The Missouri Baptist Convention has purchased from a third party approximately 970 acres of land formerly part of the MBC’s Windermere Baptist Conference Center. The Executive Board’s redemption of 75 percent of the camp’s original 1,300 acres follows a recommendation by a Board-appointed study group. Please see the news release for further details. Q: What is the reasoning behind this action? A: There are three primary reasons the Board voted to acquire this lan 1) … [Read more...]
BREAKING: MBC redeems 970 acres at Windermere
The Missouri Baptist Convention has purchased from a third party approximately 970 acres of land formerly part of the MBC’s Windermere Baptist Conference Center (WBCC). The Executive Board’s redemption of 75 percent of the camp’s original 1,300 acres follows a recommendation by a Board-appointed study group. The land features about 8,000 feet of shoreline on the Niangua Arm of the Lake of the Ozarks, surrounding approximately 350 acres upon which Windermere’s conference facilities … [Read more...]
Students receive Life Beautiful Awards
Charlotte Marsch/SBU BOLIVAR – With 581 graduates, Southwest Baptist University’s (SBU) May 2014 graduating class was the largest in the University’s 136-year history. The commencement ceremony also included the annual presentation of three prestigious awards: two Life Beautiful Awards and Orien B. Hendrex Distinguished Teacher Award. The 2014 recipients of the Life Beautiful Award are Kara Phipps of Bolivar and Alex Huff of Da Nang, Vietnam. Phipps graduated with a bachelor of science … [Read more...]
Bumpers preaching at SBC
BALTIMORE – Missouri Southern Baptists will contribute widely to the Southern Baptist Convention’s (SBC)annual meeting at the Baltimore Convention Center, June 10-11. Among those prominently appearing in Baltimore are Missouri Baptist Convention (MBC) Executive Director John Yeats, who will again run for SBC recording secretary, and MBC Partnership Strategist Jim Wells, who will again run for SBC registration secretary. Yeats and Wells would give Missouri Baptists the distinction of having … [Read more...]
Judge orders Foundation to pay MBC $5.5 million
Circuit Court Senior Judge Frank Conley has ruled that the Missouri Baptist Foundation must pay the Missouri Baptist Convention roughly $5.5 million in legal fees and costs that the MBC has incurred seeking to restore the Foundation after its board voted in 2001 to become self-perpetuating. The long-anticipated ruling in Cole County affirms a 2010 judgment, in which Judge Paul Wilson, who now sits on the Missouri Supreme Court, ruled that the convention has the right to recover the … [Read more...]
Pro-life, religious liberty bills on Gov.’s desk
JEFFERSON CITY – Missouri will likely become just the third state in the United States to require a 72-hour waiting period before an abortion as a pro-life and pro-religious liberty bill make it out of the legislature in the session’s final days. The 72-hour waiting period measure, HB1307, passed the Missouri Senate 22-9 May 13 and sailed through the House the next day with a vote of 111-39. It’s now in the hands of Gov. Jay Nixon, said Kerry Messer, founder of the Missouri Family Network … [Read more...]
State judges grant ‘divorces’ to two same-sex couples
JEFFERSON CITY – Missouri circuit court judges have granted “divorces” in at least two cases involving female couples who were “married” in other states that, unlike Missouri, recognize same-sex “marriages.” The controversial rulings signal a new line of attack by same-sex marriage advocates against the Missouri Constitution which was amended by voters in 2004 by a 71-29 percent margin defining marriage as between one man and one woman. Same-sex marriage proponents’ inability to convince … [Read more...]
HLGU’s Allen to nominate Wells as registration secretary
BALTIMORE – Anthony Allen, president of Hannibal-LaGrange University, has announced that he is going to nominate Jim Wells, strategic partners team leader for the Missouri Baptist Convention (MBC), for his 13th term as registration secretary of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) at the June 10-11 annual meeting here. Anthony Allen, president of Hannibal-LaGrange University, described Wells as a humble servant “deeply committed to the Lord Jesus Christ, to his local church, the MBC and … [Read more...]
Cowboy church leads people – and horses – forward
LINDA REDEFFER/Banner Press PATTON – Whether you’re horse or human, life can be a struggle. And horse or human, it takes a lot of trust to stay on the right path. Pat Patterson, a circuit-riding preacher, attempted to make the connection between trust and salvation to an 8-year-old wild mustang named Corazon, and to those humans who came to the Lamplighter Cowboy Church near Patton April 5-6, to see Patterson work with the horse and to connect with their Savior the way the horse began to … [Read more...]
Springfield exhibit shows history, endurance of Bible
SPRINGFIELD – Missouri Baptists have a unique opportunity to see nearly 450 rare biblical and historical artifacts here at “Passages: Treasures of the Bible,” an eight-month exhibition of items from the Oklahoma-based Green Collection. This 30,000-square-foot, interactive exhibit opened in Springfield on April 12 and will remain until Jan. 3, 2015. Cary Summers, a member of Southwest Baptist University’s board of trustees, serves as the Chief Operating Officer for Museum of the Bible, a … [Read more...]
The gospel on the fast track
WHEATLAND – Baptists in the west-central region of Missouri want to steer people to the love of Christ. For this reason, they’ve joined hands in ministry, sharing the gospel and distributing Bibles and other “Find It Here” items at the Lucas Oil Speedway here, April 26. The Fellowship Baptist Association, Miller Baptist Association, Mid-Lakes Baptist Association and area churches cooperated with one another and with the Missouri Baptist Convention (MBC) to fund this ministry event. … [Read more...]
College students join DR ranks
JEFFERSON CITY – Some younger faces are going to be showing up if disaster hits Missouri this summer. Six students are part of a new Disaster Relief (DR) pilot project between the North American Mission Board (NAMB) and three state conventions, including the Missouri Baptist Convention (MBC). “The idea is three-fold,” said Joe Banderman, the point man for the Missouri student team. “The first is bringing awareness to the next generation that Disaster Relief is for all.” The second is to … [Read more...]
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