JEFFERSON CITY – In a Facebook comment posted this morning, Dec. 10, Pathway Editor Don Hinkle responded to a false report from www.capstonereport.com. According to the report, Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary president Jason Allen lobbied the state to accept more refugees during a Dec. 9 meeting with Mo. Governor Mike Parson. Here is Hinkle's response: "I have been a journalist for 45 years and my conservativism is well established (my newspaper, The Pathway, has been called … [Read more...]
Bill filed to protect churches, target predators
JEFFERSON CITY – A bill has been filed by a Missouri lawmaker that removes the legal means utilized by sexual predators to intimidate and silence churches, non-profit organizations, charities and religious institutions when they receive inquiries from prospective employers or volunteer coordinators. House Bill 1446 (HB1446) was pre-filed Dec. 2 by State Rep. Doug Richey (R-Excelsior Springs) and could be considered when the Missouri General Assembly convenes for its 2020 session Jan. 8. … [Read more...]
California’s new abortion-on-campus law
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (BP) – California will be the first state to require all public universities to offer abortion-inducing pills to students on campus. The bill signed into law by Gov. Gavin Newsome, a Democrat, on Oct. 11 takes effect in 2023. The medications, taken in two doses, are commonly prescribed to women who are less than 10 weeks pregnant. How are pro-life advocates responding? The new law means state taxpayers and students will likely underwrite the costs of the abortions. … [Read more...]
Northside Baptist pastor running for Mo. House of Representatives
MOUNT VERNON – Wally Long, pastor of Northside Baptist Church here, recently announced his candidacy for a seat in the Missouri House of Representatives, serving for the 157th district. Long has been married for over 39 years and has eight children and seven grandchildren. He served in the U.S. Marines for 10 years, and in 2011 he retired from a 20-year career with the Federal Bureau of Prisons in Springfield. In 2014, he also worked as a legislative assistant for current Missouri state … [Read more...]
‘God calls us to pray for politicians’
INDIANAPOLIS (BP) – Maybe you're not called by God to be a politician. But you are called by God to pray for those who are. In our day, politicians and sometimes first responders bear the brunt of uncharitable comments, but the vast majority of these people are in their roles because they genuinely want to serve the public. As Christians, we are called to pray for our leaders, even if we don't agree with them. As the apostle Paul exhorted: "I urge, then, first of all, that petitions, … [Read more...]
Protecting veterans’ religious liberty
EDITOR'S NOTE: This article was written by Rachel Lynn Aldrich of the WORLD News Group. WASHINGTON (BP) – The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs updated its policies last week to better protect the religious liberty of U.S. military veterans and their families. The revised rules, which were effective July 3, assure that religious displays and pastoral care remain accessible and protected from discrimination. "We want to make sure that all of our veterans and their families feel … [Read more...]
FOURTH OF JULY: Chaplains, fog of war, flow of life
EDITOR'S NOTE: This is a first-person article by Chaplain (MG) Doug Carver, USA-Retired, executive director of chaplaincy for the North American Mission Board. The article is adapted from his address honoring veterans on the opening day of the June 11-12 Southern Baptist Convention in Birmingham, Ala. BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (BP) – Seventy-five years ago, in June 1944, after the largest amphibious landing in history, U.S. and Allied forces began their offensive push from the blood-soaked … [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...]
MBC leaders grateful for passage of Missouri pro-life legislation
JEFFERSON CITY – Missouri Baptist Convention (MBC) leaders are grateful for the passage of a state pro-life bill that contains the most expansive restrictions to abortion in the state’s history. “This piece of legislation ... was important— not for legislators, not for the governor, not for Missouri economics—but for yet-to-be-born children,” MBC Executive Director John Yeats told The Pathway. “My family and I are very grateful for the fortitude of our pro-life Senators and our pro-life … [Read more...]
Mo. Senate to take up landmark pro-life bill, May 16
JEFFERSON CITY – Missouri’s General Assembly is expected to take up a landmark bill, May 16, that provides the most expansive restrictions to abortion in the state’s history. House Bill 126, sponsored by Representative Nick Schroer (R-O’Fallon), was passed by the Missouri House of Representatives in February and was advanced by committee to the Senate last month. If approved by the Senate and signed into law by Gov. Mike Parson, HB 126 establishes the “Missouri Stands for the Unborn … [Read more...]
Mo. legislator proposes bill to increase biblical knowledge among students
JEFFERSON CITY – Last March, the Wall Street Journal’s (WSJ) Timothy Puko reported that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke of Moses bringing “water from Iraq.” To their credit, the WSJ later corrected the story: In reality, Netanyahu said that Moses brought “water from a rock,” as recorded in both Exodus 17 and Numbers 20. For Missouri lawmaker Ben Baker, this biblical blunder is only one example of a decline in biblical knowledge across the nation that has prompted him to … [Read more...]
Supreme Court declines football coach’s appeal
WASHINGTON(BP) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Jan. 22 declined the appeal of a former high school football coach who was fired for praying on the field after games. But the justices appeared to leave open several possible avenues for Coach Joe Kennedy to keep fighting for his First Amendment rights. Kennedy lost his coaching job at Bremerton High School in Washington state in 2015 after he disobeyed school officials who ordered him to end his longtime ritual of kneeling at the 50-yard line … [Read more...]
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