Joint resolution affirming marriage approved by committee By Allen PalmeriStaff Writer February 3, 2004 JEFFERSON CITY – A joint resolution affirming marriage as between a man and a woman passed 8-6 in the House of Representatives Children and Families Committee Jan. 27. Reps. Jim Avery, R-Crestwood, Brian Baker, R-Belton, Jason Crowell, R-Cape Girardeau and Kevin Engler, R-Farmington, have all sponsored separate joint resolutions with similar language. The committee voted to combine … [Read more...]
Judge blocks abortion law again, leaving legal observers puzzled
Judge blocks abortion law again, leaving legal observers puzzled By Allen PalmeriStaff Writer July 6, 2004 JEFFERSON CITY – A controversial U.S. District Judge in Kansas City has imposed a preliminary injunction to suspend – for the second time – enforcement of a Missouri law requiring a 24-hour wait to have an abortion. Sources confirm the order by Judge Scott O. Wright is open-ended, leaving legal observers puzzled over the action and what is likely to happen next. A … [Read more...]
CLC eyes 12 legislative priorities for ’05
CLC eyes 12 legislative priorities for ’05 Convention’s effort to be ‘salt and light’ By Allen PalmeriStaff Writer November 23, 2004 JEFFERSON CITY – The Christian Life Commission (CLC) of the Missouri Baptist Convention (MBC) is going into the 2005 General Assembly with a 12-point moral values outline that is being sent to governor-elect Matt Blunt and the leaders of both the state House of Representatives and state Senate. “These 12 items make up our … [Read more...]
Resolutions passed on citizenship, stem cell, holiness
Resolutions passed on citizenship, stem cells, holiness By Allen PalmeriStaff Writer November 9, 2004 RAYTOWN – A resolution on Christian citizenship, adapted from a resolution passed this year by the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC), passed the Missouri Baptist Convention (MBC) overwhelmingly as messengers voted their values Oct. 27 at First Baptist Church, Raytown. Kerry Messer, lobbyist, MBC Christian Life Commission, said that there was plenty of evidence that Missouri Baptists … [Read more...]
Missouri Baptists swept into office
Missouri Baptists swept into office Nov. 2 voters form moral values juggernaut By Allen PalmeriStaff Writer November 9, 2004 JEFFERSON CITY – Missouri Baptists will become governor and hold the top two seats in the state House of Representatives in January thanks to a juggernaut of “moral values” voters who swept them into office Nov. 2. The same voters also contributed mightily to the re-election of President George W. Bush and Missouri U.S. Sen. Christopher … [Read more...]
Missouri pro-life groups united in their criticism of pro-cloning petition
Missouri pro-life groups united in their criticism of pro-cloning petition By Allen Palmeri Staff Writer November 15, 2005 JEFFERSON CITY – Virtually every conservative pro-life organization in Missouri is criticizing the pro-cloningpetition designed – if passed in November by voters – to amend Missouri’s constitution preventing therapeutic cloning and embryonic stem cell research from being banned. Rodney Albert, chairman, Missouri Baptist Convention’s … [Read more...]
Famous 10 Commandments monument comes to Missouri, now heads to D.C.
Famous 10 Commandments monument comes to Missouri, now heads to D.C. By Allen PalmeriStaff Writer September 28, 2004 HUMANSVILLE – The cause of religious liberty that unites former Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore and Greg Thompson, the Humansville school superintendent fired Sept. 8 from his job because of his public acknowledgment of God, took on a symbolic significance Sept. 15-19 with the arrival here of the 5,280-pound Ten Commandments monument that resulted in Moore … [Read more...]
Humansville School Superintendent terminated for acknowledging God
Humansville School Superintendent terminated for acknowledging God By Allen Palmeri Staff Writer August 31, 2004 CAMDENTON – Kerry Messer, lobbyist for the Missouri Baptist Convention’s Christian Life Commission, has been drawing a distinction lately in his public speaking about two kinds of public school workers. “There is a difference between a Christian public school employee and a public school employee who is a Christian,” Messer said. “Which comes … [Read more...]
ACLU may sue over Amendment 2
ACLU may sue over Amendment 2 Battleover homosexual ‘marriage’ far from over in ‘Show Me’ state By Bob BaysingerManaging Editor August 17, 2004 JEFFERSON CITY – Missouri voters’ overwhelming approval Aug. 3 of a ban on same-sex “marriages” may still face a court challenge. Denise Lieberman, legal director for the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Eastern Missouri, says the timing isn’t right for a legal challenge to the … [Read more...]
Oak Grove evangelism
January 14, 2003 Evangelism at First Baptist Church of Oak Grove is not just a cliché. With Pastor Randy Messer at the helm, the church has started practicing what is preached. And the results have been astounding! The 150-year-old church was like many other Southern Baptist churches in Missouri – in a state of dormancy – before Messer moved from Texas to become the pastor in 1993. The average Sunday morning worship attendance 10 years ago was 180 and not much was being … [Read more...]
Missouri overwhelmingly votes For constitutional amendment Banning homosexual marriage
Missouri overwhelmingly votes For constitutional amendment Banning homosexual marriage By Bob BaysingerManaging Editor August 3, 2004 JEFFERSON CITY – Missouri voters overwhelmingly approved a constitutional amendment that defines marriage as being solely between a man and a woman and bans same-sex “marriage” in the state. Missourians, voting in the state’s primary election Aug. 3, gave the marriage amendment one of the widest victory margins in Missouri voting … [Read more...]
Unity reigns at MBC’s 171st meeting
Unity reigns at MBC’s 171st meeting Slate of conservative officers elected again; single alignment passes overwhelmingly, historic visit by governor marks occasion By Allen PalmeriStaff Writer November 1, 2005 SPRINGFIELD– Messengers to the 171st annual meeting of the Missouri Baptist Convention (MBC) Oct. 24-26 elected for the ninth consecutive year a slate of theologically conservative officers and overwhelmingly approved single alignment, the series of interdependent changes … [Read more...]
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