Thoughts & Adventures For the WMU, fence-sitting is a precarious place to be March 22, 2005 Southern Baptist women let their voices be heard March 15 when the Missouri Woman’s Missionary Union’s (MWMU) board of directors voted not to receive 2005-2006 money from the theologically moderate Baptist General Convention of Missouri (BGCM). The action reflects courage on the part of the board and other leaders who have been patiently working for more than two years to enhance … [Read more...]
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Changing the world via the Cooperative Program
From My Heart to Yours Changing the world via the Cooperative Program March 22, 2005 Many pastors have in their library at least one book of famous last words. It is interesting reading to see the sum of a person’s life beliefs and/or philosophies summarized in a final statement. Voltaire, the noted French infidel who once boasted, “In twenty years Christianity will be no more. My single hand shall destroy the edifice it took twelve apostles to … [Read more...]
MBCH to host 3rd annual ‘Night with the Stars’
MBCH to host 3rd annual ‘Night with the Stars’ March 22, 2005 BRIDGETON – The third annual “Night with the Stars” benefit for Missouri Baptist Children’s Home (MBCH) will be held April 16 at Skyline Southern Baptist Church in Branson. Doors will open at 4 p.m., with the dinner beginning at 5 p.m. Last year’s event drew nearly 600 people helping to raise almost $20,000 for the children at MBCH. This benefit features Branson area performers who donate … [Read more...]
Union Hill church sees expansion move forward
Union Hill church sees expansion move forward Congregation expects to be in new sanctuary come August By Barbara ShounContributing Writer March 22, 2005 HOLTS SUMMIT — March 5 was a high point in more ways than one for the members of Union Hill Baptist Church at Holts Summit. This was the day the steeple was placed atop the church’s new sanctuary, and it served as a visible signal of what the Lord has been doing spiritually at Union Hill for the past several years. Frank Whitney … [Read more...]
Wild Game Dinner spreads Gospel in Park Hills
Wild Game Dinner spreads Gospel in Park Hills By Staff March 22, 2005 PARK HILLS – Following through on one of the outreach strategies being promoted by the Missouri Baptist Convention (MBC), First Baptist Church, Park Hills, hosted its 13th annual Wild Game Dinner Feb. 19. During events like the one held at Park Hills, the community is invited to sample all kinds of exotic meat, including deer, beaver, elk, wild boar and fish. Dishes, stews and chilies are made from the meat. Along … [Read more...]
Star Hope Baptist Church gives to HLG’s Carroll Missions Center
Star Hope Baptist Church gives to HLG’s Carroll Missions Center March 22, 2005 Hannibal – Star Hope Baptist Church, Elsberry, recently presented Woodrow Burt of Hannibal-LaGrange College with a donation of more than $11,500 for the newly constructed Carroll Missions Center. The Carroll Missions Center was completed in October of 2004 and serves as the center for recruitment and training of students called to short-term or full-time missions. The center provides training and … [Read more...]
Missouri Baptist Confab of the Deaf marks 50 years
Missouri Baptist Confab of the Deaf marks 50 years By Barbara ShounContributing Writer March 22, 2005 JEFFERSON CITY — Missouri Baptist Conference of the Deaf (MBCD) celebrated 50 years of cooperative minis-try when it held its annual meeting March 19 at Memorial Baptist Church here. Approximately 100 people, about half of them deaf, were in attendance as the conference addressed its past, its present, and its future. The occasion was recognized with resolutions by the Missouri … [Read more...]
Missouri Baptists Enjoy MBC training for missions
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...]
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