BRIDGETON – Trustees met via videoconference and in person – spread out across the MBCH’s chapel – for their board meeting July 28. Though they noted many challenges resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, bright spots emerged as well. Trustees celebrated 42 permanencies in the second quarter, and 80 in 2020 thus far. They lamented a recent United Supreme Court ruling that repealed restrictions on abortion, but celebrated other rulings that affirmed religious ministries like MBCH can hire … [Read more...]
Baptist Home President advocates for the aging at Governor’s Mansion
JEFFERSON CITY – The Baptist Home President Rodney Harrison was invited to a special luncheon at the Governor’s Mansion here, July 28, for a small group discussion regarding the COVID-19 pandemic. During the gathering, Harrison had the opportunity to address issues specifically related to the negative effects of isolation experienced by residents during the pandemic and advocated for enhanced guidelines for church and family visits. According to Harrison, “Gov. Parson was very … [Read more...]
Silver lining appears for pro-lifers in court ruling
WASHINGTON (BP) — A silver lining has appeared for pro-life advocates in the U.S. Supreme Court’s otherwise disappointing decision in June regarding the protection of women who undergo abortions. The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals in St. Louis overturned Aug. 7 a federal judge’s ruling that had blocked enforcement of four pro-life laws in Arkansas. In doing so, the three-judge panel based its decision on a concurring opinion by Chief Justice John Roberts in the high court’s June 29 … [Read more...]
Religious rights lost: Nursing home residents face pandemic without pastoral care
JEFFERSON CITY – COVID-19 restrictions have robbed First Amendment rights from nursing home and long-term care residents across the nation, according to The Baptist Home President Rodney Harrison. Unable to meet with their pastors because of these restrictions, aging residents face increasing isolation and loneliness – sometimes with detrimental consequences to their health. “Our residents have lost their rights, and nobody is advocating to restore them,” Harrison told The Pathway. In … [Read more...]
Supreme Court disappoints pro-lifers with abortion ruling
WASHINGTON (BP) – Pro-life leaders expressed deep disappointment with the U.S. Supreme Court's refusal June 29 to uphold a Louisiana law designed to protect the lives and health of women by requiring hospital admitting privileges for doctors who perform abortions. In a 5-4 decision, the high court ruled the law – which mandated a physician must have admitting privileges at a hospital within 30 miles of a facility where he or she performs an abortion – violated the U.S. Constitution by … [Read more...]
Harrison confirmed as president of The Baptist Home
IRONTON – The Baptist Home board of trustees voted unanimously, April 3, to confirm Rodney Harrison as The Baptist Home’s next president, making him only the seventh president in The Home’s 107-year history. Harrison began serving as the transitional president for The Home late last December in preparation for former President Steven Jones’ retirement in January. The historic vote was made by the trustees during their April 3 board meeting, held online due to the COVID-19 crisis. Ken … [Read more...]
Parson to be first Missouri governor to speak at Midwest March for Life
JEFFERSON CITY – Fresh on the heels of almost 100,000 who descended on the nation’s capital to rally for life, organizers are asking Missourians to attend the Midwest March for Life, Feb. 1, in Jefferson City. Crowds gathered in force at last year’s event in Jefferson City to spread their pro-life message that every child – even those not yet born – is loved by God, but Bonnie Lee, a member of Open Heart Baptist in Columbia and a member of the Missouri Baptist Convention’s executive … [Read more...]
One Christian killed, 12 kidnapped in Nigeria
KADUNA, Nigeria (BP) – A Baptist woman is dead and 12 Christians including church members, school students and teachers remain kidnapped in two successive incidents in Kaduna, Nigeria, widely attributed to militant Fulani herdsmen. In the latest incident, herdsmen killed Ezra Haruna of Godiya Baptist Church in Ungwan Barau village and kidnapped four of her fellow church members, Morning Star News reported Thursday (Oct. 10). Many residents fled into nearby bushes, Morning Star … [Read more...]
Our Baptist heritage: freedom of conscience
“The King is a mortal man, and not God. Therefore, he has no power over the souls of his subjects; he has no power to make laws for their souls; he has no power to set spiritual Lords over them. If the King did have such authority, then he would be an immortal God and not mortal man. O King, do not be seduced to sin against God nor against your poor subjects by making such laws.” So reads the inscription in the front of Thomas Helwys’ A Short Declaration of the Mystery of Iniquity … [Read more...]
Michigan adoption agency wins in court
LANSING, Mich. (BP) – Faith-based adoption and foster care agencies seeking to practice their religious beliefs gained an important victory Thursday (Sept. 26) in Michigan. Federal Judge Robert Jonker issued a preliminary injunction blocking Michigan from canceling the state-approved contract of St. Vincent Catholic Charities to provide foster care and adoption services. St. Vincent will be able to continue partnering with the state while the court case continues. The Catholic agency … [Read more...]
GuideStone trustees affirm 20/20 & SBC response
SAN FRANCISCO (BP) – GuideStone Financial Resources trustees heard reports from the Southern Baptist entity's executive leadership team and staff about the ministry's key lines of business during their July 29–30 meeting in San Francisco. Trustees also adopted a response to a motion during the SBC annual meeting in June for convention entities to "provide an update related to their efforts to address abuse" for the 2020 SBC annual meeting in Orlando, Fla. President O.S. Hawkins, in his … [Read more...]
So. Baptists respond to ‘horrific’ acts of violence
EL PASO, Texas (BP) – As two mass shootings over the weekend brought the total to three such tragedies in just over a week, Baptists prayed, met needs and called for an urgent look at how white supremacy can "fuel" violence. The shootings – all committed by young men – took the lives of 34 people across three cities. In El Paso, Texas, a 21-year-old man is in custody after a shooting in a Walmart left 22 people dead and 26 others injured on Saturday (Aug. 3). Then early Sunday morning … [Read more...]
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