A trial judge stayed any further transfer of governance of the Missouri Baptist Foundation to trustees elected by the Missouri Baptist Convention while the matter is on appeal. Judge Frank Conley’s judgment of June 6, 2014, ordered the ouster of Foundation trustees not elected by the MBC. Conley met with legal counsel for the convention and for the Foundation at the Cole County Courthouse on March 4 to hear a motion filed by Foundation attorneys seeking clarification of Conley’s order. … [Read more...]
Jackson apartment complexes reached as church mobilizes
JACKSON – Building on relationships made during fall block parties, over 100 members of the First Baptist Church here came together, Dec. 21, to load food boxes and share the gospel with people in their community. Hosting community events and delivering holiday meals are only the first steps in First Baptist Jackson’s innovative local missions strategy, according to Pastor of Students and Missions John Chidester. When Chidester arrived at FBC Jackson in June 2014, he brought with him … [Read more...]
Senegal touched by Bible stories
DAKAR, Senegal – Bible stories have stirred hearts in a Senegalese village, where Missouri Baptists continue to minister even though the Missouri Baptist Convention’s three-year partnership in the region has come to a close. A mission team made up of Baptists from churches in South Central Missouri traveled to Senegal recently to follow up on audio New Testaments that Missouri Baptists had distributed to the villagers in June. The team included Bradley Jemes, pastor of Orla Baptist … [Read more...]
Cards Matheny includes testimony in new book
ST. LOUIS – Spring training is here and both Cardinals fans and Royals fans are eager to see warmer weather and Opening Day arrive. But until April (and hopefully two more post-season runs), consider tiding yourself over with this easy-to-digest but still interesting book by Cardinals skipper, Mike Matheny: The Matheny Manifesto. If that name sounds familiar, it’s because it comes from a 2007 letter Matheny wrote to the parents of the little league team he managed. It went viral, with his … [Read more...]
MO lawmakers defend marriage by filing brief in 8th circuit
KANSAS CITY – The leaders of the Missouri Senate and House filed a friend of the court brief on Feb. 24 in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, defending the Missouri Marriage Amendment passed by a million voters in 2004. The “amicus curiae” brief supports the State of Missouri’s legal position, seeking reversal of an order by a Kansas City federal judge striking down the state’s constitutional provision. The Missouri Marriage Amendment, Article I, §33 states: “That to be … [Read more...]
Asbury enters gov’s race
MOBERLY – The election is more than a year-and-a-half away, but a Missouri Baptist has already thrown his hat into the ring to be elected governor next November. Randy Asbury, a member of First Baptist Church, Salisbury, made the announcement Feb. 12 at Moberly Area Community College. Asbury, a Republican, served in the Missouri House beginning in 2010 as the representative from the 22nd district, but lost his seat due to redistricting in 2012. He is a former deputy director for the … [Read more...]
Time to push ‘Pause’
What will it take for American Christians to stop doing what we are doing and stand up for God’s righteousness in such a fashion that the enemy quivers in fear? I fear it will take more than the media images showing the barbaric practices of zealots who have no qualms about killing men, women and children for being followers of the Lord Jesus. One of the reasons we won’t stop is because the demanding nature of the pace of life. We are so busy it inhibits our capacity to make good value … [Read more...]
$500,000 grant launches MBTS B.A./M.Div. degree
KANSAS CITY – A $500,000 grant will help Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and College launch a new program enabling students to earn a bachelor’s degree and master of divinity degree within five years. The Kern Family Foundation is providing the grant for Midwestern’s new “Accelerate” five-year B.A./M.Div. program. Midwestern President Jason Allen voiced gratitude to the foundation “for such generosity in assisting Midwestern College to provide an avenue for its students to … [Read more...]
Missional living required in hostile environment
SPRINGFIELD – Conference leaders at “Furnace,” the Missouri Baptist Convention’s 2015 state evangelism and discipleship conference, encouraged church leaders from around the state to remain faithful amid hardship and opposition, Feb. 5-6. During the morning session of “Furnace,” Feb. 6, Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary President Jason Allen preached from the biblical account that inspired the conference theme—namely, the story of Shadrach, Meshach, Abednego, and the fiery … [Read more...]
Breakouts give practical twist to Furnace
SPRINGFIELD – Sixteen breakout session leaders during the Furnace Conference Feb. 5 and 6 helped attendees put into the content from the main session into a plan for reaching the lost. Victor Benavides led sessions on servant evangelism events. “The way to find how to reach people is to talk to people,” he said. “Every servanthood evangelism project is a mini mission trip.” Charles Billingsly, worship pastor at Thomas Road Baptist Church in Lynchburg, Va. and worship leader for the … [Read more...]
High flying tricks, stunts draw large crowd
AURORA – More than 1,800 students and adults packed Aurora High School’s Houn’ Dawg Gymnasium Feb. 4, and this time it wasn’t because of a Big 8 Conference varsity match-up. “Brad Bennett and his Real Encounter team do a great job with the whole program and about halfway through, when Brad gives his testimony and an invitation, we saw 128 decisions and 102 professions of faith,” said Wade Rogers, senior pastor at First Baptist Church Aurora and church coordinator for the event. The event … [Read more...]
Appeals Court judge rules in MBC’s favor in Foundation case
Chief Judge Alok Ahuja of the Missouri Court of Appeals in Kansas City issued an order Feb. 13 denying a motion by Missouri Baptist Foundation's attorney Larry Tucker seeking a stay of execution of a Cole County judgment. The chief judge’s ruling in effect allows the MBC to proceed with the seating of its duly elected MBF trustees, which the convention announced in a news release Jan. 27. As a result of the ruling, Tucker may have to file another motion for a stay in Cole County before … [Read more...]
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