LEBANON – Sexual abuse in the church is a topic no one wants to discuss, but it’s one the people of God must address in a sinful world, said David Burch, church engagement strategist for Missouri Baptist Children’s Home. Stewards of Children is an abuse-prevention training offered by MBCH. It’s a comprehensive awareness training that not only teaches people what signs and symptoms they need to be looking for, but it also helps them see as a church where the threats really are coming from. … [Read more...]
‘Feed My Sheep’ event benefits St. Francois County food pantries
DESLOGE – Baked with love by each church’s pastor, the table of decorated cakes looked good enough to eat. Everyone gathered around the auction block to see how much his or her pastor’s cake would go for this year. Jack and Elizabeth Poston, long-time members of First Baptist Church (FBC) here and the founders of the Feed My Sheep fundraiser event, heard that congregations from two local Methodist churches held a separate event in order to raise extra money to bid on their beloved pastor’s … [Read more...]
Baptist engineering students bring problem-solving skills to mission field
TEGUCIALPA, Honduras – Kingdom work is not reserved for preachers. Eight students from Missouri University of Science and Technology’s Baptist Student Union (BSU) saw that first-hand recently as they traveled to Honduras with churches from Phelps Baptist Association. The team worked with Howie and Marvina Hooper, former International Mission Board missionaries who returned to the mission field to begin Casa David (David’s House). Impoverished people come from miles around for treatment at … [Read more...]
One of state’s oldest Baptist churches will celebrate 200 years of service
COOPER COUNTY – One of the oldest Southern Baptist churches in Missouri will celebrate 200 years of Christian work at a special worship service at 2 p.m. Sunday, June 23. Pisgah Baptist Church members invite former members, friends and the public to celebrate with them. Calvin Brown, director of missions for Concord Baptist Association, will preach. The church is located on Highway O, approximately one mile south of the intersection of Highways O and J in Cooper County. Terry Barnett is … [Read more...]
Missouri’s Yeats re-elected as Southern Baptist Convention recording secretary
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (BP) – John Yeats, the executive director of the Missouri Baptist Convention, was re-elected as the Southern Baptist Convention recording secretary at the convention’s annual meeting here, June 11. Yeats had 62.89 percent of the vote. North Carolina pastor Eddie Eaton had 36.46 percent of the vote. Twenty ballots - less than 1 percent - were disqualified. Yeats was nominated for a 23rd term as the Southern Baptist Convention’s recording secretary by church planter Jon … [Read more...]
Referendums seek to roll back pro-life law
JEFFERSON CITY – The recent landmark step to protect the unborn in Missouri has seemingly survived two challenges, even as critics prepare other hurdles. The American Civil Liberties Union of Missouri and David Humphreys, a prominent Republican donor, submitted referendum petitions to the Missouri secretary of state’s office late last month in an effort to roll back the Missouri Stands for the Unborn Act which passed the week before and banned abortion after eight weeks. Both were rejected … [Read more...]
Foundation trustees see 2019 market rebound
JEFFERSON CITY – Trustees of the Missouri Baptist Foundation met on May 17th to hear reports on investment returns, approve management of properties donated to advance the Gospel, award multiple academic scholarships, and participate in a session on board governance. Trustee, Dan Case, CPA, CTP, led the board in a devotion on Philippians 4:6-7. Mr. Case brings extensive knowledge to the board in his service on the Endowment Management Committee, which affirmed its current Investment … [Read more...]
‘Blessing Box’ boosts Pleasant Hill’s community connection
JEFFERSON CITY – Take what you need; donate if you can. That’s the simple idea behind Pleasant Hill Baptist Church’s Blessing Box. Kevin Kohler, Pleasant Hill’s pastor, had seen similar boxes online for several years. He thought it might be a good way for the church of about 50 on a Sunday morning to be a blessing in their rural community south of Jefferson City. The simple cabinet contains pantry essentials like nonperishable food items and dry goods – as well as Bibles and tracts – and … [Read more...]
Bridging the gap: Campus ministries help keep college students from slipping away
COLUMBIA – Gene Austin likes to ask youth pastors to take a guess at how many hours on average they’ve invested in a graduating high school senior. Austin, director of collegiate ministry for the Missouri Baptist Convention, says that from the time they enter the youth program until they graduate high school, the answers started at 500 hours on the low end and only go up from there. “Now think of that investment and think of spending just one more hour to make sure they’re aware of and … [Read more...]
Hannibal church opens new house of worship after old building destroyed in 2016 fire
HANNIBAL – Antioch Baptist is living proof of Isaiah 61:3, which says in part that God gives “beauty for ashes.” The church has a larger, new building and parking lot replacing the structure destroyed in a fire in December, 2016. Rev. Jack Emmite, pastor of the church said the congregation moved in April 7, although it isn’t completely finished. “It’s enough for us to function in,” Emmite said. The new building features a total of 20,000 square feet on the two levels, an upgraded … [Read more...]
Church serves children with ‘Fun in the Son’
PROTEM – A major spring Wednesday night program has reached Rocky Ledge Baptist Church area youth for five years. ‘Fun in the Son’ is an after-school Bible-based program held at the Mark Twain Elementary School “We do this in the spring so as not to conflict with athletics,” Pastor Gene Boyce said. “It’s a high energy program, it runs from 4 to 6 weeks, and we have a yearly topic.” “We start with snacks and a small group meeting. Then we go to the gym, and back to the cafeteria. We … [Read more...]
Truman State BSU feeds hungry students at the end of their semester
KIRKSVILLE – The Baptist Student Union at Truman State University believes hungry university students need nourishing food in the middle of their week of final exams at the end of a semester. They have been ramping up this “Food for Finals” effort the last several years and now feed about 200 TSU students over the course of three days of finals weeks. Greg Xander, campus missionary at the BSU said they started about eight years ago providing some snacks during “reading day” (a day of study … [Read more...]
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