MMO tops $723,000 January 25, 2005 JEFFERSON CITY – Total receipts for the Rheubin L. South Missouri Missions Offering (MMO) through the 2004 giving season were $723,687. Money from MMO reserves was used to build the offering to $750,000, which was the goal for 2004, thus enabling all ministries to be fully funded this year, according to Missouri Baptist Convention (MBC) Associate Director David Waganer. Most of the MMO money that was raised will go toward missions, church planting, … [Read more...]
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MBC’s Shiflett sees SBU workshop as opportunity to help next generation
MBC’s Shiflett sees SBU workshop as opportunity to help next generation By Allen PalmeriStaff Writer January 25, 2005 JEFFERSON CITY — The 30th annual Church Music Workshop at Southwest Baptist University Feb. 3-5 represents the latest opportunity for Missouri Baptist Convention (MBC) Worship Specialist Bill Shiflett to connect with a God-sized, long-range goal. Shiflett is on the lookout for 1,000 new music ministers in Missouri over the next 10 years, and his participation as … [Read more...]
FBI agents quiz Illinois pastor over content of abortion sermon
FBI agents quiz Illinois pastor over content of abortion sermon By Lee WarrenContributing Writer January 25, 2005 MT. VERNON, Ill. – Nov. 23, 2004, started out like any other normal morning for Randy Steele, senior pastor at Southwest Christian Church in Mt. Vernon, Ill., a town about 80 miles southeast of St. Louis. One of the long-time members of his church was on her deathbed and he planned to spend the day consoling her family. Then the phone rang. It was the FBI. Steele said they … [Read more...]
‘Baptist’ lesbians at orphanage alarm Romanians
‘Baptist’ lesbians at orphanage alarm Romanians MBC to screen certain missionary candidates more closely in future By Allen PalmeriStaff Writer January 25, 2005 JEFFERSON CITY – Romania Baptist Union (RBU) officials have expressed concern after two lesbians, associated with an unknown Baptist mission trip, created a disturbance at an eastern Romania orphanage. The RBU’s concern has prompted Missouri Baptist Convention (MBC) Partnership Missions Specialist Norm … [Read more...]
Benton sworn in to 8th U.S. Circuit Court
Benton sworn in to 8th U.S. Circuit Court By Don HinkleEditor January 25, 2005 ST. LOUIS – A Missouri Baptist lay leader has become the 57th judge to serve on the powerful Eighth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Former Missouri Supreme Court Chief Justice Duane Benton, a member of First Baptist Church, Jefferson City, was administered the oath of office Jan. 13 during an Investiture ceremony before a packed house at the Thomas F. Eagleton Federal Courthouse here. Nominated by President … [Read more...]
Clippard to Missouri Baptists: ‘Build the wall’
Clippard to Missouri Baptists: ‘Build the wall’ By Allen PalmeriStaff Writer January 25, 2005 LAKE OZARK – Missouri Baptist Convention (MBC) Executive Director David Clippard continues to preach that the key to Missouri Baptists advancing the kingdom of Christ is Nehemiah. The theme of the book of Nehemiah is revival. In other words, Missouri Baptists need to see the problem as God sees it, be broken by the condition of the city and then fervently pray for … [Read more...]
Missouri lawmakers inch closer to a ban on human cloning
Missouri lawmakers inch closer to a ban on human cloning By Allen PalmeriStaff Writer January 25, 2005 JEFFERSON CITY – Sen. Matt Bartle, R-Lee’s Summit and a deacon at First Baptist Church, Raytown, has succeeded in getting 18 sponsors, which is a majority, for Senate Bill 160 prohibiting human cloning, a bill that he has championed for four years with little, if any, encouragement from so-called pro-life leaders of both political parties. Early in the General Assembly, … [Read more...]
MBC regional marriage confabs will feature popular musicians
MBC regional marriage confabs will feature popular musicians January 14, 2005 By Allen PalmeriStaff Writer JEFFERSON CITY – Encouraged by David Tolliver, immediate past president of the Missouri Baptist Convention (MBC), and Mitchell Jackson, current MBC president, MBC Family Ministries Specialist Joe Ulveling has unveiled a lineup of seven regional marriage enrichment events in Missouri with concerts by nationally known Christian musicians. Tolliver, pastor, Pisgah Baptist Church, … [Read more...]
FBC St. Joseph led all of SBC in Lottie Moon giving in 2003
FBC St. Joseph led all of SBC in Lottie Moon giving in 2003 January 14, 2005 By Allen PalmeriStaff Writer ST. JOSEPH – First Baptist Church, St. Joseph, was honored by the International Mission Board (IMB) of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) as the No. 1 church in the nation for per capita giving to the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering by collecting $341,368.35 in 2003. First St. Joseph wound up giving $912.75 per member, based on its church membership roll of 374. The death of … [Read more...]
CLC head calls for Bible to return after its removal from Neosho school
CLC head calls for Bible to return after its removal from Neosho school January 14, 2005 By Lee WarrenContributing Writer NEOSHO — When Chuck and Mary Alice Nelson’s daughter sat down recently at a computer to access the Bible and related testing materials that her parents donated to the Neosho R-5 School District at the end of the 2003-2004 school year, she discovered that both the Bible and the materials had been removed. The Nelsons made the donation to the district’s … [Read more...]
‘Be statesmen,’ fiery Scribner urges
‘Be statesmen,’ fiery Scribner urges January 14, 2005 By Allen PalmeriStaff Writer JEFFERSON CITY – Jay Scribner decided to encourage the lawmakers of the 93rd Missouri General Assembly before he charged them at the Commissioning Prayer Service Jan. 5 at Concord Baptist Church, Jefferson City. Scribner, the 27-year pastor of First Baptist Church, Branson, stood before an audience that included dozens of senators, House members, five state Supreme Court justices and … [Read more...]
Memorial for the innocents prayer service set for Capitol
Memorial for the innocents prayer service set for Capitol January 14, 2005 JEFFERSON CITY – Missouri Right to Life is sponsoring a “Memorial for the Innocents” prayer service Jan. 19 at 12:10 p.m. in the main floor rotunda of the Capitol. The purpose of the service is to pray for unborn babies who are in danger of being aborted. Roses will be distributed to state lawmakers as an outreach stemming from the service. For more information, call (573) 635-5110. … [Read more...]