CANTON – Roberta Willis is never far from a reminder of God sending his son to be the Savior of the world. Willis, a member of First Baptist, Canton, not only collects nativity scenes, but displays most of her 57 sets in her home year round. “I can’t see putting them away. What’s the use of having them out for one month of the year? Why hide them?” she said. The crèches and crèche pieces of paper mache, plastic, wood, glass, and ceramic line bookcases, cabinet tops and a converted … [Read more...]
‘Light Up Missouri,’ test program making God’s Word shine through
Dan Steinbeck/contributing writer MOBERLY – Members at The Gathering Biker Church here recently distributed Bibles as a part of a Missouri Baptist Convention (MBC) test program, sharing the light of God’s Word not only with bikers at an annual rally in the Lake of the Ozarks, but also with patients at a treatment center in Oregon. Earlier this year, The Gathering Biker Church took part in test-piloting “Light Up Missouri,” an MBC initiative designed to transform communities with God’s … [Read more...]
MWMU ‘toots horn’ for WMU’s 125th anniversary
KANSAS CITY – Once again the Missouri Woman’s Missionary Union (MWMU) was caught “tooting” their horns, but this time it was at the Missouri Baptist Convention’s (MBC) annual meeting in Kansas City, Oct. 28-30. MWMU President Joan Dotson, complete in a period costume and hat, addressed the MBC stating, “Good morning! I am Annie Armstrong from Baltimore, Maryland! I have exciting news to tell you … .” Dotson went on to provide a brief history of the formation of WMU, including the fact … [Read more...]
HLGU holds groundbreaking ceremony
Rebecca Sneed/HLGU public relations Hannibal – Hannibal-LaGrange University (HLGU) held a groundbreaking ceremony on Nov. 22 for its new science, nursing, and allied health building. “I have a wonderful opportunity to be a part of the excitement and growth of our campus and the opportunity we have before us to construct a new building here on our campus,” said HLGU President Anthony Allen. “God has blessed the nursing division with record enrollments and new programs that led us to … [Read more...]
Review: The Insanity of God
Mark Morris/contributing writer Editor’s Note: The following review of Nik Ripken’s book, The Insanity of God: A True Story of Faith Resurrected, is abridged from a longer review by Morris, who serves as director for the Advance of Nontraditional Church at the International Mission Board. The full review can be accessed online at www.thegospelcoalition.org/book-reviews. Nik Ripken (name changed) serves with the IMB and will speak during the Missouri Baptist Convention’s Sowing in Tears … [Read more...]
Inner-city Philadelphia church uses Billy Graham outreach
Diana Chandler/contributing writer PHILADELPHIA (BP) – My Hope America with Billy Graham has provided a catalyst for Christians to live evangelistic lives extending outside church walls and into all walks of life, said K. Marshall Williams, an inner-city Southern Baptist pastor in Philadelphia. Williams will be one of the featured speakers at the Sowing in Tears conference Jan. 27-28 at Crossway Baptist Church in Springfield. “I think the problem today is not the increase of … [Read more...]
Conference will call churches to action
Editor’s Note: * denotes name changed for security. SPRINGFIELD – The Missouri Baptist Convention’s (MBC) 2014 state evangelism and discipleship conference will encourage church leaders as they sow the gospel amid hardship and tears. Springfield’s Crossway Baptist Church will host the event, called the Sowing in Tears conference, Jan. 27-28. The conference theme is based on Ps. 126:5-6: “Those who sow in tears will reap with shouts of joy. Though one goes along weeping, carrying the … [Read more...]
Pastor Jeff Lunn on Lottie Moon
Pastor Jeff Lunn of the Park Baptist Church in North St. Louis, MO County highlights the life of a great nineteenth century missionary heroine, Lottie Moon. A southern aristocrat, she left her social status, homeland and family in sacrificially offering her life to share Christ’s love in China. Late in her live, during a time of famine, she gave away most of her food to her beloved Chinese, which eventually reduced her weight to 50 pounds. She basically died of starvation in a Japanese … [Read more...]
Gospel singer Randle shares heart at HLGU banquet
Hannibal – Gospel singer Lynda Randle appreciates the mission of Hannibal-LaGrange University (HLGU), having benefitted from Christian schools herself. However, Randle, the keynote speaker/singer at the 72nd annual HLGU Booster Banquet Nov. 22 learned some hard life lessons before finding Christian schools. She shared a video of her life-story book called The Cab Driver’s Daughter. It tells how her parents divorced, and her mother and older brother moved from Washington, D.C., where … [Read more...]
Strategos training enhances church security
FULTON – Pastors and lay leaders from churches throughout the state of Missouri gathered at First Baptist Church, Fulton, for a security training event presented by Strategos International, Nov. 19. Missouri-based Strategos International has trained more than 7,500 law enforcement, military, church, school, security and business professionals since its establishment in 2002. During the recent training session in Fulton, Strategos president Vaughn Baker – who is also a lay leader at … [Read more...]
Southern Missouri pastor, wife take gospel to inmates
RAYMONDVILLE – A pastor and wife are seeing a revival of sorts behind bars. Frank White, and his wife Pat have done ministry just over two years at the Texas County jail. He has pastored First Baptist, Raymondville, for nine years. Attendance has grown from six to more than 40 people, in this town of 163. But kingdom growth is also happening in jail. More than 150 inmates have come to faith in Jesus the last two years, and 17 others rededicated their lives. In the 1970s he … [Read more...]
Legislative Prayer Service
The Legislative Prayer Breakfast and Service bring together Missouri government leaders and citizens for a time of worship and prayer for the new legislative year. The governor along with many members of the Missouri General Assembly, the Missouri Supreme Court, and their families and staffs are expected to attend. One of the undergirding principles of the prayer service, which is sponsored by The Pathway, the Christian Life Commission, and the host church, has been that Christians have … [Read more...]
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