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Missouri Baptist mission team shares Christ’s love, trains pastors in Africa

Through its partnership with Bethlehem Christian Academy, Missouri Baptist Convention churches are sharing the gospel to over 2,500 students in Africa. In January, a missions team sponsored by the MBC's Missions Mobilization team traveled to West Africa to share the gospel in a predominantly Muslim area.
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‘Kingdom First, Second Strong’: A story of multigenerational mission work in Missouri

Second Baptist Church in Springfield, Missouri, has made “multigenerational” an emphasis in their pursuit of mission work, and the result has been a success.
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Solo but not alone: FBC Clinton’s brand new ministry benefits single parents

Being a parent is challenging enough when you have a spouse to partner with you, but what if a person is raising kids alone? First Baptist Church of Clinton, Mo., has established a ministry for these single parents.
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HLGU legal settlement secures right of Christians to establish schools that reflect faith

Hannibal-LaGrange University (HLGU) announced, Feb. 6, the resolution of its federal lawsuit against the Department of Education. This landmark settlement protects the constitutional right of Baptists to establish and maintain schools that reflect their faith, doctrine and values, without being forced to abandon their commitments to provide affordable education.
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Cross Keys brings blessing to community

Gift-wrapped boxes signal that someone cares, and Cross Keys Baptist Church in Florissant, Mo., shows care for the community with the Blessing Box.
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Missouri family uproots to ‘work the soil’ in eastern Montana

This time, the emphasis on starting a church in Glendive is on raising up locals from the community.
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First-Person: Senior deer hunts led by BHHM have ‘remarkable impact’

Now, several years into these events, I must admit that these hunts have been remarkable, to say the least. Over the past year, by the time you read this, we will have had six hunts at five of our campuses.
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Associations strive to help churches partner together to be on mission

Bob Feeler says he believes Baptist associations are a key to churches experiencing turnarounds and new growth, and he's not alone in feeling this way.
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Storyline Southwest ‘strategically placed’ in St. Louis ‘to reach the next generation’

Storyline Southwest in St. Louis had a lot to celebrate for Christmas this year. It was the first Christmas since the September merger of Storyline and Southwest Baptist Church.
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Widow recounts God’s faithfulness following husband’s death during mission trip in Mexico

While on a mission trip in San Felipe Usila in the state of Oaxaca, Mexico, in September 2024, a member of First Baptist Church, Camdenton, Mike Luttrell, suffered a cardiac arrest and died while walking down a street in the village. His wife, Connie, was with him and she recently provided a narrative to The Pathway about the incident and how God was so faithful to her and the mission volunteers as they went through the traumatic incident and made arrangements to return to the United States.

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