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First-person: The Cooperative Program fostered my passion for church planting

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EDITOR’S NOTE: This is another in a series of features on Missouri Baptist ministries supported for a century through the Cooperative Program giving of MBC-affiliated churches. Mike Hubbard serves as pastor of Genesis Church in Eureka, Mo. He’s also an adjunct professor at Missouri Baptist University in St. Louis.  Family members of longtime MBC staff member Ben Hess (mentioned in the article below) announced on social media, July 8, that he passed away during the previous night. EUREKA – … [Read more...]

Hooked on serving: One trip was all it took to seek out MODR training

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MARYVILLE, Mo. (MODR) – When Johnie and Dee Alden moved to Maryville, Mo., to be closer to family, including grandchildren, they wanted to serve in a mission team. They soon found Missouri Baptist Disaster Relief (MODR) and have hit the ground running. “We came across the Disaster Relief team and watched the videos. It touched my wife and me. We learned Augusta, Ga., was taking non-trained people for Disaster Relief after Hurricane Helene, so we signed up to go,” Johnie said, noting that … [Read more...]

Resolutions due 60 days before MBC annual meeting

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JEFFERSON CITY – Resolutions must be submitted in writing to the Committee on Resolutions at least 60 days prior to the first session of the annual meeting. Persons submitting resolutions must certify that they are messengers. The Christian Life Commission may submit resolutions directly to the Committee on Resolutions. The author of any resolution may address the Committee on Resolutions during its deliberations. Resolutions recommended by the committee are the only recommendations … [Read more...]

MBU sports team focuses on more than athletics

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ST. LOUIS – Missouri Baptist University (MBU) head track-and-field Coach Jerry McQueen is creating opportunities for his athletes to be involved in service projects and help them be the hands and feet of Jesus. MBU encourages its sports coaches to get student-athletes involved in hearing and presenting the gospel, McQueen said. So 12 MBU track-and-field athletes recently served with Focus on Missions (FOM) in north St. Louis. FOM is an evangelical eyeglass ministry operated by Steve … [Read more...]

HLGU welcomes new VP of enrollment, dean of students

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HANNIBAL, Mo. (HLGU) – Hannibal-LaGrange University (HLGU) is pleased to announce the appointments of two key leaders who will help shape the university’s future: Brice Baumgardner as vice president of enrollment management and Mike Dixon as dean of students and campus chaplain. Brice Baumgardner promoted to vice president of enrollment management Brice Baumgardner, a longtime member of the HLGU community, has been named Vice President of Enrollment Management. With more than 20 years … [Read more...]

Cooperative Program equips hispanic pastors across Missouri

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by Noah Angel EDITOR’S NOTE: Noah Angel has served as pastor of Familia Cristiana Internacional (FCI) in Jefferson City for the past 15 years. JEFFERSON CITY – In late spring of 1993, I received an invitation to come to Missouri through the Language and Missions Department of the Missouri Baptist Convention. The program was called Super Summer. I was living at the time in Los Angeles, and I was recommended by a pastor friend of mine to Mauricio Vargas, who at the time oversaw ethnic … [Read more...]

‘I marvel at what God did’: Warrenton pastor Bill Beard, 95, recounts lifetime of ministry

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WARRENTON – At 95 years young, pastor Bill Beard has had a long ministry of sharing the gospel. In fact, he just recently stepped down from sharing at Harton Senior Living in Warrenton, Mo. “Bill would preach at Harton, which is across the highway from our church, during Sunday school,” Glenn Sparks, lead pastor of Fellowship Church, Bill’s church, said, “and then come and worship with us.” Sparks had a lot to say about Beard and his work with the church. “He helped start Fellowship,” … [Read more...]

College students mobilized for missions in Mexico, Japan

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JEFFERSON CITY (MBCollegiate) – While ministry on Missouri college campuses wound down at the beginning of May with finals week and the close of the semester, May was a month of missions mobilization resulting in 588 spiritual conversations and 526 gospel presentations through on-campus ministry and international missions. Scott Westfall, Campus Missionary with The Bridge Collegiate at Mizzou, went with a team of seventy-five to Juárez, Mexico. The team, which was made up of church … [Read more...]

MMO promotional materials coming soon

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JEFFERSON CITY – Lizzie Crouch saw 25 students come to faith in Christ as she served as a camp counselor at Redemption Ranch in Lincoln County, Mo. Missouri Baptist Disaster Relief volunteer Ann Stevenson led the incident management team that provided help, hope, and healing to Nancy Warrick, whose home was destroyed in a flood. And Colleen and Henry Shuler led a ministry team from Southwest Baptist University to serve at Baptist Hill Assembly near Mt. Vernon, Mo., where kids are loved … [Read more...]

Pastors equipped through MBC readiness assessments, coaching

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JEFFERSON CITY – “If you’re a pastor, we want you to succeed.” That’s the message Dustin Burdin received when he moved to Missouri to pastor full-time at First Baptist Church, Webb City. The support from his association and from the Missouri Baptist Convention spoke immediately of a nurturing culture unlike anything Burdin had experienced before. Integral to that support was a mentorship with Kirk Baker, the Director of Missions for Spring River Baptist Association. That mentorship was … [Read more...]

‘One man sharpens another’: First Baptist Church, Marquand, men’s ministry fosters prayer

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EDITOR'S NOTE: L.J. Salzman, a student at the Spurgeon College in Kansas City, is serving this summer as a intern with The Pathway. MARQUAND, Mo. – “Iron sharpens iron,” says Prov 27:17, “and one man sharpens another. Many churches have programs to foster this “sharpening,” and First Baptist Church of Marquand, Mo., is no different. Their men’s ministry, led by Emerson Branham, brings men together—not just from the church, but from the surrounding community as well. The main event of this … [Read more...]

Churches partner to start children’s Bible club

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EDITOR'S NOTE: Flora Roberts, a student at Spurgeon College in Kansas City, is serving this summer as an intern with The Pathway. CAMERON, Mo. – On a Tuesday afternoon, children pour into a modest church building next to the school in Osborn, Mo. Some are holding the Bibles they’ve just received for the first time. Others hum the songs they’ve learned. For a lot of them, this is their first look into the gospel. In rural northwest Missouri, a partnership between First Baptist Church, … [Read more...]