NASHVILLE – The crowd at the SEND North America Conference Aug. 3-4 saw 13,600 people from 49 states in attendance, and that includes nearly 100 from Missouri. Josh Hall, pastor of Selmore Baptist Church in Ozark, came with three others from his church, as well as his associational director of missions. “I attended the SEND conference in Dallas in 2013 and found it very encouraging/inspiring,” he said. “I wanted some others from our church to experience that as well. We also have some … [Read more...]
Preparations begin for Crossover: St. Louis
FERGUSON – A group of more than 200 pastors and Christian leaders gathered at the First Baptist Church of Ferguson on the day violence occurred in the early morning hours sparked by the one-year anniversary weekend of the shooting death of Michael Brown by a Ferguson police officer. Leaders from both sides of the Mississippi met together to hear the plans for and the challenges of Crossover St. Louis, which will precede the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) annual meeting, June … [Read more...]
Ferguson: One year later
FERGUSON — Despite some violence that arose here, Aug. 9, during the one year anniversary of the shooting death of African American teenager Michael Brown by a white police officer, local church leaders have seen positive changes in both the community and the church. “The Christian community,” Ken Petty, pastor of The Gate, said, “looks to transform the wider community where we live. The racial divide was brought to the surface and many pastors and leaders began praying and leading to … [Read more...]
Sunday school training event set for Sept. 12
RAYTOWN – Sunday school directors throughout the state can find new ideas and motivation for growing and improving Sunday school programs at their churches during a training event at First Baptist Church, Raytown, Sept. 12. The Missouri Baptist Convention’s (MBC) small group/Sunday school ministry team has joined with Lifeway Christian Resources to host this National Sunday School Director Seminar. The seminar will run from 8:30 a.m. until 3:30 p.m. The seminar is designed for pastors, … [Read more...]
Free evangelistic horse whisperer show coming to Fair’s Opening Day
SEDALIA – James Frazier wrestled steers and manhandled broncs as a rodeo cowboy in his youth, but at 45, he has found a calmer, quieter, not to mention safer, way of bringing an animal with a bad attitude in to submission: talking to it. Frazier will host a free horse whispering demonstration 10 a.m. Aug. 13 at the Mathewson Exhibition Center at the Missouri State Fair. Admission to the Fair is normally $10 for adults and $7 for seniors, but on the 13th, Opening Day, admission is $4 for … [Read more...]
O’Fallon church growing Christ’s presence in community
O’FALLON – First Baptist O’Fallon (FBCO) in suburban St. Louis seeks to grow God’s church – not necessarily only the local congregation – through a renewed outreach program focusing on spreading Christ’s message. Senior Pastor Richard Young explained the program: “We are providing an opportunity for church members to take the good news of Christ to the community in a variety of ways: personal visits, phone calls, cards and letters, and intercessory prayer.” Since January, members have … [Read more...]
HLGU, SBU, MBCH react to SCOTUS ruling
JEFFERSON CITY – Leaders from Missouri Baptist entities – Southwest Baptist University (SBU), Hannibal-LaGrange University (HLGU) and the Missouri Baptist Children’s Home (MBCH) – have had time to digest the June 26 United States Supreme Court ruling legalizing gay marriage. They are unanimous in their disagreement with the court, but believe their legal standing is valid – for now – as they maintain the close, covenant relationship with the Missouri Baptist Convention (MBC) and a … [Read more...]
Italy next up for partnership missions
JEFFERSON CITY – If approved by messengers to the annual meeting in October, Missouri Baptists will form a new, four-year partnership for missions with Italy beginning Jan. 1, 2016. The initial plan was approved by the Missouri Baptist Convention (MBC) executive board July 14 based on the recommendation of Rick Hedger, MBC partnership missions specialist. Hedger has been praying for Italy and seeking the next MBC partnership for two years, and said God has laid the former … [Read more...]
MBC Board affirms vision, mission
JEFFERSON CITY – During their July 13-14 meeting here, the Missouri Baptist Convention (MBC) Executive Board affirmed the direction of the MBC, under the leadership of Executive Director John Yeats, to reorient its missionary staff around a vision of “transforming lives and communities with the gospel.” During the meeting, the board also approved the 2016 executive board budget of $14.8 million. MBC vision, mission affirmed The executive board affirmed the reorientation of MBC staff, so … [Read more...]
Abortion’s barbaric reality: Planned Parenthood investigations launched after video links St. Louis clinic
ST. LOUIS — Missouri elected officials are pursuing investigations of a St. Louis Planned Parenthood clinic after videos released in mid-July by The Center for Medical Progress (CMP) linked the clinic with the trafficking of aborted infants' organs. Protesters have also gathered outside Planned Parenthood clinics in St. Louis, Columbia and Overland Park, Kan., expressing their outrage that Planned Parenthood, as the CMP video alleges, would dismember pre-born babies for profit. Democratic … [Read more...]
Missouri church planter in Omaha seeks to engage
OMAHA – Rick Posey came away with an unintended consequence after he led mission teams from his Valley Springs, Ark. church to this thriving city along Interstate 29: he wanted to stay. A Missouri native from Springfield, he spent the last 15 years pastoring in Arkansas and Missouri (including six years as associate pastor at Skyline Baptist Church in Branson). While there his church helped a few new church plants take root, and that’s when God began to impress upon him that he and his … [Read more...]
MB125 blesses small church pastors, families
BRANSON – Most Missouri Baptist churches are small, and the Missouri Baptist Convention (MBC) held its sixth MB125 conference, June 24-27, in Branson for the pastors and families of those churches. Gary Mathes, the MBC’s pastoral ministries specialist, said that 85.4 percent of Missouri’s 1,883 churches have fewer than 125 in Sunday morning worship. “Small is normative,” Mathes said. He compared the conference to NASCAR drivers making an occasional pit stop for instructions, … [Read more...]
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