Baptist

Todd and Carolyn Pridemore of Columbia, Mo., do not consider themselves risk takers. But the struggle to find help for their son led them to risk emotionally, physically, financially and spiritually.

The hearing room in the basement of the Missouri Capitol building swelled beyond capacity with each seat claimed and every spot where someone could stand filled. The seats reserved for the state legislators remained vacant. Long after the hearing’s posted started time that Tuesday night in April, the legislators still had not appeared.

Brent Walker can look out his office at the U.S. Capitol and the U.S. Supreme Court building, where he often finds himself heading. He serves as the executive director of the Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty (BJC), making him a key voice for Baptists in the nation’s capital.

Cooperative Baptist Fellowship Heartland leaders conducted business and heard from CBF field personnel in Romania and Haiti during one of several state/regional meetings at the CBF Annual Gathering June 22-24 in Greensboro, N.C.

The Western District Court of Appeals in Kansas City, Mo., on July 5 overruled and denied The Missouri Baptist Foundation’s motions for the court to either rehear the Missouri Baptist Convention’s case against it or transfer the matter to the Missouri Supreme Court.

The Missouri Baptist Foundation on June 8 has filed a “motion for rehearing and alternative application for transfer” of the Missouri Baptist Convention’s nearly 14-year-old case against the Foundation.

The Southern Baptist Convention's 2016 annual meeting will meet at America's Centerin June 14-15 in St. Louis under the theme, "Awaken America: Reach the World."

Six Baptist leaders from Missouri traveled to Cuba the last week of April to explore partnership possibilities in the eastern part of the island nation.

Retired Baptist Home President Larry Johnson was repeatedly praised for his devotion, love and compassion during a memorial service May 21 at First Baptist Church in Farmington, Mo.

The Western District Court of Appeals in Kansas City, Mo. — a three-judge panel — ruled May 24 in favor of the Missouri Baptist Convention in their 14-year legal battle over selection of the Missouri Baptist Foundation’s board of trustees.