ST. CHARLES – The following meetings have been scheduled to take place in conjunction with the Missouri Baptist Convention's Oct. 26-27 annual meeting at the St. Charles Convention Center here. Sunday, Oct. 25 8:00 pm – 11:00 pm – Officers Meeting – Executive Board Room, Upper Level, Convention Center Monday, Oct. 26 8:00 am-10:00 am – Credentials Committee Meeting – Conference Room, Upper Level, Convention Center 8:30 am-2:45 pm – Pastors’ Conference – North/South Hall, Lower … [Read more...]
‘God did a work’
Despite storms, cancer, pastor’s broken neck, Pioneer Baptist Church sees God’s blessings BIRCH TREE – Pioneer Baptist Church has been through its shares of trials during the past 12 months. Yet pastor Robert Gifford says the church has also seen God’s faithfulness and blessings beyond their expectations. The congregation nestled in south-central Missouri saw their pianist and worship leader encounter severe cancer, a storm blew through and left a giant tree in the middle of the church … [Read more...]
Missouri DR workers to provide childcare at annual meeting
ST. CHARLES – Trained volunteers from Missouri Baptist Disaster Relief (DR) will provide childcare on Monday and Tuesday of the Missouri Baptist Convention annual meeting here, Oct. 26-27. Registration is free, but required. The deadline for registration is Oct. 12. Childcare is being offered for children from birth through 7 years of age. It begins at 8 a.m., Oct. 26, and ends after the Tuesday evening session, Oct. 27. Although children will have snacks in childcare, parents are … [Read more...]
O’Brien to be nominated for MBC 2nd vice president
ST. CHARLES – Malachi O’Brien, senior pastor of The Church at Pleasant Ridge in Harrisonville, will be nominated for the office of Missouri Baptist Convention (MBC) second vice president during the MBC annual meeting at the St. Charles Convention Center here, Oct. 26-27. Shaun Jones, executive pastor of worship and media arts at Fellowship Church, Greenwood, told The Pathway in early September that he will make this nomination during the annual meeting. “Dr. Malachi O’Brien a … [Read more...]
St. Charles couple sues defunct Windermere trustees
More than $300,000 in damages sought CAMDENTON – A lawsuit was filed Sept. 4 in Camden County Circuit Court against the Windermere Baptist Conference Center’s defunct corporation and against several trustees of the defunct corporation. The lawsuit does not directly affect the Missouri Baptist Convention (MBC), the Missouri Baptist Foundation, or Straightway Holdings, Inc. (which currently owns Windermere). The lawsuit was filed by Fern and Wayne Bess of St. Charles, who were apparently … [Read more...]
Williams to be nominated for MBC 1st vice president
ST. CHARLES – Chris Williams, pastor of Fellowship Church in Greenwood/Raymore, will be nominated for the office of Missouri Baptist Convention (MBC) first vice president during the MBC annual meeting at the St. Charles Convention Center here, Oct. 26-27. Malachi O’Brien, pastor of Pleasant Ridge Baptist Church, Harrisonville, told The Pathway in early September that he will make this nomination during the annual meeting. Sharing his intentions to nominate Williams, O’Brien wrote in … [Read more...]
Special hotel rates available for MBC annual meeting
ST. CHARLES – Special hotel rates are available for a limited time to messengers and guests attending the Missouri Baptist Convention Annual Meeting at the St. Charles Convention Center (located at 1 Convention Center Plaza) here, Oct. 26-27. Hotels with special group rates are listed below: Comfort Suites 1400 South Fifth Street St. Charles, MO 63301 636-949-0694 $89 + Tax Group Name: Missouri Baptist Convention / Group Code: RL89L2 Best Western Plus The Charles Hotel 1425 … [Read more...]
MMO supports campus ministries, church revitalization
JEFFERSON CITY – The Rheubin L. South Missouri Missions Offering supports 18 ministries in Missouri. This year’s theme is taken from 1 Chronicles 29:9 – “Then the people rejoiced because they had given willingly, for with a whole heart they had offered freely to the Lord.” Following are two short stories about how the gifts of Missouri Baptists support missions projects throughout the Show Me State. Free food and the Bread of Life Like four-year universities in Missouri, technical … [Read more...]
Ministry Wives’ Luncheon slated for Oct. 27, Bitsi Callahan to speak
ST. CHARLES – The 2020 Ministry Wives’ Luncheon is slated to take place at 11:30 a.m., Oct. 27, in conjunction with the Missouri Baptist Convention annual meeting. The luncheon will take place in rooms D1-D3, on the upper level, in the St. Charles Convention Center here. The featured speaker for the event is Bitsi Callahan, a pastor’s wife at Encounter Church, Arnold. Worship will be led by Chris and Rebecca Perstrope of Connect Church in Fenton. Chris is the founding pastor of Connect … [Read more...]
Nelson to be nominated to serve as MBC president
ST. CHARLES – Jon Nelson, pastor of SOMA Community Church in Jefferson City, will be nominated for the office of Missouri Baptist Convention (MBC) president during the MBC annual meeting at the St. Charles Convention Center here, Oct. 26-27. For the past two years, Nelson has served as first vice president of the MBC. Monte Shinkle, pastor of Concord Baptist Church, Jefferson City, told The Pathway in early September that he will make this nomination during the annual … [Read more...]
MBC’s Resound Network seeks God’s glory, healthy communities
EDITOR’S NOTE: Brandon Moore serves as a church revitalization network specialist for the Missouri Baptist Convention. Every church leaves lasting ripple effects in its community. Healthy churches resound for God’s glory and the good of their communities by showing and telling the truth of the gospel in everything they do. Unfortunately, many unhealthy or dying churches send a different kind of message. If they lack holiness, they tell the world that God is not holy and sin isn’t a big … [Read more...]
Pray, press on, reach out, adapt
Amid pandemic, FBC Branson draws 400 families to evangelistic event BRANSON – When it comes to ministry, the First Baptist Church here is done with the wait-and-see mentality. “We’re going to go: Greenlight, go! But we’re going to adapt,” Terry Brown, associate pastor of community ministries, told The Pathway, describing the church’s approach to ministry amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Brown added that, oftentimes, people restrict ministry to the church building, but the pandemic has … [Read more...]
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