ST. LOUIS (BP) – LifeWay Christian Resources will provide a free breakfast for pastors and screen two new movies at the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting in St. Louis this summer. The focus of the LifeWay Pastors’ Breakfast will be “Leading Change in the Church,” featuring LifeWay President and CEO Thom S. Rainer, followed by a panel discussion of critical issues in effectively navigating change. The panel will include Ron Edmondson, Immanuel Baptist Church, Lexington, Ky.; Sam … [Read more...]
Excitement stirring for WMU in St. Louis
ST. LOUIS – The excitement for the upcoming WMU Missions Celebration and Annual Meeting is building. The WMU is celebrating what God is doing around the world through missions at the meeting slated for June 12-13 in St. Louis at the Ferrara Theatre at America’s Center, 701 Convention Plaza, which is just prior to the SBC Convention. “We’re so excited,” Laura Wells, Missouri WMU Executive Director, said. “It doesn’t get closer than this.” “By All Means” is the theme for the Celebration … [Read more...]
Yeats to be nominated as SBC recording secretary
ST. LOUIS (BP) – Jason Duesing, provost and professor at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, will nominate John L. Yeats for a 20th term as recording secretary of the Southern Baptist Convention at the June 14-15 annual meeting in St. Louis. As executive director of the Missouri Baptist Convention since 2011, Yeats has demonstrated leadership and dedicated support for Southern Baptists and their churches, said Duesing, associate professor of historical theology at Midwestern. “After … [Read more...]
St. Louis SBC preschool child care full
ST. LOUIS (BP) – Preschool child care registration for the 2016 SBC Annual Meeting in St. Louis reached capacity ahead of today’s May 6 deadline and has surpassed 2015 registration by more than 30 percent, according to Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee staff. Preschool registration closed May 4 with 142 registrants, SBC Executive Committee meeting planner Lynn Richmond told Baptist Press. Last year’s registration closed May 20 with 109 preschoolers, characterized as newborns … [Read more...]
CROSSOVER: St. Louis Baptists ready for volunteers
ST. LOUIS (BP) – The iconic Gateway Arch represents the pathway to the west for most travelers and locals. For Tom Breeden, St. Louis Metro Baptist Association’s (SLMBA) executive director, it’s also the gateway to a mission field in need of hope. That’s why he welcomes the estimated 3,500 Southern Baptist volunteers who will converge on the metropolitan area June 11 for Crossover St. Louis. The scores of travelers who constantly cruise the I-70 corridor through Missouri’s largest city … [Read more...]
SBC’s Floyd calls Baptists to prayer
ST. LOUIS – Never has prayer been more needed than now, Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) President Ronnie Floyd said in his recent announcement about a prayer gathering scheduled during the Tuesday evening session of the SBC Annual Meeting, June 14. In an April 18th announcement on his blog (www.ronniefloyd.com), Floyd said that the entire Tuesday evening session will be devoted to prayer. Floyd listed the components of this year’s “National Prayer Gathering”: • “Spiritual leadership: … [Read more...]
Women’s roles in SBC focus of council
ATLANTA (BP) – A diverse group of 18 women is studying the perspectives and strategies women in Southern Baptist churches bring to the God-given task of fulfilling the Great Commission. Among these women is Rhonda Rhea, Pathway columnist and wife of Richie Rhea, pastor of First Baptist Church in Troy, Mo. They comprise the Women’s Ministry Advisory Council appointed by Frank S. Page, president of the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee. The council joins a list of advisory … [Read more...]
1,000 Missouri Baptists to SBC Annual Meeting
Last September, SBC President Ronnie Floyd asked me, “When Southern Baptists come to St. Louis, how many messengers can we expect from Missouri?” I thought for a moment and looked at the number of messengers from Ohio at last year’s Annual Meeting and thought, “According to Jim Wells’ registration report, the churches in Ohio sent 723. Surely, we can do better than that.” With great confidence I told Dr. Floyd, “The Lord is doing a fresh work in our state. You can expect at least 1,000 … [Read more...]
CP 6.5% ahead of projection
NASHVILLE (BP) – Year-to-date contributions to Southern Baptist national and international missions and ministries received by the SBC Executive Committee are 6.5 percent above the year-to-date SBC Cooperative Program Allocation Budget projection, and are 3.09 percent above contributions received during the same time frame last year, according to a news release from SBC Executive Committee President and Chief Executive Officer Frank S. Page. “This report marks the second successive year … [Read more...]
CP has broad reach for the gospel
NASHVILLE (BP) – Southern Baptist churches are advancing the gospel state by state – and around the world – through their commitment to the Cooperative Program. From national and international mission boards to church-hosted evangelism training, the Cooperative Program plays a key role in introducing people near and far to Jesus. Among those with a grassroots vantage point to see the broad scope of Cooperative Program outreach are state convention leaders. Here are some of their … [Read more...]
Thousands needed at crossover
ST. LOUIS — Missouri Baptist leaders in St. Louis are calling thousands of Southern Baptists around the nation to partner with them in reaching the metro area for Christ during Crossover, a week of volunteer evangelism and service leading up to the Southern Baptist Convention here, June 14-15. “Come help us reach the neighborhoods and the nations in St. Louis,” Jim Breeden, director of missions for the St. Louis Metro Baptist Association, said. One of the most unreached areas in Missouri, … [Read more...]
GuideStone declares 2016 ‘year of influence’
DALLAS (BP) – Referring to 2 Corinthians 10:13, GuideStone Financial Resources' President O.S. Hawkins declared 2016 the "year of influence" at GuideStone during the entity's Feb. 29-March 1 trustee meeting in Dallas. In addition to the annual theme, trustees heard reports from ministry areas and celebrated the retirement of Jeff Billinger, who leaves GuideStone after 22 years of service, primarily as chief financial officer. The verse and the theme are two-fold in importance, marking the … [Read more...]
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