DALLAS (SBU) – Southwest Baptist University will be hosting an expert panel of higher education leaders at the Southern Baptist Convention Annual Meeting in Dallas to discuss the value of and challenges facing Christian colleges and universities. SBU’s Dr. Jonathon Woodyard will moderate a panel, titled “Christian Higher Ed and Southern Baptists,” that includes the following speakers: • Dr. David Dockery, President of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary • Dr. Jonathon Akin, Vice … [Read more...]
Super Summer registration up as 2025 camp season approaches
JEFFERSON CITY – The Missouri Baptist Convention is offering a third week of camp for students this summer, after seeing growth in its Super Summer program in previous years. In 2025, the first camp at Hannibal-LaGrange University is set for June 9-13. The second and third weeks, both at Southwest Baptist University, are set for June 16-20 and 23-27. “I took over the leadership in 2023, and we had over 600 people. Last year it was 1,100," Missouri Baptist Convention Next Gen Strategist … [Read more...]
BSAAM Conference to be held at Baptist building in Jefferson City, Sept. 15-16
JEFFERSON CITY – Baptist Secretaries and Administrative Assistants of Missouri (BSAAM) is set to hold its annual conference on Sept. 15-16, 2025, at the Baptist Building in Jefferson City. This year’s theme: Our Cups Runneth Over. “And God is able to make every grace overflow to you, so that in every way, always having everything you need, you may excel in every good work.” (2 Corinthians 9:8 CSB) This two-day conference includes a time of worship and provides personal, spiritual, and … [Read more...]
Missouri DR teams bring relief after record number of tornadoes hit state
JEFFERSON CITY (MODR) – Missouri has certainly experienced its share of violent weather this spring, keeping Missouri Baptist Disaster Relief (MODR) volunteers on their toes. News sources report a record number of tornadoes striking the state in 2025. According to one meteorologist, there had been close to 90 tornadoes of various sizes just through May 20. Those include tornadoes in Arnold, Delta, Des Arc, Doniphan, Monett, Piedmont, Poplar Bluff, Rolla, Sikeston, Springfield, Villa … [Read more...]
Twin Rivers Association, FBC Troy donate RV trailers to families affected by Hurricane Helene
EAST ALARKA, NC – People are living in tents in the mountains of western North Carolina and Eastern Tennessee. Following floods and landslides as a result of Hurricane Helene last fall and then wildfires sweeping across the mountains this spring, a lot of people are homeless. Sometimes even the land where their homes once stood was washed away or slid downhill into the deep ravines of a mountain river. So the First Baptist Church of Troy, Mo., decided to raise funds and buy a used RV … [Read more...]
BF&M 100: The overlooked legacy of a fallen soldier
"His going cast the shadow over my life which will never be lifted ..." – Sanford M. Brown, Sr. KANSAS CITY – Sanford Miller Brown Jr. was a Baptist preacher’s son from Kansas City and a recent graduate of Missouri State University. He was beginning a career in business. Undoubtedly like other PKs of their day, as a boy he and his brother walked to church each week wearing their best knickers. They attended Sunday School and worship and, in all likelihood, sat on the pew on either side of … [Read more...]
Missouri Baptist University celebrates 53rd commencement
ST. LOUIS (MBU) – More than 700 degrees were conferred to the class of 2025 at Missouri Baptist University’s 53rd commencement ceremony on May 6 at the Family Arena in St. Charles, Missouri. The degrees conferred included 363 undergraduate degrees, 243 graduate degrees and 20 doctoral degrees, including degrees that will be completed in summer 2025. As the University honored its newest graduates, MBU also celebrated its sixtieth anniversary of preparing students to shine on after … [Read more...]
Tornado strikes St. Louis, Missouri Baptists quick to respond
ST. LOUIS – The May 16th storm that produced an EF-3 tornado here began in Clayton, the seat of St. Louis County, and ripped a path of destruction a mile wide and eight miles long through north St. Louis city before crossing the Mississippi River. Cara Spencer, the new mayor of St. Louis, described the damage in a press conference. “We have five deaths and more than thirty-six injuries from the storm," she said. "Thousands of people are without power, more than 5,000 buildings have … [Read more...]
College ministry sends nearly 40 students to BeachReach
PANAMA CITY BEACH, Fla. – Thirty-nine college students from the Lighthouse Ministry at Northwest Missouri State University spent their spring break serving and sharing the gospel with spring breakers through a ministry called BeachReach. BeachReach, which has been around since the 1990s, deploys college students to spring break hot spots to reach their own generation by walking the streets and meeting physical needs such as food and van rides. In preparation, Yarnell sent his students out … [Read more...]
Relief efforts underway in Missouri and Kentucky following deadly storms
NASHVILLE (BP) – Search and rescue efforts continue across Kentucky even as recovery efforts have begun in Missouri following deadly storms that swept across the region May 16-17. More than 25 people were killed by the storms and thousands suffered injury and loss. Send Relief’s St. Louis Ministry Center director Traci Byrd asked for prayer for those affected by the storms and that local churches will have opportunity to respond to the needs in the community. “Pray that our local … [Read more...]
Storms leave death and destruction across Missouri, Kentucky
SOMERSET, Ky. (BP) – A wave of severe storms ripped across the Midwest and Ohio Valley leaving death and destruction in its wake. Authorities reported at least 20 deaths in Kentucky and seven in Missouri as of midday Saturday (May 17). Tornadoes caused deaths in St. Louis and in communities around Somerset and London, Ky. It was the worst tornado in Somerset since 2012 when six people were killed, according to Kentucky Today. “The devastation has hit our community hard. From our … [Read more...]
HLGU’s ‘Freedom on the Inside’ celebrates first class of graduates inside Missouri prison
EDITOR'S NOTE: This article includes additional reporting by Pathway staff. JEFFERSON CITY – When college classes began at Jefferson City Correctional Center in 2020, Rodrick Sweet had faith he was doing what God had called him to do, but at times he didn’t know if students would ever have a chance make it across the finish line. Between COVID-19, a financial crisis at Hannibal-LaGrange University (HLGU), and the very real challenges of pioneering a totally new program, the outcome … [Read more...]
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