By Bill Webb Word&Way Editor The recent burnings of several Alabama Baptist churches called to mind an occasion a few years ago when a couple of young people set a fire at a church construction site in St. Louis. Damage was limited, and the youngsters
Jefferson City — A hearing on a request for a preliminary injunction against Windermere Baptist Conference Center has been delayed two more weeks. Cole County Circuit Court Judge Thomas Brown granted a continuance in the Missouri Baptist Convention's request for injunction on Feb. 15, the
By Vicki Brown, Word&Way Associate EditorMembers of University Heights Baptist Church, Springfield, have officially recognized the possibility that the congregation may no longer be considered a cooperating Missouri Baptist Convention church.In an open letter adopted on Jan. 25, members cited messenger action at the 2005
By Patricia Mora, Word&Way CorrespondentHoward Crain retired to a rocking chair in 1980 and seldom leaves it — except to warm a bottle. For 26 years, Howard, 80, and his wife, Benette, 75, have cared for infants in their small Independence home. "This is number
When it comes to singles' ministries, what do the men and women involved really want from the church? Several Missouri singles offered some responses: Ӣ Mostly the programming in churches, and rightly so, is geared toward families. At times,
By Bill Webb Word&Way Editor In a little more than three months, the world lost the matriarchs of a civil rights revolution in America. Rosa Parks, 92, who almost 50 years earlier kept her seat on a Montgomery, Ala., bus in a stand for justice,
Jefferson City — The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship of Missouri soon will seek input from a broader base of individuals with ties to it.Members of CBFMO's Coordinating Council Jan. 28 approved a plan to develop an advisory group. The advisory group would assist with growth, development
By Vicki Brown, Word&Way Associate Editor"If anyone had asked me 10 years ago what I would be doing, I would never have guessed I'd be doing this," Gerald Harvey of Sedalia declared.But Harvey sees his role as national commander of the American Ex-Prisoners of War
By Vicki Brown, Word&Way Associate EditorJefferson City — Cole County Circuit Court Judge Thomas Brown granted a continuance in the Missouri Baptist Convention's request for a preliminary injunction against Windermere Baptist Conference Center.MBC attorney Charles Hatfield requested the delay for the hearing that had been