MAYWOOD – The Rev. Dale Norfolk, who was once chaplain for the Missouri Senate for 26 years, preached his first sermon at age 17. He’s celebrating his 64th year in the ministry this month, and he shows no signs of wanting to leave the pulpit. “I can still preach as well as before and really don’t have any plans to retire,” the 81-year-old Norfolk said. “I’m not planning on giving up preaching until I can’t do it anymore.” Norfolk, a life-long member of the Southern Baptist Convention, is … [Read more...]
Mo. missionaries brew a method to reach Indonesia
Editor’s note: Names have been changed for security. INDONESIA – When God pricked the hearts of Missouri missionaries Jim and Marcia to minister in Indonesia, they didn’t expect to be in the coffee business. “Indonesia is a country of creative access,” Jim said. “Visas are not granted for missionaries. It is illegal for active evangelism or proselytizing. So, we spent our first year in southern Sumatra learning how to live in the country and to get a foreign visa.” Coffee proved to be … [Read more...]
Missouri House Speaker Jones forms committee on accountability
JEFFERSON CITY – House Speaker Tim Jones is asking a group of his colleagues to take a closer look at allegations of various questionable schemes dealing with campaign contributions and investigations within the office of the Missouri Attorney General. Jones today announced the formation of the House Oversight Committee on Public Officials and Government Accountability to conduct a thorough investigation of the numerous alleged improprieties and political shakedowns as outlined in a recent … [Read more...]
A year after typhoon, Filipino island thriving
GIBITNGIL, the Philippines – What a difference a year – and a lot of Baptist sweat – make. Twelve months ago, nearly 100 kids scampered from a collapsing classroom as Typhoon Haiyan (called Typhoon Yolanda in the Philippines) tore their school apart. They rode out the storm for hours crammed into in an unfinished concrete bathroom as winds topped 200 mph and 50-foot waves battered the rocky beach below. One year later, however, the island’s school classrooms are rebuilt and instead of … [Read more...]
Real Encounter stunts bring 64 to Christ
RUSSELLVILLE – Brad Bennett and other members of Real Encounter flew through the air with the greatest of ease, but it wasn’t on a trapeze. It was on a bicycle. Real Encounter is a ministry of professional athletes in the area of moto stunts, street bike stunts and BMX stunts. This year, Real Encounter earned a standing ovation from the judges on “America’s Got Talent.” According to the team, “the extreme stunt show is our platform, but Jesus Christ has center-stage in our lives as … [Read more...]
Ferguson prayer summit calls for revival
FERGUSON – As snowflakes swirled outside and rumors of potential grand jury actions swirled across town, a hundred Missouri Baptists gathered for a prayer summit at First Baptist here to pray for the community, the state and the nation. The prayer time was led by North American Mission Board’s Gary Frost and Arkansas pastor Bill Elliff. They led the crowd in a time of repentance, worship and intercession for themselves, and revival in their churches, their communities and beyond. They also … [Read more...]
Rhea: Sing Psalm 103 in your life
OSAGE BEACH – Sometimes before you can talk to God and others, you need to talk to yourself. That was the gist behind the Convention Sermon at the 2014 Missouri Baptist Convention Annual Meeting, preached by Richie Rhea. Rhea, pastor of First Baptist Church, Troy, preached the sermon based on Psalm 103, which begins, “Bless the LORD, O my soul, and all that is within me, bless his holy name!” “The Lord created us for conversation,” Rhea said. “He wants us to have conversations as we share … [Read more...]
Partnership Missions luncheon focuses on Mexico, N.Y.
RICHARD NATIONS/contributing writer OSAGE BEACH – MBC Partnership Missions lunch attendees heard reports from a pastor in Puebla, Mexico, and a church planter in upstate New York. Stirring stories of fields wide open for spiritual harvest captivated the hearts of Missouri Baptists. Sergio Rebollar Oropeza, the president of the Puebla/Tlaxcala Regional Baptist Convention of Mexico, spoke of the gratitude that the churches in his region of southern Mexico feel for the partnership that … [Read more...]
Live in fear or in faith, Yeats tells ministry wives
OSAGE BEACH – Strawberry salads with crumbled feta cheese were placed on tables to greet the women as they entered the Crystal Ballroom at Tan-Tar-A Resort. Candlelight flickered as part of the centerpiece and a framed keepsake message served as a reminder of what Christ calls His followers to do: “In the same way, let your light shine before men, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father in heaven” (Matt 5:16). The 2014 Ministry Wives Luncheon was held on Oct. 28 … [Read more...]
CLC honors Bott Radio, Hobby Lobby lawyer
OSAGE BEACH – The Missouri Baptist Convention (MBC) Christian Life Commission (CLC) honored a media legend and an attorney involved in a landmark religious liberty case during their report to the MBC Annual Meeting here Oct. 28. The CLC voted to present its first Outstanding Service award to Joshua Hawley, a Missouri University Law School professor and an attorney who helped secure a victory in the Hobby Lobby case before the United State Supreme Court. “You see the threats to religious … [Read more...]
MBTS trustees celebrate enrollment, elect faculty
T. Patrick Hudson/MBTS KANSAS CITY – Faculty elections and re-elections, the announcement of new library leadership, and SBC referral responses highlighted Midwestern Seminary’s Board of Trustees fall meeting on Oct. 20. During their day-long meeting, trustees received reports from President Jason Allen and acted on committee recommendations. In his President’s report, Allen informed the board that the school’s enrollment for Fall Semester was at an all-time high. “In today’s … [Read more...]
Spurgeon Center expands MBTS’ ‘For the Church’ vision
KANSAS CITY (BP) – Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary’s launch of the new Charles Spurgeon Center for Biblical Preaching expands the seminary’s “For the Church” vision by what its president, Jason K. Allen, said will be “an international hub” for Spurgeon studies, biblical preaching, the study of historical theology, pastoral ministry locally and globally “for the church at large.” Calling the events leading up to the center’s announcement and impending construction a “kairos moment” … [Read more...]
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