty has served under the direction of Executive Director Dr. John Yeats to lead a multi-year effort to reorient the MBC staff around a restated vision and mission. The vision of the MBC missionary staff is: “Transforming lives and communities with the gospel.” The mission for all MBC missionaries is: “Cooperating with Missouri Baptists to make disciples, … [Read more...]
Allen addresses worldview
HANNIBAL – Christians must base their understanding of marriage and family—as well as all those issues facing the church today—on a worldview shaped by the Word of God, Anthony Allen, president of Hannibal-LaGrange University here, said during the opening of the Worldview Conference, April 14. “From a Christian worldview, we understand God has created,” Allen said. “After so much was good with creation, God found it was not good for man to be alone. Marriage was designed for companionship … [Read more...]
Mitchell talks on life, death
HANNIBAL – Especially in this high-tech society, families are often faced with serious questions about the beginning of life and about dying—questions that C. Ben Mitchell, Graves Professor of Moral Philosophy at Union University, addressed during two presentations at the Missouri Baptist Convention’s Worldview Conference, April 14. Churches are all-too-often unprepared for one beginning-of-life issue facing families in their own congregation: namely, infertility. “Infertility is like any … [Read more...]
Crouse: God is perfect, trustworthy
HANNIBAL – Janice Crouse shared God’s faithfulness in a personal challenge and how evidence shows marriage benefits society at the Worldview Conference April 7 at Hannibal-LaGrange. Crouse is the executive director of World Congress of Families IX and previously served as executive director and a senior fellow at The Beverly LaHaye Institute, the think tank for Concerned Women for America. “Christians are not without trials,” Crouse said as she testified to God’s work in her own life. … [Read more...]
Wilcox: Marriage makes a healthy community
HANNIBAL – Families based upon healthy marriages make for healthy communities, Brad Wilcox said during the first of two presentations at the Missouri Baptist Convention’s Worldview Conference, April 14. “I’m sure you’ve heard this idea, this phrase, that it ‘takes a village to raise a child,’” said Wilcox, who is director of the National Marriage Project and serves as an associate professor of sociology at the University of Virginia. “I would just add to that, ‘It takes a married village … [Read more...]
Yeats: Orphan care displays gospel
HANNIBAL – Missouri Baptists can display the power and truth of the gospel by caring for orphans and foster children, John Mark Yeats said during the Worldview Conference at Hannibal-LaGrange University here, April 14. “If we will be those Christians who follow the biblical care mandates, we will profoundly disrupt secular worldviews, and we will powerfully demonstrate the truth of the gospel,” Yeats, dean at Midwestern Baptist College, SBC, on the campus of Midwestern Seminary in Kansas … [Read more...]
MBTS begins ‘Preaching & Preachers’ podcast
KANSAS CITY – Midwestern Seminary announced the addition of a new element to JasonKAllen.com, a podcast entitled, “Preaching & Preachers.” The podcast launched on April 18 and will serve as a platform for President Jason K. Allen to interview special guests on topics and issues from the sphere of preaching and beyond. The first in the series, posted on April 18, is an interaction between Allen, Timothy George and Christian George entitled, “Great Preachers in Church History.” In … [Read more...]
SJR 39 dies in committee, Missourians denied chance to vote
JEFFERSON CITY – Missourians will not get the opportunity to have their say on Senate Joint Resolution 39, also known as the Missouri Religious Liberty Amendment. The House of Representatives’ Emerging Issues Committee on Wednesday voted 6-6 on the bill, thus ending its chances of making it out of committee to the full House, and ultimately, the citizens of Missouri. "I am sorry to report that freedom suffered a severe setback today,” said Don Hinkle, public policy adviser for the Missouri … [Read more...]
Bodacious faith: Is our view too narrow?
This happens more often than you think: Members of a Sunday School class decide to circumvent their offering that would normally go through the local church’s systematic giving budget to give to a worthy cause or need. Maybe there has been an appeal for support of some particular project or independent missionary or humanitarian need—all good things. Church leaders would say, “Ouch! It’s okay to pass the plate a second time around to meet a specific need but the tithe (systematic giving) … [Read more...]
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