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218 degrees mark Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary’s largest commencement ceremony

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KANSAS CITY (BP) – Graduates, families and friends gathered in the Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary's Daniel Lee Chapel for the 65th commencement exercises May 3, launching theologically-trained Gospel ministers into service. In comprising the seminary's largest graduating class, 218 degrees were conferred – 33 undergraduate, 153 graduate and 31 doctoral degrees and 1 post-graduate certificate. Additionally, two students were among the first to complete Midwestern's Korean-language … [Read more...]

Yeats, Currence to be renominated as Southern Baptist Convention officers

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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (BP) – Two Missouri Baptists will be renominated as Southern Baptist Convention officers during the convention’s annual meeting here, June 11-12. Yeats to be renominated as SBC recording secretary Missouri Baptist Convention (MBC) executive director John L. Yeats will be nominated for a 23rd term as the Southern Baptist Convention's recording secretary, Missouri church planter Jon Nelson announced May 3. Nelson, MBC first vice president and pastor of Soma Community … [Read more...]

One day, one dollar at a time: Ala. family blessed by GuideStone’s Mission:Dignity

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ECLECTIC, Ala. – Rick and Betty Hall, who live in a modest mobile home in central Alabama, have a multitude of stories about the small churches they served throughout the eastern part of the state over the course of three decades. In the Halls’ last church, five people attended on the first Sunday. No one had lived in the parsonage for 36 years, and there were only 34 people within a mile of the church. Attendance grew to almost 40 during the eight years the Halls were there. The members … [Read more...]

Yeats to be re-nominated as SBC recording secretary

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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (BP) – Missouri Baptist Convention executive director John L. Yeats will be nominated for a 23rd term as the Southern Baptist Convention's recording secretary, Missouri church planter Jon Nelson announced today (May 3). Nelson, MBC first vice president and pastor of Soma Community Church in Jefferson City, Mo., near historically black Lincoln University, said in a news release, "As a Missouri church planter, officer of the state convention and member of the Missouri … [Read more...]

Midwestern Journal of Theology’s spring edition released

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KANSAS CITY – Midwestern Seminary released its Spring 2019 issue of the Midwestern Journal of Theology on May 1, featuring works by several of the school’s faculty and doctoral students as well as academics from across the Southern Baptist Convention. The spring edition addresses topics such as the gospel of John, the #MeToo Movement, a commonality between C.S. Lewis and T.S. Eliot, and two articles on the role of the Holy Spirit. President Jason Allen said of the Journal’s … [Read more...]

Removal of stained-glass windows from SWBTS chapel draws mixed reactions from donors

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FORT WORTH, Texas (BP) – Forty years after the birth of the Southern Baptist Conservative Resurgence, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary is relocating from the J.W. MacGorman Chapel more than 40 stained glass windows commemorating the era. Two Missouri Baptist leaders were depicted in the windows, including: Missouri Baptist Convention Executive Director John Yeats, who also serves as the Southern Baptist Convention Recording Secretary; and the late Jim Wells, a former Missouri … [Read more...]

‘Together,’ ‘strategy,’ ‘genius’ among CP descriptors

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EDITOR'S NOTE: April 7 is Cooperative Program Sunday in the Southern Baptist Convention. For information about the Cooperative Program, go to sbc.net/cp. MILES CITY, Mont. (BP) – A Montana pastor likens the effect of the Cooperative Program to a fence line. "It's like multiplying our labor, like building a fence two miles long together, rather than a quarter-mile if you had to do it alone," Jeff Cahill told Baptist Press. He's a rancher and pastor of Valley Community Church in the … [Read more...]

Military, veterans asked to come to National Day of Prayer event

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JEFFERSON CITY – There can be no doubt Army Chaplain (Col.) David Bowlus and retired Naval fighter pilot State Rep. Mike Haffner (R-Pleasant Hill) love America, so much so they have put their lives on the line to defend it. Bowlus and Haffner, along with Gov. Mike Parson, will be the featured speakers at this year’s National Day of Prayer observance, noon, May 2, in The Rotunda of the State Capitol. This year’s theme, “Love One Another,” is taken from John 13:34. The event is free and open … [Read more...]

Religious liberty setback at court may not be final

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WASHINGTON (BP) – Religious liberty's latest setback at the U.S. Supreme Court in its ongoing face-off with sexual liberty is disappointing but may not prove conclusive, Southern Baptist religious freedom advocates said. The high court opted not to review a Hawaii Court of Appeals decision against a bed and breakfast that declined to rent a room to a same-sex couple. By their refusal, the justices permitted the lower court ruling to stand in their March 18 orders. The Christian Life … [Read more...]

Suspect charged in La. black church burnings

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T. LANDRY PARISH, La. (BP) – A 21-year-old white man is charged with arson in fires that destroyed three black Baptist churches in St. Landry Parish. Investigators reportedly haven't determined whether the fires were racially motivated. Holden Matthews, the son of a St. Landry Parish sheriff's deputy, was arrested late yesterday afternoon (April 10) and charged with three counts of arson. No motive has been determined, but investigators are considering Matthews' membership in a band that … [Read more...]

TRUSTEES: MBTS adopts Nashville Statement

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (BP) – Assembling for its spring meeting on April 8-9, members of Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary's trustees adopted the Nashville Statement as an additional confessional statement and conducted other seminary business including budget approval, faculty moves and reelecting board officers. During his report, MBTS President Jason Allen announced to the board a need for the school to adopt the Nashville Statement, which was published in 2017 by the Council on … [Read more...]

Missouri’s Easter Offering goal set at $2 million

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JEFFERSON CITY – The Missouri Baptist Convention has set a goal of $2 million for the Annie Armstrong Easter Offering for North American missions. The national offering goal is $70 million. The theme for this year’s offering is “Sending Hope.” Prayers and gifts from Missouri Baptist churches to the Annie Armstrong Easter Offering provide support for more than 5,000 missionaries through the North American Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention. Every dollar given goes to train and … [Read more...]