BRANSON – According to MBC bylaws, resolutions for the MBC Annual Meeting must be submitted in writing to the Committee on Resolutions at least 60 days prior to the first session of the annual meeting. The deadline is Aug. 28. The annual meeting is October 28-29 at the Branson Convention Center. Persons submitting resolutions must certify that they are messengers. The author of any resolution may address the Committee on Resolutions during its deliberations. No person may submit more than … [Read more...]
Church sees two salvations after Disaster Relief response
ST. CHARLES – God can use anything to build His Kingdom, and that includes swollen rivers and flooded homes. Michael Bowen, who came to Orchard Farm Baptist Church, here as pastor in March, was seeking ways to help get the church more involved in the community when the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers did the job for him. After the flooding, the church began hosting Friday night fellowships. More than 100 showed up for the first fellowship. “It lets people have a sense of normalcy since … [Read more...]
Motions, amendments can be pre-filed for 2019 Mo. Baptist annual meeting
BRANSON – If messengers have a motion they plan to submit at the 2019 MBC Annual Meeting, they are welcome to pre-file that motion with the recording secretary at recordingsecretary@mobaptist.org. However, the messenger must appear at a microphone during time for introduction of miscellaneous business (October 28 at 3:55 p.m. or 6:35 p.m.) and introduce their motion to the messengers attending the Annual Meeting. If a messenger wants to amend a motion, they may also file the amendment … [Read more...]
Thousands hear gospel at ‘Celebrate America’
ARNOLD – Thousands of Missourians heard the gospel message proclaimed in multiple ways at the annual “Celebrate America” event hosted by the First Baptist Church here. FBC Arnold Next Generation Pastor Jason Ervin said this was the 11th year the event has been held, and this year’s event occurred on the Sunday before July 4. “It’s a big community event that draws thousands of people,” Ervin said. “We have carnival rides; a car show with a people’s choice, pastor’s choice, and best of … [Read more...]
‘One giant leap for mankind’ – 50 years ago, astronauts saw God’s creation from new perspective
LUNAR SURFACE – It’s been called the greatest achievement in human history. On July 16, 1969, a mere 65 years after the Wright brothers first took to the air, Buzz Aldrin, Neal Armstrong and Michael Collins climbed atop a 362-foot-tall, 6.5 million-pound tower of flame and thunder. Thus began their 953,054-mile flight to the moon and back, all while using a navigational computer with less computing power than a modern washing machine. See related story: Missed gospel opportunity 52 years … [Read more...]
Rural church’s VBS program a success
OWENSVILLE – After a schedule trial and error method, Mount Pleasant Baptist Church outside of Owensville discovered a winning and unusual time for Vacation Bible School. “We started VBS on Wednesday night,” Dennis Spurgeon, pastor, said, “then, Thursday and Friday nights. On Saturday morning, we met 9-11:30 with our last session on Sunday morning.” “This schedule just clicked for us,” Donna Spurgeon, VBS director and pastor’s wife, said. “We are a small country church 13 miles south of … [Read more...]
Missed gospel opportunity 52 years ago ignited evangelistic passion in astronauts’ secretary
EDITOR’S NOTE: This updated story ran in its original form in the Jan. 17, 2015 issue of The Pathway. ST. LOUIS – Before Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins could blast off for their lunar landing and secure their places in history books, the tough lessons and sacrifice of Apollo 1 two years earlier paved the extraterrestrial road. Judy Boen was there. See related story: Aldrin celebrated communion on moon See related story: God, creation and the day men walked on the … [Read more...]
Committee: SBU must clarify Statement of Faith
BOLIVAR – Southwest Baptist University’s (SBU) Statement of Faith has not been implemented effectively across the fabric of the university, according to an external peer assessment committee that completed its work here in June. The committee, which was commissioned by SBU late last year, was led by David Dockery, chancellor of Trinity International University. In particular, the committee evaluated the key elements of Baptist distinctiveness that inform SBU’s identity as a Missouri … [Read more...]
Connection Point Church takes gospel to Alaska
ANCHORAGE, Alaska – A youth mission team from Connection Point Church, Raytown, shared the love of Christ here, June 9-16. The youth mission team partnered with Grace Works, a ministry in Anchorage that organizes Bible camps at dozens of parks in and around Anchorage. “In Alaska, it is very diverse and under-churched,” Student Pastor Tyler Jordan of Connection Point Church told The Pathway. As such, the Missouri mission team worked alongside Grace Works ministry to “take church” to parks … [Read more...]
MMO promotional materials coming soon
JEFFERSON CITY – Kendra* never ventured outside of St. Louis. A victim of human trafficking, her life to this point was little more than one harrowing experience after another. So the trip to Branson to see “Samson” at Sight and Sound Theatre was a game changer. At every stop – the theater, a restaurant, a hotel – she experienced a more welcoming world and the love of caring Christians, thanks to Human Trafficking Rescue, a ministry of the Missouri Baptist Children’s Home. Thanks to this … [Read more...]
FBC Troy’s Hayashi named to Human Rights Commission
TROY – There’s another voice promising to bring a biblical perspective to cases that come before the Missouri Commission on Human Rights. Gov. Mike Parson appointed Jonathan Hayashi, music and worship pastor of First Baptist Church, Troy and a Pathway columnist, to the commission, June 17. He was also named the vice chair of the commission. The ten-seat commission fields discrimination complaints in matters of housing, employment, and places of public accommodation based on race, … [Read more...]
Member of non-MBC church named to SBC nominating committee
BIRMINGHAM (BP) – Messengers to the Southern Baptist Convention have elected the 68-member Committee on Nominations for 2019-2020 to represent the 34 states or territories qualified for representation on the committee according to SBC Bylaw 30. The committee, with at least one layperson from each qualified state or territory, was elected during the June 11-12 SBC annual meeting in Birmingham. The committee will make nominations to messengers at the June 2020 SBC Annual Meeting in Orlando, … [Read more...]
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