ORLANDO, Fla. (BP) – SBC Pastors' Conference president David Uth has been granted an extended time for fasting and prayer before responding to the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee's stipulation that program adjustments be made before space is allocated at the 2020 SBC Annual Meeting venue. Responding to dissension over the 2020 SBC Pastors' Conference (SBCPC) speaker roster, the SBC EC originally voted Feb. 18 to give the SBCPC until Feb. 24 to make suitable changes to its … [Read more...]
Answering life’s questions for Mongolians in Denver
DENVER — Thousands of people move to North America every year, many coming from nations and regions that have historically been difficult to reach with the gospel. Mojic Baldandorj, a 2020 Annie Armstrong Easter Offering Week of Prayer missionary, immigrated to the United States specifically to revive Maranatha Mongolian Church in Denver and reach out to the large community of Mongolian immigrants who live there. “America is a big mission field,” Baldandorj said. “We can see so many … [Read more...]
Missionary steps into unknown — one hour from home
CINCINNATI—Kirk Kirkland felt a stirring in his soul to start a church in the inner city. For seven years, he served as an associate pastor at the Baptist church where he grew up in Dayton, Ohio. “We got the sense that maybe God was calling us out from this place of comfort,” Kirkland recalled, “where we lived just a couple of blocks from our church and we got paid every Friday—kind of living the American dream.” Every year during a missions conference, he would hear testimonies from … [Read more...]
Churches prepare for Annie Armstrong Offering
JEFFERSON CITY – Missouri Baptist Churches, check the mail! Missouri WMU (MWMU) recently sent promotional packets to churches across the state in preparation for a successful Annie Armstrong Easter Offering (AAEO). Together, the $2 million state goal can be reached. The Easter Offering is critical to the North American Mission Board (NAMB), MWMU Executive Director Consultant Bonnie Carter said. The Offering helps finance work with churches, associations, and state conventions in … [Read more...]
Couple fights to honor God with bakery – Eight years after losing business, religious liberty battle continues in Oregon courtroom
SANDY, Oregon – In early September 2013, Melissa Klein sat in her empty bakery and wept. She and her husband, Aaron, had finished collecting her pots and pans for storage. The counters and display cases were empty—no red velvet, raspberry cream, caramel apple, German chocolate or chocolate cinnamon ribbon cakes remained. But Melissa wept mostly because of the silence. No longer would she hear her children playing in the back of the shop where she and Aaron had set up a playroom with toys … [Read more...]
LifeWay’s Mandrell announces renewed mission and focus
NASHVILLE (BP) – LifeWay Christian Resources CEO Ben Mandrell unveiled to trustees a new organizational structure and mission statement to align the organization for future ministry and growth. LifeWay president and CEO Ben Mandrell explains the organization's new mission statement to trustees gathered in Nashville for their biannual meeting, Feb. 3-4, 2020. LifeWay experienced a successful transition in closing its brick-and-mortar retail chain in 2019 and saw significant growth in its … [Read more...]
Missouri S&T students spend break on mission in Texas
VIDOR, Texas – Classes at Missouri University of Science and Technology don’t begin until late January, but a group of seven started off the semester right with a week on mission. The group from the Baptist Student Union at Missouri S&T traveled 11 hours to Vidor, Texas, a city of about 10,000 people halfway between Houston and Lafayette, La. Bruce Wade, a Missouri Baptist Convention campus missionary, said he and Texas Baptist Men volunteers put the S&T engineering students to … [Read more...]
Abortion survivor laments Super Bowl ad rejection
MESQUITE, Texas (BP) – Josiah Presley, one of the abortion survivors featured in a 30-second ad that Fox Sports chose not to run during the Super Bowl, is a Criswell College graduate and a youth pastor at Galloway Avenue Baptist Church in Mesquite, Texas. "Can you look me in the eye and tell me that I shouldn't be alive?" Presley asks in the ad made by Faces of Choice. The group's founder said she repeatedly met additional terms set forth by Fox and in the end was not given a suitable … [Read more...]
‘Truths worth contending for’ – MBTS’s Allen discusses challenges of higher education, culture
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the second of a two-part interview with Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary President Jason Allen. The interview occurred Dec. 9 at The Pathway offices and was conducted by Pathway Editor Don Hinkle. The first part can be found here. Don Hinkle: The presidents of all the SBC seminaries meet on a regular basis. What is your take on where theological education is, in general, collectively, throughout the SBC? Jason Allen: Let me speak within the SBC and beyond the … [Read more...]
SUPER BOWL: For Chiefs’ Wisniewski, knowing God surpasses joy of football
MIAMI (BP) – Stefen Wisniewski of the Kansas City Chiefs thought he had everything figured out during his teenage years in Pennsylvania. Though he was raised in a Christian home with godly parents and attended church regularly, he admits that he was more self-sufficient than he should have been. "I thought I was doing well in life," he told Baptist Press during Super Bowl Opening Night Jan. 27 at Marlins Park. "I thought I was successful, doing well in sports and academics and all that. … [Read more...]
Midwest Leadership Summit draws 165 Missourians for training, networking
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – The hotel conference center lobby was buzzing with activity as over 1,200 Baptist leaders from nine states descended on Springfield, Ill., for a leadership training summit. Spencer Hutson, MBC Liason, reported 165 Missourians were at the event, January 21-23. It featured 80 breakout sessions and keynote speakers including J.D. Greear, Haydn Shaw, Dhati Lewis and Sandy Wisdom-Martin. Hutson said the MBC wanted to give directors of missions “the opportunity to pick top … [Read more...]
Allen talks MBTS’s past, future
EDITOR’S NOTE: Dr. Jason Allen was elected president of Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Kansas City on Oct. 15, 2012. In this first, of a two-part interview at The Pathway offices Dec. 9 with Editor Don Hinkle, Allen discusses the current state – and future – of the seminary. The second part can be found here. What makes you happy when you look at what God has done at Midwestern under your presidency? That’s a very kind way to frame the question Don. I’m profoundly thankful … [Read more...]
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