EWING – More than a dozen Missouri Baptist Builders from the Macon and Fulton areas framed a needed fellowship hall for Mt. Olivet Baptist Church in rural northeast Missouri in early April. The Fulton team arrived April 1, finding a concrete slab north of the sanctuary building poured in November 2012. The Macon group arrived April 2. They left April 5, with the 1,500 square foot addition framed, minus roof, windows and doors. Phyllis Rogers, wife of church pastor Jesse Rogers, said the … [Read more...]
Because you give, there are cowboy churches…
CUBA — “I will not start a church plant unless they agree to give at least 10 percent of their undesignated offerings through the Cooperative Program,” states former rodeo champion and now pastor David Kenyon of Deer Creek Church here. His story is layered with evidence of God’s sovereign orchestration of life’s circumstances and events. Also known as Missouri’s “Horse Whisperer,” Kenyon (see ad on adjacent page) lives with his bride of 20 years on a small farm in Moniteau County. He … [Read more...]
Crossway to host evangelism-discipleship event next spring
SPRINGFIELD — The 2014 State Evangelism-Discipleship Conference will be held Jan. 27-28 here at Crossway Baptist Church. Crossway’s Worship Center seats up to 1,500 people, with 1,000 on the main floor before an upward slanted area in the back which is not a balcony. The host pastor is Eddie Bumpers, who will also be giving the convention sermon this year for the Missouri Baptist Convention (MBC) annual meeting. “We are extremely pleased with the facility,” said MBC … [Read more...]
Liquor control bills seek balance
JEFFERSON CITY – Much of the state’s public policy may be contingent on the outcome of two liquor control bills before the General Assembly which address liquor law regulations struck down earlier by a federal judge. Kerry Messer, lobbyist for Missouri Baptist Convention’s Christian Life Commission, said Missouri Baptist churches should take note and, preferably take action. Missouri’s regulatory structure divides the industry into three basic categories – producers, distributors and … [Read more...]
Missouri Speaker of the House addresses MBC Executive Board
JEFFERSON CITY — For the first time in recent memory, the Missouri Speaker of the House visited the Baptist Building and spoke to the Missouri Baptist Convention (MBC) Executive Board at its April 9 meeting. Speaker Tim Jones, R-Eureka, delivered a 13-minute speech in which he traced current concerns and outlined the healthy condition of alliances, particularly between his Catholic denomination and Missouri Southern Baptists. “There are a lot of common elements we’ve been working on … [Read more...]
Board approves construction at DR’s High Point Annex
JEFFERSON CITY – The Missouri Baptist Convection (MBC) Executive Board voted April 9 to approve $80,000 to add 6,400 square-feet onto the High Point Annex that will serve as Disaster Relief (DR) Headquarters. That is approximately the amount left over from the sale of the former DR property at Marshall, plus up to $50,000 from the Baptist Building capital reserve account. The 80x80-foot extension will bring the total footprint of the facility to nearly 25,000 square-feet to house the … [Read more...]
SBU’s Center for Global Connections provides unique opportunities for students
BOLIVAR — Through the Southwest Baptist University (SBU) Center for Global Connections, students are ministering to multiple people groups around the world, but they can’t do it without financial support from a multitude of donors. With about 350 students having participated on 28 teams in 2012, students raised more than $550,000 to fund those trips. Teams begin to form during Global Connections Week, held each spring and fall for upcoming trips. Students submit an application and are … [Read more...]
MBC sets $14.5 million budget goal
JEFFERSON CITY — The Missouri Baptist Convention (MBC) Executive Board adopted a Cooperative Program (CP) budget goal for 2014 of $14.5 million with a “40-60” focus during its April 8-9 meeting here at the Baptist Building. MBC Executive Director John Yeats indicated that the MBC has grand goals. One of those goals is to push more funds to the ends of the earth. Practically this will mean embarking on a plan that would balance state and national giving for CP causes in the next seven … [Read more...]
DR crews provide response after Hazelwood tornado
HAZELWOOD – Three weeks into the spring storm season, an April 10 tornado destroyed 12 homes and damaged another 60, prompting the first DR call-out of the year. “We’ve been busy,” said Dwain Carter, Director of Disaster Relief for the Missouri Baptist Convention. Disaster Relief Volunteers from churches around the state have assessed 92 different job sites, and completed work on 84 properties. Those jobs include four temporary “blue tarp” roofs, and debris removal. The gritty, dirty work … [Read more...]
Credentials Committee continues restoration process
JEFFERSON CITY — The Missouri Baptist Convention (MBC) Credentials Committee met March 27, their first since election last October. During the meeting the members received the list of 55 churches that are longer members of the MBC. After 2011, the convention determined in annual session that churches belonging to the MBC must give something to the Cooperative Program. “Giving to the Cooperative Program” is defined as mission giving from churches through the Missouri Baptist Convention to … [Read more...]
Groups find Bible storying is ‘Truth that Sticks’
KAHOKA — The way Jesus taught small groups – stories – is the focus in “Truth that Sticks” training sessions. Since January, Mark Snowden, Missouri Baptist Convention (MBC) missional evangelism/discipleship strategist, has held twice monthly in-state conferences. He came here to First Baptist Church in the northeast corner of Missouri on March 16. “The Bible is 75 percent stories,” Snowden said. “There are up to 700 Bible stories.” The training is based on a book by the same name he … [Read more...]
Cape man takes passion for sharing to Philippines
CAPE GIRARDEAU – Sharing Jesus isn’t difficult. Just ask Rex Barker. Recently returned from his seventh trip to the Philippine island of Bohol and Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam, the retired school teacher and member of Linwood Baptist in Cape Girardeau has taken it upon himself to be the missionary to anyone and everyone who will listen. That goes for southeast Missouri as well as Southeast Asia. “In two weeks, we prayed for almost 10,000 students. That’s a ‘wow.’ The doors just … [Read more...]
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