HLGU: From addiction to achievement
With a couple of felonies and a troubled history behind him, Wayne Gilliland was not the average Hannibal-LaGrange University applicant when he applied in 2012.
Windermere Often a Place of Salvation
Windermere Baptist Conference Center exists to provide a Christian setting for life change. One particular area of life change is, of course – salvation.
Central Seminary Haitian student ministers to fellow internationals
Louisenie “Dezo” Desauguste is a second-year student at Central Baptist Theological Seminary. Haiti is her homeland and where her heart finds home.
Missouri Baptist University: Legacy of light, hope in St. Louis
Once described as the London of the American West, St. Louis has more recently been crowned a city of hope and hurt.
SBU’s Enactus: Serving others
Through entrepreneurial action, Southwest Baptist University’s Enactus team is fulfilling the university’s mission to be a “Christ-centered, caring academic community preparing students to be servant leaders in a global society.”
The Baptist Home: Increasingly serving aging humanity
What began as a vision given to a young Baptist pastor and his wife more than a century ago has grown into a vibrant ministry with campuses across Missouri and ministry connections around the world.
Gibson: Run the race with fellow believers
Recalling examples from his own life, Paul Gibson, early on realized that “we were running against” other denominations and sometimes even other Baptists, he told Fall Adult Retreat attendees Oct. 7.
CBF Heartland installs new leader Langford
Cooperative Baptist Fellowship Heartland installed new coordinator Jeff Langford and celebrated the 25th anniversary of national CBF during its fall assembly Oct. 21 at First Baptist Church of Jefferson City, Mo.
Second class of journeymen notes 50 years
More than 40 former International Mission Board journeymen who were appointed in the second year of the two-year overseas missions program celebrated the 50th anniversary of their commissioning Oct. 13-16 at the International Learning Center in Rockville, Va.
John Howell remembered fondly during service
John Howell, an original faculty member of Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Kansas, Mo., was remembered fondly following his death at 92 on Sept. 6 after a short illness.
John, of Village of Oaks, Mo., taught Christian ethics, served as faculty dean and vice president of academic affairs at the seminary during his tenure from 1960 until his retirement in 1999. Then he was named dean emeritus.