PINE RIDGE, SD – Last-minute Christmas shopping is putting a financial pinch on many now that 2013 has rolled around, but for Cross Timbers Baptist Church, a last-minute Christmas outreach to a congregation in the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota is the gift that keeps on blessing. Terry Gentry, pastor of Cross Timbers Baptist Church, 20 miles south of Warsaw, heard through the grapevine that there was a great need in Pine Ridge for necessities such as warm coats and gloves. … [Read more...]
ReFRESH confab to focus on relationship with Christ
BRANSON – ReFRESH, the 2013 state evangelism conference, is coming up quickly Feb. 28 and March 1 at First Baptist, Branson. More than just an exhortation to church leaders to “go and tell,” ReFRESH is an evangelism/ discipleship event based on a program from Sherwood Baptist Church in Georgia. Speakers include: Michael Catt, pastor of Sherwood Baptist; International Mission Board President Tom Elliff; Pastor Ronnie Floyd; Ken Jenkins, photographer and naturalist; Daniel Simmons, senior … [Read more...]
Disaster Relief needs college student volunteers
JEFFERSON CITY – The first of four opportunities this year to become a trained disaster relief (DR) volunteer is fast approaching. Hannibal-LaGrange University will host the training Jan. 25-26 on campus. Missouri Baptists have responded to fires in Colorado, New Mexico, Oklahoma and New Jersey, New York, Mississippi and Louisiana for debris removal, feeding and mud-out in the last six months. There are more than 4,000 trained DR volunteers in the state, but when disaster strikes and … [Read more...]
New DR building allows for growth
JEFFERSON CITY - A former horse barn outside of town is now the “High Point Annex,” a storage place for Missouri Baptist Convention (MBC) Disaster Relief (DR) equipment. With its 14-foot ceilings, and wide garage-style doors, the 18,000-square-foot building houses a DR forklift, four generators, water purification equipment, Gator four-wheel-drive vehicle, and a skid loader. Two mobile kitchens – each capable of cooking 35,000 hot meals a day – are parked there, along with two shower … [Read more...]
MMO gifts rise in 2012
JEFFERSON CITY – Despite an economy that still sags, Missouri Baptists have been generous in their giving through the Missouri Missions Offering (MMO). To-date, Missouri Baptists have given $628,000. “That’s ahead of last year’s pace, which was $586,000,” said Rob Phillips, MBC director of communications. Being that far ahead of pace bodes well for meeting the offering’s annual goal of $675,000 for the first time since 2000. 2011’s offering finished just $10,000 short of that goal, so … [Read more...]
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