WINDSOR – Funds from a disbanded church and distributed by a neighbor congregation helped a sister fellowship in a town affected by tornadoes. On July 5, 2020, Harmony Baptist Church, then located north of Leeton in Johnson County was the victim of an arson fire. The rebuilding was apparently too great a task; therefore, the congregation small and Harmony disbanded in December that same year. Harmony had originally started as a mission in 1880, of High Point in Windsor, which was … [Read more...]
SEND Missouri meeting with pastors, searching for new church planters
HANNIBAL – SEND Missouri of the North American Mission Board (NAMB) is meeting with pastors and seeking church planters for new Southern Baptist work in the state. Jason Zellmer, Director of SEND Missouri, met with more than a dozen pastors and church officials in Hannibal, Dec. 15. Several future church plant sites were identified and updates were given on several other plants in progress. “There is a shortage of church planters for the amount of churches we need to plant. We need … [Read more...]
Volunteer DR team member inspired by serving
POLLOCK – Chris Curtis wasn’t sure what to expect on her first Missouri Disaster Relief call out. “My husband and I planned to do Disaster Relief, but he died in May 2021,” she said. Chris, an untrained volunteer, opted to go to Dawson Springs, Ky., on her first callout. “It was life changing for me. I’m 67 and never witnessed anything like this,” she said. In Dawson Springs, at least in the area where the Bethel Association groups with whom she traveled was sent, there were only two … [Read more...]
Missouri Disaster Relief helps Ky. church after tornado damages building
DAWSON SPRINGS, Ky. – God used Missouri Baptist Disaster Relief to bring hope to a church whose building had significant tornado damage. On Dec. 10, at 10:40 p.m. a strong tornado ripped through Kentucky, and damaged much of this town of 3,200 people. Barb Gaines of Lamar was a Missouri DR chaplain in an early group of responders staying at a Princeton, Ky., church with other DR members, but working in Dawson Springs. “Dawson Springs is a low income area and few people had any … [Read more...]
Hospital honors church for service amid pandemic
INDEPENDENCE – Sometimes, “paying-it-forward” brings return blessings. This could summarize the relationship of Country Meadows Baptist Church (CMBC) and Centerpoint Hospital. In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, CMBC wanted to do something to reach out to the hospital caring for patients with the virus and other medical needs. “We wanted to do something, but not what everyone else was doing. We wanted to make a difference,” said Pastor Ashley Olinger. Olinger said he and a … [Read more...]
At HLGU Booster Banquet, Bevel challenges listeners to use talents to spread gospel
HANNIBAL – An actor in two popular Sherwood Baptist Church films challenged the Hannibal-LaGrange University audience to surrender to God for gospel growth. Ken Bevel, also known as Lt. Michael Simmons in the movie Fireproof and officer Nathan Hayes in Courageous, spoke at the 80th annual HLGU Booster Banquet. Bevel shared his testimony, including his experience in the Marines to now being Membership and Local Missions Pastor at Sherwood, where “on any given day I could be with a … [Read more...]
Pastor faithful for six decades, still going at it
RISCO – It seems that Gene Lancaster has a thought that as long as there is a soul to be reached for Jesus Christ, there is still a ministry need. Lancaster, 83, is still very much about Kingdom business. He has spent six decades largely in the southeast part of the state ministering to more than a dozen churches as supply pastor, interim pastor and pastor. Furthermore, he conducted double digit revivals in and out of those churches for years. As a result, he has seen hundreds give … [Read more...]
By faith, not sight: Blind worship leader in New London makes music for the Lord
NEW LONDON – As far as Lon Sitton is concerned, his life is all about making music for the Lord. He is the First Baptist Church, New London, worship leader, which includes leading the choir, the praise band, weekly special music, and wedding and funeral music. “Ultimately, I’m in charge of the music program. The pastor and I work well together. He’s wonderful,” Sitton said. Sitton, 67, has been blind virtually all his life. He is a triplet born in the 1950s in Olton, Texas. “We … [Read more...]
Baptist Builders help with expansion project at Bellview Baptist, Doniphan
DONIPHAN – In less than a week in October, Bellview Baptist Church got a needed expansion. The 28 x 34 foot addition for a new kitchen and fellowship hall had been in the planning for about two years, according to Pastor Jerry Cooper. With the new addition up, it will soon free old space for two new classrooms. The skyrocketing of lumber prices delayed the project for a while, and then Baptist Builders made it a reality, setting up the addition on the concrete footing prepared six months … [Read more...]
Jesus transforms lives, conference speakers say
BRANSON – Ministers at the Missouri Pastors’ Conference here, Oct. 25, were reminded of Jesus’ power to change people's lives. Jason Allen, President of Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, told of a 15-year-old girl kidnapped from her home in 1981 and secretly held in a church attic for 119 days, until two church maintenance people held an all-night stake out, catching the culprit and freeing the girl. The girl left clues of her plight at the church when she and her abductor … [Read more...]
Church where MBC was born ministers to the grieving
NEW BLOOMFIELD – After 195 years, Providence Baptist Church here continues ministry – especially by helping members of the community deal with grief. The church was working through a 13-week Grief Share session, Pastor Jim Shaver of Providence Baptist said at the end of August. That follows two separate two-hour Loss of Spouse seminars held July 15 and Aug. 12. Each seminar drew at least a dozen people. Both Shaver and a retired pastor who is also a member of the Providence congregation, … [Read more...]
HLGU campus damaged by wind, rain
HANNIBAL – Days before Hannibal-LaGrange University (HLGU) opened for new students and fall semester classes, a nasty windstorm and accompanying rain damaged the campus. The main damage from the late afternoon storm, Aug. 12, was to the student center in the middle of the campus, where a large section of the roof was stripped off and thrown to the ground. However, other buildings had water infiltration, and some students were evacuated from one housing unit for a time. In addition, … [Read more...]
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