INDEPENDENCE (BP) – Ten years ago Brian Grout accepted a call to be the pastor for what would soon become The Church at Three Trails. Approximately 200 people were on the membership role. That number has dropped by half since then. On the surface it can appear to be a negative, but the surface hardly tells the whole story. When Grout arrived, the church hadn’t baptized anyone in at least five years, but there have been approximately 55 since. Attendance hovered at 15 to start. Now it is … [Read more...]
Children’s ministers’ retreat coming to Camdenton
CAMDENTON – Children’s ministers from around the state are invited to a retreat Nov. 2-4 at the Old Kinderhook Lodge in Camdenton. This year, the retreat features guest speaker Jeremy Echols, director of family ministry at The Glade Church, Mt. Juliet, Tenn. Echols’ ministry calling is to make the message of Christ clear in the lives of children, and to pour into those who minister to children. Before coming to The Glade Church, Echols’ ministry experience included volunteering in his … [Read more...]
MMO supports ethnic churches, youth evangelism
JEFFERSON CITY (MBC) – The Rheubin L. South Missouri Missions Offering supports more than two dozen ministries in Missouri. This year’s theme is taken from Romans 10:15: “How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news.” The MMO Eight Days of Prayer are Sept. 10-17. Following are two short stories about how the gifts of Missouri Baptists support missions projects throughout the Show Me State. The nations in Missouri: Engaging 50 ethnic congregations Omar Segovia speaks several … [Read more...]
Spiritually thirsty college students drink deeply of Jesus, profess faith in baptism
KANSAS CITY – “What are you thirsty for?” That’s the question that confronted Malachi Taylor on the side of the Collegiate Impact Proxe station as he walked across campus at Blue River Community College in the spring of 2022. At the time, he didn’t know what he was thirsty for. But he was thirsty. Just a semester before, Owen Hannen had heard about the Collegiate Impact Bible studies on his campus at Longview Community College. He wasn’t connected with church in any way. But he knew … [Read more...]
MODR responds to derecho storm in northern Missouri
BETHANY – Until a few years ago, most people had never heard of a derecho (deh-REY-cho), even though the term dates back to 1877 when it was first used to describe an unusual wind event in Iowa. If wind damage wasn’t caused by a tornado or a hurricane, it has generally been blamed on a strong, straight-line wind. In fact, the word “derecho” is Spanish for “straight.” Today, the term, which has been used more frequently in the last 10 to 20 years, is, by definition, a wind damage swath that … [Read more...]
Antioch Baptist church member leads ‘Walk Thru the Bible’ sessions
HANNIBAL – Schedules are being set to teach people the Old Testament. Dan Dehner, a member of Antioch Baptist, is offering to teach five half-hour sessions of the Old Testament in the “Walk Thru the Bible” program. “It’s an educational organization that provides seminars and training to churches or groups who want more information of the Bible. I particularly do the Old Testament live sessions. We take the lessons and give a framework of how they fit together,” Dehner said. Dehner said … [Read more...]
‘We need prayer’: Ukrainian seminary president speaks at Fellowship of Wildwood about ongoing war, gospel opportunities
WILDWOOD – Slavik Pyzh, Ukrainian Baptist Theological Seminary (UBTS) president, reported to the Fellowship of Wildwood congregation that leadership was still a focus despite the ongoing war. “I would like to report that the war is over,” Pyzh said, “but it is not. The city of Lviv where our seminary is located was hit with missiles. About forty apartment buildings were destroyed. The home of one of our partners who works with the Young Leaders Program was hit. He has a pregnant wife and a … [Read more...]
Springhill Baptist Church, Springfield, partners with Noel churches to reach 8 language groups
NOEL – Relationships are important in evangelism and Joshua Manning, pastor of Community Baptist Church in Noel, believes relationships are important for churches. “Our church has seen lots of mission groups,” Manning said, “But it is the relationships with the area churches that are important. Springhill in Springfield, Fellowship and FBC in Neosho, and FBC Anderson among others have all been great partners.” “Our church was established in 1880,” Manning added. “Since then, the … [Read more...]
HLGU student earns associate’s degree 50 years in the making
HANNIBAL – Wes Segawa completed one class this past semester at Hannibal-LaGrange University (HLG) and graduated with an associate degree in May. That’s the short of a 50-year-long story. The one class was what he lacked for the degree he started in the early 1970s. Segawa, of Hilo, Hawaii, graduated from Hilo in 1970. Like many Asian immigrants in the Hawaiian islands, he grew up a fourth-generation Buddhist. Rev. Richard Uejo, a Hawaiian pastor and 1940 graduate with his wife Masue, led … [Read more...]
What do you know about MBCH?
When you hear the name “Missouri Baptist Children’s Home,” what images come to your mind? Do you see campuses full of young children waiting for a forever home? Do you see an orphanage? Does residential care only come to your mind? Well, hopefully, after you read this article, you will have learned more about what the Agency is and who it serves. First of all, instead of calling it “Missouri Baptist Children’s Home”, we are now referring to the parent corporation as MBCH. The … [Read more...]
Forty-one people find faith in Christ during Lifepointe, Sedalia, tent revival
SEDALIA – A four-day tent revival north of Sedalia brought people to Christ and some were baptized at the event. Lifepointe Church pastor Rusty Thomas reported 41 salvations, 31 baptisms, and three child dedications. From July 12-15, there were a total of 253 people in the children’s tent, 3,199 people in the main tent, and 10,639 people who followed the tent revival on Facebook. This made the total attendance of 14,091 people. “To God be the Glory,” Thomas said after the event. But the … [Read more...]
New Hope, Sedalia, ministers to homeless
SEDALIA – Preparing for a mission trip to New Orleans isn’t always what God wants. New Hope Baptist Church, Sedalia, found God was pointing them in a different way. “I’ve been to the New Orleans French Quarter to minister to the homeless at least five times,” Marc Knapp, pastor, said. “We were preparing to take a group there. I was explaining to them what we would encounter on the trip, but we began to pray, and we discovered that God wanted us to do it here.” “We realized that we were to … [Read more...]
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