OVERLAND PARK, Kan. – In a letter addressed to the Southern Baptist Convention’s (SBC) Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC) President Russell Moore, Bott Radio Network President Richard P. Bott, II, called on Moore to apologize publicly for his recent critical remarks regarding Christian talk radio—an industry supported by millions of Southern Baptist and evangelical listeners. Bott’s May 5 letter was also sent to more than 70 Southern Baptist and evangelical leaders, including … [Read more...]
Baptist Building improvements
A new cooling tower set up at the Missouri Baptist Convention, April 11, is only one feature of the repairs that the convention is making on its Baptist Building in downtown Jefferson City. The Missouri Baptist Convention has received a $7,150.52 incentive from the utilities company, Ameren Missouri, to help restore exterior lights on the convention’s building in downtown Jefferson City. The convention received the incentive because of its decision to use energy-efficient LED lights for … [Read more...]
God’s Word bears fruit in Indiana through work of Missouri evangelist
INDIANAPOLIS – Nearly 100 people professed faith in Christ during revival services, March 22-23, at Brookville Road Community Church (BRCC) here, led by Jim McNeil, president, Missouri Baptist Fellowship of Vocational Evangelists. “It was glorious, and I am quick to give all the praise to our precious Savior, the Lord Jesus, for every victory,” McNeil said after returning from the revival service. “Yes, brother, revivals do work.” McNeil preached during three services for the congregation … [Read more...]
Church distributes 1,500 Bibles in three towns
BUCKNER – Members from the First Baptist Church (FBC) here distributed 1,500 Bibles in the communities of Buckner, Levasy and Sibley during an outreach initiative, April 12. A team of 83 volunteers from FBC, Buckner, and partnering churches prayed for these communities, prepared Bibles and distributed them. The men’s ministry from FBC, Buckner, provided a breakfast for volunteers. Doug Schildknecht – pastor of FBC, Buckner, and a Missouri Baptist Convention (MBC) executive board member – … [Read more...]
Exec Board sets 2015 Budget
JEFFERSON CITY – Missouri Baptist Convention (MBC) Executive Board members approved a 2015 Cooperative Program (CP) goal of $14.5 million during its spring meeting, April 15. Although the 2015 goal shows no increase from the 2014 budget, allocations will differ slightly. During the MBC annual meeting last October, messengers voted that five percent of 2014 budget would be placed into a “shared expenses” category, which would be allocated for annuity protections and The Pathway. Remaining … [Read more...]
Audio of Worldview Conference on Pathway website
HANNIBAL – Those who missed the Missouri Baptist Convention’s (MBC) Worldview Conference, April 3, can now hear speakers online at The Pathway’s website, www.mbcpathway.com. The MBC’s annual Worldview Conference equips Missouri Baptists to engage culture with God’s Word. This year’s conference featured Joshua Hawley, one of the attorneys who defended Hobby Lobby before the U.S. Supreme Court in March; ex-Congressman Bob McEwen; and Janice Crouse of Concerned Women for America. Other … [Read more...]
Hobby Lobby attorney: Return to self-government
HANNIBAL – As a member of the legal team that defended Hobby Lobby before United States Supreme Court, University of Missouri law professor Joshua Hawley told participants at the Missouri Baptist Convention’s Worldview Conference, April 3, that they must bring their faith to bear in the public sphere. “We are charged to carry into politics and into public God’s purpose for government and political society,” Hawley said, “to advocate for a truly just society, for human freedom, for the … [Read more...]
‘Culture wars’ increase church security risk
REPUBLIC – “Culture wars” broiling across the nation increase church security risks, said Vaughn Baker, president of Strategos International and member at Abundant Life Baptist Church, Lee’s Summit, in a recent interview with The Pathway. Missouri-based Strategos International has trained more than 7,500 law enforcement, military, church, school, security and business professionals since its establishment in 2002. “We see increased risk to churches because of the topics that frequently … [Read more...]
Ukraine: MO churches partner with Ukrainian Baptist Seminary
LVIV, Ukraine – Although he was born under the shadow of the Soviet regime, 36-year-old Baptist seminary President Yaroslav “Slavik” Pyzh never imagined that he would now face what, according to some news agencies, could become “the worst East-West crisis since the Cold War.” With support from Missouri Baptist churches, Pyzh and his students at the Ukrainian Baptist Theological Seminary labor to spread the hope of the gospel throughout Ukraine as Russia amasses and shuffles its troops … [Read more...]
BSU equipping disciple-makers
MARYVILLE – Because of his early struggles as director of a Baptist Student Union (BSU), Jason Yarnell now labors not only to share the gospel to students at Northwest Missouri State University, but he also wants to send them out as disciple-makers – and, in some cases, campus missionaries like himself. Transformed by the gospel after attending a BSU rally as a student at Northwest Missouri State, Yarnell soon began to sense a calling to college ministry. Then, after the college’s BSU … [Read more...]
Ex-congressman to address Worldview Conference
HANNIBAL – As a business student at the University of Miami in the early 1970s, Bob McEwen noticed how American ideals, founded upon biblical principles, have made cities, states and nations flourish. McEwen, who now serves as senior advisor for the nationally recognized Washington- and Cincinnati-based law firm of Greenebaum, Doll & McDonald, will speak about America’s foundational ideals during the Missouri Baptist Convention’s Worldview Conference, April 3 at, Hannibal-LaGrange … [Read more...]
Bible stories ‘Light Up Missouri’ for non-readers
JEFFERSON CITY – Missouri Baptists have accepted the challenge during the next two years to distribute one million Bibles across their state as part of “Light Up Missouri,” a servant evangelism initiative organized by the Missouri Baptist Convention (MBC). Through this campaign, they hope to combat the tide of biblical illiteracy that has spread across the nation and to see lives transformed by the truth of Scripture. And by sharing stories from God’s Word, they hope to reach even the … [Read more...]