San Vicente Church loses seven children in El Salvador flash floods
First Baptist Church, San Vicente, El Salvador, lost seven children and two adults
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Jewell Stehlik loves music, life at 110
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Would we recognize a great awakening if we saw one?
So exactly what would a great awakening in America look like today? What might be its characteristics? How would it start? What might be its results? Who might be the first to notice it? Our cover package this week is produced by Word&Way’s New Voice
Celebrating the fall of the Berlin Wall
In 1969, a mere eight years after the Berlin Wall was erected and 20 years before it suddenly fell, I had the opportunity to visit West Berlin and come face-to-face with the impenetrable barrier. A student trip to study the German language had brought me
Another year of bad burrito inspiration
Ever wake up in the wee hours after a good dream – or a bad burrito – with a marvelous thought? One that in the light of day really makes no sense whatsoever? This column takes note of similar (I suspect) Christian-based notions that no
One big happy family! Multicultural adoption grows
Multicultural adoption is more than just a hot Hollywood trend. Some Baptist families consider adopting a child -- or multiple children -- from another race or culture as a divine calling.
Church meets pastor, MBCH need by refurbishing home
When new pastor Ken Lovelace, wife and 10 children came to First Baptist Church, St. John, the church and Missouri Baptist Children's Home came upon a unique temporary housing solution.
MBC giving, lawsuits, elections
Messengers to the 175th annual session of the Missouri Baptist Convention expressed differences of opinion on at least three issues last week at First Baptist Church in Raytown. Two of those issues — whether to fund lawsuits against five formerly related Baptist entities (Word&Way included)
A response to the MBC legal update
The Missouri Baptist Convention’s Agency Restoration Group (originally the legal task force) gave its annual report to MBC messengers last week. As leader of one of the five entities being sued by the convention, I annually find myself frustrated by some of the things that
Messengers approve CP funds to lawsuits, two allocation options offered
RAYTOWN -- Missouri Baptist congregations will have to formally vote during a church business meeting if they wish to protect their Cooperative Program gifts from being used to fund ongoing legal action. Messengers to the 175th Missouri Baptist Convention annual meeting adopted an Executive Board