Webb, Kaylor garner recent writing awards
Word & Way Editor Bill Webb won awards in competitions sponsored by the Baptist Communicators Association and Associated Church Press this spring, and the magazine’s regular freelancer Brian Kaylor was recognized by ACP and by The Religious Communicators Council.
Missouri WMU focus: Surrender, sacrifice, serve
Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Kansas City, Mo., hosted the Missions Celebration and Annual Meeting of Missouri Woman’s Missionary Union April 8-9.
Hill: ‘We are fellow laborers with God’
Churchnet — also known as the Baptist General Convention of Missouri — elected officers, heard updates on its partnership with Guatemala, recognized retiring staff and trustees completing their service, among other business, during its annual gathering April 15-16 at First Baptist Church of Lee’s Summit, Mo.
Learning from the spirit of the Missouri Plan
Nearly 100 years after the end of the Missouri Plan of dual alignment, some Baptists today hope to see more of the spirit of Baptist cooperation. Jerry Cain, chancellor of Judson University (an American Baptist school in Illinois), loves the history of the Missouri Plan and views it as an inspiring model for futire Baptist work.
Missouri once offered unique model for Baptist cooperation
When the nation divided during the Civil War, Missouri found itself tugged in both directions as a ‘border state.’ In the war's aftermath, Baptists in Missouri experimented with a unique model of dual alignment.
Rev. Charles Stigers dies Feb. 28 at 98
Rev. Charles Chester Stigers, 98, died Feb. 28 at Kansas City Hospice House.
SBU’s First Lady Judy Taylor leaves lengthy legacy of service
Southwest Baptist University in Bolivar, Mo., will close on Wednesday, March 30, at noon so that students and employees can attend a celebration of life service for First Lady Judy Taylor, who died March 26 in Bolivar at the age of 69.
Proclaiming freedom for prisoners
For the past 15 years, Alan Bean has found himself involved in some of the biggest criminal justice controversies in Texas and Louisiana.
Retired pastor Dwight Clifford Clark dies at 84
Dwight Clifford Clark, 84, died Jan. 31 at his home in Independence, Mo., with his wife by his side.
Unlocking a mission field
The United States locks up more people in prison — in raw numbers and in percentage of the population — than any other nation in the world. With so many people in prison — or formerly in prison, is prison a mission field?