New church in Hollister to focus on unchurched By Lee WarrenContributing Writer February 22, 2005 HOLLISTER – When Pastor Dennis Webb opens the doors at New Beginnings Fellowship Church for the first time this month, he is prepared for a capacity crowd of 225 people. The 20 people who make up the core group of the church plant from Ozark Mountain Community Church in Blue Eye are inviting all the unchurched people that they know. “Many of the core group members have been here … [Read more...]
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SBU trustees honor Rep. Blunt at meeting
SBU trustees honor Rep. Blunt at meeting By Tamera Heitz-PeekSBU Public Relations February 22, 2005 BOLIVAR — During their winter meeting Feb. 8, Southwest Baptist University’s (SBU) board of trustees approved the motion to name the grand entrance to the Jane and Ken Meyer Wellness and Sports Center the Roy Blunt Hall of Distinction. “This is an excellent way for SBU to honor former SBU president Roy Blunt, who continues to bring honor to the university as he … [Read more...]
Vargas chosen for SBC Lifetime Award
Vargas chosen for SBC Lifetime Award By Allen PalmeriStaff Writer February 22, 2005 JEFFERSON CITY – Mauricio Vargas, multicultural church planting strategist for the Missouri Baptist Convention (MBC), will receive the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) Hispanic Church Planting Lifetime Award June 19 at Haywood Hills Baptist Church, Nashville, Tenn., as part of the annual SBC Hispanic Church Planting Celebration. The event is held just prior to the SBC’s annual meeting, June … [Read more...]
Concord pastor, former MBC president refreshed by National Prayer Breakfast
Concord pastor, former MBC president refreshed by National Prayer Breakfast By Allen PalmeriStaff Writer February 22, 2005 JEFFERSON CITY – Monte Shinkle, pastor, Concord Baptist Church, Jefferson City, came away from his trip to Washington D.C. for the 53rd annual National Prayer Breakfast convinced that there is plenty of zeal within a tangible prayer movement in the nation’s capital. “Small groups of about 10 are gathering together to pray and to study God’s … [Read more...]
Bill touts abstinence in public schools
Bill touts abstinence in public schools By Lee WarrenContributing Writer February 22, 2005 JEFFERSON CITY – State Rep. Cynthia Davis, R-O’Fallon, doesn’t buy into the old cliché that “teens are going to do it.” Current Missouri law requires public schools to inform students about “all forms of contraception” if they are going to teach students about human sexuality. Davis wants to change that with House Bill 34—a bill that would require … [Read more...]
Human cloning ban clears committee
Human cloning ban clears committee By Allen PalmeriStaff Writer February 22, 2005 JEFFERSON CITY – After an emotionally charged four-year journey, the bill to ban human cloning/embryonic stem research in Missouri sponsored by Sen. Matt Bartle, R-Lee’s Summit and a deacon at First Baptist Church, Raytown, has finally made it out of committee. Senate Bill 160 was passed 7-2 Feb. 14 in the Senate Judiciary Committee when Sens. Carl Vogel, R-Jefferson City, Rob Mayer, R-Dexter, … [Read more...]
Written in stone: Lawmakers honor God
Written in stone: Lawmakers honor God Constitution’s granite Preamble to be displayed in House Chamber By Allen PalmeriStaff Writer February 22, 2005 JEFFERSON CITY – On Feb. 28, Missouri’s House of Representatives will dedicate in the House Chamber of the State Capitol a stone monument etched with all 31 words of the preamble to the Missouri Constitution. Now, thousands of Missouri Baptists can glorify God by giving to this cause. Rep. Rob Schaaf, R-St. Joseph, who … [Read more...]
MBC to take the Gospel to State Fair
MBC to take the Gospel to State Fair By Allen PalmeriStaff Writer February 22, 2005 JEFFERSON CITY – Directors of missions from around the state have a vision to treat the Missouri State Fair Aug. 11-21 in Sedalia like a summer missions trip, and Missouri Baptist Convention (MBC) Evangelism Director Bob Caldwell wants to do everything he can to support them. “My heart’s desire would be that our associations around the state would view it as an opportunity to go on a … [Read more...]
God glorified at U of Mizzou
God glorified at U of Mizzou Evangelistic event in heart of campus draws 1,200 By Allen PalmeriStaff Writer February 22, 2005 COLUMBIA – They may not have a name, but they have eyewitnessed the power and grace of God in ways never imagined. For example, “The Bible Study with No Name” members are praising God that at least 1,200 University of Missouri students heard the Gospel Feb. 1 in Jesse Auditorium. The tremors from this seismic event, which featured musical artist … [Read more...]
MBC presents $100,000 gift to Midwestern
MBC presents $100,000 gift to Midwestern Cory MillerMBTS Communications Director March 22, 2005 KANSAS CITY – In a year of record special contributions, Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary’s Board of Trustees dedicated four rooms in the William Koehn and Martha Center for World Evangelism, the seminary’s first expansion project since the original buildings were constructed, and received a substantial gift from the Missouri Baptist Convention toward its new … [Read more...]
Avoid the dreaded siren song of foreign law
Guest Columnist Avoid the dreaded siren song of foreign law March 22, 2005 SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (BP) – “The Sirens, they say, had maidens’ features.... They played the flute, lyre and sang. The isle where they lived was full of the mariners’ bones they had led to destruction. It was foretold the Sirens would die when a ship passed them unharmed. Only Odysseus, bound to the mast, heard their lovely song and lived, while his shipmates whose ears were filled with … [Read more...]
An open letter to Governor Matt Blunt
Guest Columnist An open letter to Governor Matt Blunt March 22, 2005 I am writing you to ask you to reconsider your position and to support Senate Bill 160, which would ban human cloning, including therapeutic human cloning in Missouri. I am legal counsel for the Missouri Baptist Convention, which passed a resolution in its Oct. 25-27, 2004, convention at First Baptist Raytown, Missouri. The resolution opposed embryonic stem cell research. I am writing this letter in my individual … [Read more...]
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