Efforts to end abortions in Missouri are working. Missouri women had 1,019 fewer abortions in 2010 than in 2009, a 9.4 percent decrease, according to Missouri State Health Department statistics. The 9,796 abortions performed in Missouri in 2010 represented the fewest since 1973. In the past decade, Missouri Southern Baptists have been at the forefront of attempts to save the state’s unborn. The Missouri Baptist Convention (MBC) has passed several pro-life resolutions at its annual … [Read more...]
Great Commission forefront of CORE confab
JEFFERSON CITY – The “not just another conference” conference CORE is coming to Missouri Baptists. The two-day meeting revolves around three core values as Missouri Baptist Convention (MBC) seeks to better equip believers to live out the Great Commission. Those values are becoming disciples, missional living and developing leaders. The conference is March 19-20 at Concord Baptist Church in Jefferson City. It begins that Monday at 1 p.m. and goes through Tuesday at noon, so anyone from … [Read more...]
Japanese church planter keeps hand to plow
ST. LOUIS—Yoshi Ubukata, a Japanese church planter here who is supported by the Missouri Baptist Convention (MBC), is living out an “on mission” lifestyle over a long distance that MBC specialists one day hope will become more common. Ubukata through the Japanese Church Planting Network is helping to plant a new Japanese congregation in Orlando, Fla., with a group of Japanese who have been meeting for about 10 years in a Bible study. Ubukata, pastor of Japanese International Harvest Church … [Read more...]
Pregnancy center tax relief mulled
JEFFERSON CITY – Tax credits for pregnancy resource center and food pantry donations seemed to be one of the main focuses of Missouri Baptist Convention’s (MBC) initial lobbying efforts as this year’s General Assembly session opened Jan. 4. Rep. Thomas Long, R-Battlefield, has filed House Bill 1278 (HB 1278) which contains several tax credit reauthorization measures, among them the two listed above. The pregnancy resource center credits will expire later this year and the food pantry … [Read more...]
Patterson discusses SBC name change task force recommendation
FORT WORTH, Texas (SWBTS) – Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary president Paige Patterson has historically advocated changing the name of the Southern Baptist Convention to more accurately describe the scope of the convention’s mission. However, as a member of the task force appointed last fall by SBC president Bryant Wright, Patterson agrees with his fellow task force members that the issue is more complicated than many might think. “I’ve always been in favor of a name change, but … [Read more...]
SBC name-change study recommendation: ‘Great Commission Baptists’
NASHVILLE - The Name Change Task Force of the Executive Committee of the Southern Baptist has released its reccomendation: "Great Commission Baptists." Pending action by messengers at the annual meeting of the Convention this June, the name of the Southern Baptist Convention would not legally change, but "Great Commission Baptists" would be used an informal identifier for marketing purposes, according to Jimmy Draper, chairman of the task force. Look for more tomorrow. … [Read more...]
HLGU trustees speak out on ObamaCare mandate: ‘affront to religious liberty’
HANNIBAL – President Obama’s “compromise” in a recent mandate that would require religious institutions like Hannibal-LaGrange University (HLGU) to pay for abortion-causing drugs got an F from the school’s board of trustees. During their Feb. 10 meeting, the board unanimously adopted a statement denouncing what HLGU’s president, Woody Burt, called a violation of conscience and religious liberty. The statement was drafted before the president announced a compromise that would shift the cost … [Read more...]
MBC leaders: ObamaCare mandate is an attack on our religious liberty
JEFFERSON CITY — Reaction within the Missouri Baptist Convention (MBC) to the recent Obamacare mandate that most religious employers provide health care coverage for contraception was both swift and fiery. MBC President John Marshall, pastor, Second Baptist Church, Springfield, got right to the point. He called it “reprehensible.” David Krueger, chairman, Christian Life Commission, and pastor, First Baptist Church, Linn, agreed. “This is one of the vilest decisions any American … [Read more...]
Hinkle: Obama exposes contempt for religious liberty
Think whatever you want about Rick Santorum as a presidential candidate, but like any good lawyer he asks the right question at the most critical point in time. America has reached such a moment because our president is perpetrating – through his health care plan – one of the most egregious attacks on religious freedom our nation has seen. Thus Santorum’s question for the moment: “When you marginalize faith in America, when you remove the pillar of God-given rights, then what’s left?“ Why … [Read more...]
Roberts resigns as MBTS president
KANSAS CITY - The trustees of Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary (MBTS) Feb. 10 accepted the resignation of MBTS President R. Philip Roberts effective Feb. 29 during a called meeting at an airport hotel and named as acting president Robin Hadaway, associate professor of missions at the seminary. Roberts, an 11-year president, was facing questions about misuse of seminary resources and verbal abuse of seminary staff. Other trustee meetings in years past had revolved around those same … [Read more...]
MBC and Catholics joining for religious freedom rally
Missouri Baptist Convention Director John Yeats and Catholic Archbishop Robert Carlson will join with other religious leaders from around the state for a “Rally for Religious Liberty” March 27 at the State Capitol. The rally is being promoted by the Missouri Baptist Convention, the Missouri Catholic Conference and Missouri Right to Life. Details in the next issue of The Pathway. … [Read more...]
St. Louis church plants advancing
ST. LOUIS—Leaders from St. Louis and Illinois are excited about the Send: St. Louis initiative through the North American Mission Board (NAMB) to plant churches. The group met Jan. 23 to discuss the strategy for reaching the lost in the St. Louis metropolitan area. In addition, NAMB’s Midwest director, Steve Davis, and Scott Pittman, partnership missions director of the Kentucky Baptist Convention, joined the group. “We see this as an opportunity to get more done,” Jerry Field, Missouri … [Read more...]
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