CENTRALIA – If the change in the weather makes you think of harvest time or snuggling up under a quilt, Grandview Baptist Church has you covered. The congregation 20 miles north of Columbia hosted a quilt and tractor show, Sept. 21, with the community turning out in force. “It’s a way to let the local community be a community,” said Grandview pastor, Don Combs. “We were wanting to bring in all of our neighbors and folks from around the area to be able to spend time together and see … [Read more...]
Great Commission Conference ‘put on hold’ by MBC for 2020
JEFFERSON CITY – The Missouri Baptist Convention (MBC) announced last month its decision to put the Great Commission Conference on hold for 2020, according to a statement from MBC Making Disciples director Brad Bennett. “The Great Commission Conference, formally known as the Evangelism Conference, has been one the longest-standing equipping events in our state and we are evaluating its current effectiveness,” Bennett wrote in a statement released to The Pathway, Sept. 30. “I remember a … [Read more...]
‘Tell the world that Jesus saves’ – Nearly 300 join Freeway Ministries’ Springfield ‘Save Our City March’
SPRINGFIELD – Nearly 300 people – many of them ex-cons and former drug addicts – marched three miles across Springfield, Sept. 14. The march was part of the annual “Save Our City” revival organized by Freeway Ministries, a Springfield-based outreach and discipleship ministry to ex-cons, drug addicts and other hard-to-reach people. Co-founded by John Stroup, Mike Aye and Rick Lechner, members of Crossway Baptist Church here, the ministry has expanded throughout Missouri, into Nebraska, and … [Read more...]
HLGU placing interns in State Capitol
JEFFERSON CITY – Education shouldn’t be limited to the classroom, and exercising one’s faith shouldn’t be limited to the church building. That’s the mantra of Hannibal-LaGrange University’s director of community engagement, Louis Riggs. Students at HLGU now have the opportunity to put both aspects into play at the state capitol as legislative interns. Riggs is a longtime professor of English and pre-law courses, as well as HLGU’s online Master’s in leadership program. Since last year, he’s … [Read more...]
‘Good works, good will, Good News’ – First Baptist Clever serves community through NAMB SEND Relief mobile clinic
CLEVER – With help from the North American Mission Board’s (NAMB) SEND Relief mobile dental clinic, the First Baptist Church here saved their community an estimated $21,000 and opened doors for gospel conversations during an outreach, Aug. 9-12. FBC Clever offered dental services, at no cost, to people in their community, and the church even covered the cost of medications prescribed by the dentists. As a result, 34 clients and their families were served throughout the weekend. According … [Read more...]
Missouri Baptist Convention offers resource for outreach
JEFFERSON CITY – The Missouri Baptist Convention is offering a resource to churches that can help them in targeted outreach efforts to their community. Through the MBC, churches have access to information at no cost to themselves from the Mapping Center for Evangelism & Church Growth, accessed via BlessEveryHome.com. “This is a great resource,” Gene Austin, MBC Director of Collegiate Ministries, told The Pathway. The Mapping Center provides demographic information – for example, names … [Read more...]
‘Let the redeemed tell their story’ – MBC church plant takes gospel to unchurched
ROGERSVILLE – “I’m not interested in building a crowd, but I am interested in building a community.” This is how Chris Ballard described his vision for The Story Church, a Missouri Baptist Convention church plant located here in Rogersville. According to Ballard, the church’s founding pastor, the church is designed to appeal to the broken, unchurched and de-churched. “We believe that every story can be redeemed,” Ballard said. “The name of the church is based on Psalm 107:2 which says, … [Read more...]
‘Debtor to the Cooperative Program’ – Oakville pastor has seen every angle of CP ministries
OAKVILLE – John Hessel has been in ministry for nearly 50 years, and the Cooperative Program has been there every step of the way. In fact, it was there for him even before that. “I’ve been a beneficiary of and have tried through my ministry to be a benefactor to the Cooperative Program,” said Hessel, pastor of First Baptist Church, Oakville. “I cannot separate my spiritual pilgrimage personally or my ministry professionally from CP.” For the uninitiated, the Cooperative Program is … [Read more...]
‘I wouldn’t be here without CP’ – Former Japanese gang member now minister, human rights commissioner
TROY (BP) – Had it not been for the faithfulness of Southern Baptist missionaries, former Japanese gang member Jonathan Hayashi may have never found salvation, a call to ministry – or, most recently, a seat on the Missouri Commission on Human Rights. Missouri Gov. Mike Parson appointed 29-year-old Hayashi to the commission on June 17. He was also named as vice chair. Hayashi serves as music and worship pastor at First Baptist Church in Troy. He is also the general secretary for the … [Read more...]
MMO supports Children’s Home, church multiplication
JEFFERSON CITY – The Rheubin L. South Missouri Missions Offering supports 16 ministries in Missouri. This year’s theme is taken from 2 Corinthians 9:7 - “Each of you should give what you have decided in your heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.” Following are two short stories about how the gifts of Missouri Baptists support missions projects throughout the Show Me State. A chance for new life Kendra* was in awe the entire weekend. She … [Read more...]
Raintree Church celebrates decade of growth
HILLSBORO – In August, Raintree Baptist Church in Hillsboro celebrated ten years in their building. Larry Addison, the Missouri Baptist Convention church planter who helped start Raintree Church, was invited to share the story of the beginning of the church fifteen years ago. “Raintree was planted, not by human wisdom,” Addison said, “but by a series of events which can only be described as the hand of God.” “The movement of God started back in the mid-70s.” Addison continued, “when … [Read more...]
Bass commissioned as Army chaplain: Fort Leonard Wood’s Chaplain Jose Rondon challenges Bass, Southern Hills Church
BOLIVAR – Southern Hills Baptist Church commissioned one of its elders as a chaplain in the United States Army during a special service here, Sept. 15. Clint Bass – a former professor at Southwest Baptist University (SBU) and, during the past nine years, a lay elder at Southern Hills Baptist Church – left Bolivar that afternoon for training to serve as an Army chaplain in Fort Campbell, Ky., with the second brigade in the 101st Airborne division. He’ll enter the ranks as a captain. Though … [Read more...]
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