Missouri Baptists enjoy MBC training for missions By Staff March 22, 2005 JEFFERSON CITY – The Missouri Baptist Convention (MBC) leaders are pleased with the debut of “Training for a Short-Term Mission Trip,” a one-day conference at the Baptist Building March 11 that helped train about 100 pastors, directors of missions and mission leaders in six different areas of ministry work. MBC Partnership Missions Specialist Norm Howell was delighted by the positive feedback he … [Read more...]
Love characterizes Mizzou Baptist Student Union
Love characterizes Mizzou Baptist Student Union By Allen PalmeriStaff Writer March 22, 2005 COLUMBIA – Spring is in the air at the University of Missouri, where love continues to fill the meetings at the Baptist Student Union (BSU) building on Hitt Street. “As a community, I really feel that this is love right here,” said Adam Krueger, a recent graduate of Missouri who has spent the last 21/2 years attending the BSU. Krueger is a member of First Baptist Church, … [Read more...]
Vibrant partnership continues between Pisgah, Romanians
Vibrant partnership continues between Pisgah, Romanians By Staff March 22, 2005 EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – It has been said that “winter is the summer of the soul.” For the people of far northeastern Romania, the cold temperatures of winter provide the backdrop for the warm breeze of the Holy Spirit to melt hearts and change lives. “It’s not at all the way we would do it in this country, but in the northeast corner of Romania, the harsh winters cause people to be less … [Read more...]
Memorial Chruch hosts Global Impact Confab
Memorial Church hosts Global Impact Confab By Barbara ShounContributing Writer March 22, 2005 JEFFERSON CITY — God had a larger plan in the works when Niki Hughes moved from West Monroe, La., to Jefferson City in July 2003 so that her husband, Jay, could take a position as controller for the Missouri Baptist Convention (MBC). They specifically asked the Lord to lead them to a church with a heart for missions. He not only complied; He used them to carry out the plan He already had in … [Read more...]
MBC church planting points toward Acts 1:8 conference May 23-24
MBC church planting points toward Acts 1:8 conference May 23-24 By Allen PalmeriStaff Writer March 22, 2005 JEFFERSON CITY – If the Missouri Baptist Convention (MBC) church planting department is going to reach the goal of planting 100 new works in 2005, it will do so in accordance with Acts 1:8. As a statement of that commitment, an Acts 1:8 Global Missions Connection conference will be held at First Baptist Church, O’Fallon, May 23-24. “The idea of an Acts 1:8 strategy … [Read more...]
Founders Conference at 1st St. Peters focuses on sufficiency of Scripture
Founders Conference at 1st St. Peters focuses on sufficiency of Scripture By Allen PalmeriStaff Writer March 22, 2005 ST. PETERS – The Southern Baptist Founders Conference Midwest experienced a large increase in attendance March 8-9, continuing a three-year upward trend where participation has more than doubled. There were 173 registrants this year at First Baptist Church, St. Peters, up from 105 last year and 80 in 2003. James White, director of Alpha and Omega Ministries, a … [Read more...]
Cloning ban bill losing momentum as April debate, possible vote nears
Cloning ban bill losing momentum as April debate, possible vote nears MBC lobbies for pro-life position By Allen PalmeriStaff Writer March 22, 2005 JEFFERSON CITY – Frustration continues to mount among pro-life representatives, senators and lobbyists who see legislation to ban embryonic stem cell research/human cloning languishing in the General Assembly. Senators hope to debate Senate Bill 160 the first full week of April, but some pro-life representatives are already trying to take … [Read more...]
‘Jessica’s Law’ moving through Legislature
‘Jessica’s Law’ moving through Legislature By Allen PalmeriStaff Writer March 22, 2005 JEFFERSON CITY – Senate Bill 37, “Jessica’s Law,” has cleared committee and is positioned to be approved by the full Senate thanks to the work of Sen. Gary Nodler, R-Joplin, the sponsor, and Sen. Matt Bartle, R-Lee’s Summit, the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee. “Jessica’s Law” would make first-degree involuntary manslaughter in … [Read more...]
A fathomless family tragedy
A fathomless family tragedy Joplin community healing after deaths of child, grandpa By Allen PalmeriStaff Writer March 22, 2005 JOPLIN – On July 30, 2004, a drunk driver killed 69-year-old James Dodson and his 7-year-old granddaughter, Jessica Mann, as they were coming back from their mailbox along Missouri Highway 86. “Jim bent over to talk to her and was holding her hand when they were hit,” said Mike Mann, a member of First Baptist Church, Joplin, who broke down several … [Read more...]
Eight Missourians nominated to fill SBC trustee seats
Eight Missourians nominated to fill SBC trustee seats By Staff March 22, 2005 NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Eight Missouri Baptists have been nominated to fill seats on trustee boards at seven Southern Baptist Convention entities. The nominations were placed by Missouri’s two representatives on the Southern Baptist Convention Committee on Nominations, Jeff Purvis, pastor, Westport Community Church, Imperial, and Doug Austin, layperson and member of Lynnwood Baptist Church, Cape Girardeau. … [Read more...]
Casinos plot to increase their profits
Casinos plot to increase their profits By Lee WarrenContributing Writer March 22, 2005 JEFFERSON CITY – Legislative proposals currently being pitched to Missouri legislators have far-reaching implications that could lead to the largest expansion of Missouri’s casino industry in almost 15 years, according to Kerry Messer, lobbyist, Missouri Baptist Convention Christian Life Commission. House Bill 592 would require winnings of more than $1,200 — won by self-excluded problem … [Read more...]
Missouri WMU rebuffs BGCM funding
Missouri WMU rebuffs BGCM funding 2005-06 money from moderate convention rejected By Allen PalmeriStaff Writer March 22, 2005 JEFFERSON CITY – In another stinging setback to the Baptist General Convention of Missouri (BGCM), the Missouri Woman’s Missionary Union (MWMU) Executive Board voted March 15 to not accept funds from the 2005-2006 BGCM budget and mission offering. The board, in executive session, voted to reaffirm the section of their bylaws that states: “MWMU shall … [Read more...]
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