JEFFERSON CITY – Missouri Baptist Convention (MBC) leaders called on Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster to defend the Missouri Constitution and thwart Gov. Jay Nixon’s announcement Nov. 14 (today) that he would allow gay couples married in other states to file joint returns in Missouri. “This is a flagrant disregard for the will of the people of Missouri,” said MBC Executive Director John Yeats. MBC Director of Public Policy Don Hinkle called Nixon’s action “reckless” and warned … [Read more...]
Luter wows crowd with fiery keynote
KANSAS CITY – President of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) Fred Luter closed out the Missouri Baptist Convention (MBC) annual meeting with a bang Oct. 30 when he challenged Missouri churches to get back to the personal, powerful, practical, persistent gospel. Luter, who serves as pastor of Franklin Avenue Baptist Church in New Orleans, made history in 2012 when messengers at the SBC Annual Meeting elected him the first black president of the denomination. His fiery message at the … [Read more...]
MBC president points Missouri Baptists to ‘the holy way’
KANSAS CITY – Missouri Baptist Convention President Wesley Hammond challenged messengers at the annual meeting here to live up to the high calling of God and to choose the “Holy Way” as they go back to their churches. Hammond, who pastors First Baptist Church, Paris, brought the challenge from Isa. 35:8 during the opening session Oct. 28. In that passage Isaiah writes: “A road will be there and a way; it will be called the Holy Way. The unclean will not travel on it, but it will be … [Read more...]
Little Bonne Femme affirms inerrancy, cooperation
COLUMBIA – The Little Bonne Femme Association affirmed the inerrancy of Scripture and their cooperation with the Missouri Baptist Convention (MBC) and the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) during their annual meeting at Calvary Baptist Church, Columbia, Sept. 15. The decision could strengthen an association in need of renewal, said Larry Lewis, interim pastor at Calvary Baptist, Columbia, and president of the association. “The Little Bonne Femme Association has continued to lose … [Read more...]
Chaplain of the Flea Market known as ‘The Preacher’
Richard Nations/contributing writer Colony – Rex Link,“The Preacher,” as he is known to the area flea market vendors and shoppers, ministers to a highly mobile congregation two weekends a month in northeast Missouri. Pastor Link, of Wellman, Iowa, is the chaplain to the Colony Flea Market which is open from March to November. He ministers at a chapel in a flea market booth which is sponsored by the Pleasant Grove Baptist Association. When the staffing of the Missouri State Fair … [Read more...]
Of hooks, clubs and guiding ‘lambs’ to biblical truth
This past summer, I was invited to be the “storyteller” at an evangelistic block party in a rural Missouri town. I had four sessions. In the first one, I cut out a golden calf from gold foil wrapping paper and was good to go. Well, I asked what an idol was and explained that God didn’t like idols. And then I told the Golden Calf story from Exod. 32. Now, there were 20 in the place listening to me, 15 of which were under the age of seven or eight years old. I gave it all I had, but stuck to … [Read more...]
Send North America sparks Ala.-St. Louis church plant
Like thousands of other Southern Baptist churches, First Baptist Church of Hokes Bluff, Ala., has a long and treasured history of missions involvement. Several of our families have served as foreign missionaries. We have given substantially to missions through our local association, the Cooperative Program and special Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) offerings. Yet despite that long history, it has been nearly 15 years since our last missionary family left the field. This has left us … [Read more...]
Midwestern Seminary names new undergraduate dean; announces record fall enrollment, largest gift in its history
Tim Sweetman/MBTS communications KANSAS CITY – During the fall meeting at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary on Oct. 21, the Board of Trustees elected a new dean of Midwestern Baptist College, celebrated a record fall enrollment, and announced the largest undesignated gift in the school’s history. New college leader elected In the afternoon plenary session, the trustees voted unanimously to elect John Mark Yeats as dean of Midwestern Baptist College and to serve as associate … [Read more...]
New coordinator, church planting center bolster HIS/I-29
ST. JOSEPH – The Heartland Interstate Strategy (HIS) team’s efforts to target the Interstate 29 corridor for the gospel were bolstered by plans to hire a coordinator stationed in Missouri and to work with Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary’s Center for Church Planting. The HIS team met Oct. 21 in St. Joseph, the southernmost hub city on the corridor that stretches through the Upper Midwest into Canada. During the meeting, a job description and responsibilities for the HIS … [Read more...]
Pray for persecuted; challenged to live holy lives, engage culture
KANSAS CITY – Reminded that God’s Word and Spirit can transform a lost world and empower ministry, messengers to the 179th annual meeting of the Missouri Baptist Convention (MBC), Oct. 28-30, reaffirmed a “50-50 by 2020” cooperative giving initiative, defended the biblical definition of marriage, and prayed for persecuted believers around the world. A total of 942 messengers and 265 guests from 530 churches gathered at Kansas City’s Sheraton Hotel at Crown Center, where Southern Baptist … [Read more...]
Conference to call churches to sow gospel despite tears
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 Psalm 126:5-6: “Those who sow in tears will reap with shouts of joy. Though one goes along weeping, carrying … [Read more...]
God is moving, working in Missouri, let’s join Him
One essential part of an Annual Meeting is greeting the people we know and meeting new people who have joined us in our cooperative ministries. This year was no exception, as godly men and women gathered and fellowshipped. Sure, we had business to do, but this year it was obvious that we took away from the meeting a much deeper understanding of the ways of God. The meeting in Kansas City is now history. However, if you haven’t watched from the website the executive director’s address, … [Read more...]
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