SPRINGFIELD, Mo. --- The Missouri Court of Appeals has denied the Missouri Baptist Convention’s bid for a jury trial to determine the legal ownership of Windermere Baptist Conference Center. Judges for the Court’s Southern District in Springfield on March 25 upheld a 2013 decision from the Circuit Court of Camden County, preventing a planned jury trial in April of last year. The MBC appealed the decision to the Missouri Court of Appeals, which sided with the trial judge on procedural … [Read more...]
Restraining order requested in legal battle with Nixon’s order on same-sex marriage, taxes
Jefferson City - Four Missouri taxpayers have filed a motion for a temporary restraining order (TRO) in Cole County Circuit Court, seeking to stop state officials from violating the state constitution by requiring combined tax returns from certain same-sex couples, pursuant to an executive order issued by Gov. Jay Nixon last fall. The motion for a TRO is the next step in the legal process which started in January this year when the four plaintiffs filed a lawsuit naming the governor and … [Read more...]
Ex-congressman to address Worldview Conference
HANNIBAL – As a business student at the University of Miami in the early 1970s, Bob McEwen noticed how American ideals, founded upon biblical principles, have made cities, states and nations flourish. McEwen, who now serves as senior advisor for the nationally recognized Washington- and Cincinnati-based law firm of Greenebaum, Doll & McDonald, will speak about America’s foundational ideals during the Missouri Baptist Convention’s Worldview Conference, April 3 at, Hannibal-LaGrange … [Read more...]
AG will defend Missouri marriage laws
Joe Ortwerth/Missouri Family Policy Council JEFFERSON CITY – Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster has initiated the legal defense of Missouri’s marriage laws against a challenge filed by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). Koster has instructed his staff to proceed with actions to defend Missouri’s constitutional amendment defining marriage as the union of one man and one woman. The ACLU filed the lawsuit on behalf of eight same-sex “couples” currently living in Missouri who … [Read more...]
WMU celebrates 125 years of worldwide ministry
Woman’s Missionary Union (WMU) has a great deal to celebrate, and the party is set for April 4-5. WMU’s “Missions Celebration” will be held at Second Baptist Church, Springfield. According to Laura Wells, Missouri WMU executive director, WMU is celebrating 125 years nationally, as well as 100 years of Girls in Action (GA) and 90 years of Missouri WMU. The April celebration targets any Missouri Baptists who desire to reach their state and their world with the gospel. “We are … [Read more...]
McCrary challenges SBU community to live a missional lifestyle
By Charlotte Masch, SBU Director of Marketing and Communications BOLIVAR, Mo. — Larry McCrary issued a challenge during Southwest Baptist University chapel service March 5 to students, faculty and staff to live a missional lifestyle, making disciples wherever they “live, work and play” anywhere in the world. “Being salt and light every day is a great way to be a witness to everyone we meet,” he said. “The command is not go, but the assumption is ‘as you go.’” McCrary said a … [Read more...]
LifeWay’s curriculum preview to tour state
SPRINGFIELD – Missouri’s Baptist churches have the opportunity to pick apart what makes a Sunday School work and preview some new LifeWay curriculum at events scheduled across the state this spring. This is the first Sunday School That Really Works Conference, featuring the author of the book with that same name, Steve Parr. It will be from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. March 22 at Macedonia Baptist Church in Springfield. Register online at mobaptist.org/sunday_school or call Pam Jeffries at … [Read more...]
Missouri, Atlixco, Mexico churches forge partnership
WASHINGTON, Mo. – Thousands of people who need Christ live in Atlixco, a city in the Mexican state of Puebla. Faith Baptist Church in Washington and Rios de Agua Viva (Rivers of Living Water) Church in Atlixco have formed a partnership to meet that need. “We want to instill a desire in my people to show Christian love like Jesus,” Mario Ramirez, pastor of Rios de Agua Viva, told members of Faith Baptist Church during a visit to Missouri, Feb. 23. “It should be a priority regardless of … [Read more...]
Healing, DR relief continue in Philippines
Caroline Anderson*/Baptist Press CEBU, Philippines (BP) – From the rubble, a nation is still recovering from Typhoon Haiyan’s devastating effects last November. Much of the press and publicity have moved on, but Baptist Global Response (BGR) continues relief efforts. “Baptist Global Response is gearing up for long-term development as the short-term relief organizations pull out,” says International Mission Board missionary Stan Smith. He and his wife, Dottie, minister on the island … [Read more...]
DR event draws large crowd
EUREKA – Approximately 225 people attended the first 2014 Disaster Relief (DR) training event at Central Baptist Church here, Feb. 21-22. Almost half of the participants were first-time trainees. Associate State Director Dave Wells said attendance in the 180s is normal for training. Three other training events are scheduled this year. Recent disasters – from Hurricane Katrina in 2005 and the 2011 tornado in Joplin to last year’s tornado in Oklahoma and typhoon in the Philippines – … [Read more...]
Appeals court hears MBC appeal of Windermere
SPRINGFIELD – Missouri Baptist Convention (MBC) attorneys on March 3 asked an appeals court to reverse a trial judge’s refusal last April to permit a jury trial in MBC’s decade-long effort to recover Windermere Baptist Conference Center (WBCC). A three-judge panel of the Missouri Court of Appeals for the Southern District heard oral arguments in a Springfield courtroom that was packed with spectators, in spite of icy road conditions across the state. Attorney Michael Whitehead … [Read more...]
Bible stories ‘Light Up Missouri’ for non-readers
JEFFERSON CITY – Missouri Baptists have accepted the challenge during the next two years to distribute one million Bibles across their state as part of “Light Up Missouri,” a servant evangelism initiative organized by the Missouri Baptist Convention (MBC). Through this campaign, they hope to combat the tide of biblical illiteracy that has spread across the nation and to see lives transformed by the truth of Scripture. And by sharing stories from God’s Word, they hope to reach even the … [Read more...]
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