HANNIBAL – Each year, the gospel transforms the lives of hundreds of students from across Missouri during Super Summer, a Cooperative Program-funded summer camp hosted by Hannibal-LaGrange University and designed by the Missouri Baptist Convention to draw students closer to Jesus Christ. “Super Summer is designed both for middle school and high school students,” Jason Walters, the MBC’s director of Super Summer, said. “And it’s also designed for students regardless of where they are in … [Read more...]
FBC Annapolis holds spiritual ‘rehab’ month
ANNAPOLIS – Throughout the month of April, members of the First Baptist Church here have Pastor Dan Pitcher’s permission to put aside their “Sunday Best” and dress in whatever they’d wear during a rehab counseling session. The church body, Pitchers said, is undergoing spiritual “rehab” this month—that is, a revival and evangelistic emphasis using a resource provided by the Missouri Baptist Convention during the Great Commission Conference (GCC) in Springfield earlier this year. Pitchers … [Read more...]
Omaha Baptist brings relief to wildfire victims
ASHLAND, Kan. (WNS) – As 58-year-old Greg Gardiner surveyed the devastation from this month’s deadly fires, he described an eerie scene across the Gardiner Angus Ranch north of Ashland, Kan. Friends pitched in to help shoot the last of the fatally maimed cattle over the weekend, drones surveyed the breaks to confirm none were missed, and community volunteers began pulling up charred fence post and rolling up burnt wire. The fire on this ranch claimed more than 500 head of cattle and burned … [Read more...]
IMB study to examine trustee fluctuations
NASHVILLE (BP) – While the Southern Baptist Convention’s Committee on Nominations met March 16-17 in Nashville to discuss potential members of boards and standing committees, a subcommittee of the International Mission Board was embarking on a study of trustee representation from states and territories with decreasing numbers of Southern Baptists. At the IMB – and some other SBC entities – states and territories lose trustee representation when their number of Southern Baptist church … [Read more...]
HLGU adopts $22M budget, looks to future
HANNIBAL – Anthony Allen said he is pleased with the progress Hannibal-LaGrange University has made during his five years as president, but he told trustees at their March 16-17 board meeting he is much more focused on the future of the institution. “I can’t say that I was the magic bullet, but I can say that we have made a great deal of progress and are moving in the right direction,” he said. Allen offered trustees seven strategic points he has identified to help keep HLGU a “viable, … [Read more...]
Senate debates Gorsuch
WASHINGTON (BP) – Proponents and opponents voiced their opinions of U.S. Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch on the final day of his hearing – the same day the Senate’s Democratic leader announced he would try to block a confirmation vote. After three days of appearances before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Gorsuch was followed by witnesses who urged panel members either to vote for or against his confirmation. Among the witnesses were a religious freedom expert who endorsed Gorsuch’s … [Read more...]
‘The articles wherefore John Frith died’
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the ninth column in a year-long series leading up to the 500th anniversary of the 16th-century Reformation on Oct. 31, 2017. * * * “Amongst all other chances lamentable, there hath been none a great time which seemed unto me more grevious, than the lamentable death and cruel handling of John Frith” – John Foxe, Book of Martyrs (aka, Acts and Monuments, 1570) Confined in London’s Newgate prison in the summer of 1533, a young English Reformer penned … [Read more...]
BGR amps up Vacation Bible School giving
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BGR)—Southern Baptists will find vacation Bible school ideas and more in the 2017 Baptist Global Response (BGR) Spring Gift Catalog. BGR is a Southern Baptist humanitarian relief agency that focuses on disaster relief and community development in some of the world’s poorest areas. Its spring and Christmas gift catalogs offer donors new avenues for connecting with people in need. Supporters can purchase items like cows, water filters and wells and donate them in honor of … [Read more...]
Bible Drill seeks to up kids’ scriptural literacy
SPRINGFIELD – Don Wilson has seen the difference the Word of God makes in childrens’ lives. The volunteer from Ridgecrest Baptist Church in Springfield is the go-to person for Bible Drill in Missouri. “The thing I’ve always loved about Bible Drill is it teaches kids to use the Bible,” he said. “They open it, they learn key passages, they learn where things are. If they stay in it, in three years they’ll learn 30 key passages that they can find at any time. They learn the books of the … [Read more...]
Texas Prison’s ‘field ministers’ see wide-ranging gospel impact
HUNTSVILLE, Texas (BP) – “I’ve been in prison before,” Michael Rios humbly reflects. “I came in when I was very young. I had the right ideas, I had the right intents: get out, get married, have a life.” Dressed in a white prison uniform, Rios speaks slowly but directly, his tattooed hands slowly gesturing to accentuate his words. He has been in prison longer than some of his fellow inmates have even been alive. Though Rios had the “right intents,” bad choices kept him locked up, and he is … [Read more...]
Churches combine resources for youth event
HALLSVILLE – Baptist cooperation isn’t just limited to missions giving. Crossroads Baptist Association proved that with Challenge D-Now youth conference, Feb. 17-19. “We had four joint worship services with a band and small groups in between,” said Jason Kramer, pastor of Sturgeon Baptist. We ate together and played games together.” The events included about a dozen participating churches, including some outside of the Crossroads Association. “Our goal was to challenge people with the … [Read more...]
‘JESUS’ film, at 1,500 languages, reaches millions
ORLANDO, Fla. (BP) -- For one morning a week for quite some time, both women had been nothing but consistent. Riah* had been faithfully working to help keep up the home of Yvonne Cantwell*, an IMB missionary in Southeast Asia. And Cantwell had been faithfully sharing the Gospel and Bible stories with her as they built a relationship. "She is from a UPG [unreached people group]," Cantwell said. "I speak her national language but not her heart language." Riah was "friendly and open … [Read more...]
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