This probably isn't the easiest time in history to be a mother - at least a good mother. And it would be naive to rank all mothers right up there with apple pie these days. Some fall miserably short of model motherhood. Society, it
By Vicki BrownWord&Way News WriterMembers of Missouri Woman's Missionary Union overwhelmingly ratified two sets of proposed bylaw changes during their annual meeting April 23-24. The first set clarified relationships between Missouri WMU and other agencies, and the second made some changes in selection of officers,
By Vicki Brown Word&Way News Writer "I have a firm conviction that Missouri WMU might be the one place in Missouri Baptist life where different opinions and voices can come together and focus on missions and all get along. I believe that to the core
By Bill Webb Word&Way Editor Unless the Missouri Baptist Convention's Executive Board changes its mind, messengers to the MBC annual meeting this fall will be asked to budget Cooperative Program funds to pay attorneys' fees and other legal charges in 2005 in its ongoing suit
Messengers to this year's annual meeting will be asked to authorize the use of Cooperative Program funds - if needed - to pay legal fees in its court action against five affiliated institutions.Members of the Missouri Baptist Convention Executive Board passed a proposal at their
The Southwest Baptist University track team was involved in an auto accident late on April 16 as they were traveling back from a meet at Central Missouri State University in Warrensburg. According to highway patrol reports, at 10:20 p.m. Friday, a pickup driven by Douglas
Missouri Baptist churches will be encouraged to give $16.7 million to the Cooperative Program in fiscal 2005.During their April 13 meeting, Missouri Baptist Convention Executive Board members approved the CP goal and set goals for special offerings for the year. The original CP proposal for
Attorneys for the Missouri Baptist Convention and MBC-affiliated churches have appealed decisions in the legal battle for control of five institutions.A notice of appeal was filed on April 16 to the Missouri Court of Appeals Western District in Kansas City to contest four rulings Cole
By Laura JohnstonDressed in denim jeans, Western shirts and dusty cowboy boots, crowds of people gather inside the auction barn at Fruitland each Thursday evening. Their trucks and trailers line the gravel parking lot, but there isn't any livestock for sale at this gathering.Instead, the
For a second time, Missouri Baptist Convention president David Tolliver has refused to allow Word&Way staffers to attend an Executive Board session. Tolliver cited the legal struggle between the MBC and five affiliated entities, including Word&Way, as his reason for directing the editor and a
