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The reasons to change churches are as varied as the people who do.

The reasons to change churches are as varied as the people who do.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — The Missouri Baptist Foundation plans to continue operating with its self-elected board pending clarification of an earlier circuit court ruling.

CARUTHERSVILLE, Mo. — One man died and two children remain hospitalized in Memphis, Tenn., following a fiery church van crash near Hayti, Mo., on Feb. 11. The group from Kinfolks Ridge Baptist Church was headed to a Southeast Missouri Baptist Association event.

As many say "I do" again, the church must step up to help couples sustain their relationships. 

As many say "I do" again, the church must step up to help couples sustain their relationships. 

Individuals who remarry face challenges first-marrieds usually do not. The church can help them with those challenges and minister to them and their families.

Faith remains intact when believers focus on God rather than on circumstance, speakers emphasized at this year’s Missouri Baptist Convention evangelism conference Feb. 5-6. With the theme, "Furnace," the annual event was held at Ridgecrest Baptist Church in Springfield, Mo.

The Missouri Baptist Foundation has filed a motion with the Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, to uphold a stay of a Cole County ruling last June that would turn governance of the agency back to the Missouri Baptist Convention.

The Ferguson Commission was created by executive order of Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon on Nov. 18 to study the underlying issues raised by the Aug. 9 shooting death of an unarmed black teen, Michael Brown Jr., in a confrontation with white Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson and by a grand jury’s determination less than three months later that there was not sufficient cause to indict the officer. The commission has been and is listening to St. Louis-area residents to determine far-reaching recommendations for a report to be released by Sept. 15.