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The Missouri Baptist Convention has bought about 970 acres that originally had been part of Windermere Baptist Conference Center. News reports indicate that the purchase includes shoreline on both sides of the current Windermere facilities on the Lake of the Ozarks.

Missouri ocularist Carolyn O'Neill ministers through her vocation in Haiti and in St. Louis by fitting, shaping and painting ocular prostheses for those who have lost the organ due to disease or injury.

If a lower court decision stands, the Missouri Baptist Foundation faces a debt to the Missouri Baptist Convention that could reach more than $5 million.

The 2014 Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting is being held June 10-11 in Baltimore with the theme "Restoration and Revival through Prayer." Programs for both the meeting and the pastor's conference are included on the site. You may access the a live streme of the meeting here. Coverage can be found in the June 19 issue of Word&Way.

Churches can help address the distinctive needs incarcerated women face behind bars and upon release.

Sports Crusaders, a ministry that uses sports as a tool for engaging and evangelizing young people stateside and overseas, celebrated its 20th anniversary May 31 at First Baptist Church of Raytown, Mo.

Jackie Huffman sighed as she pondered what she and husband Keith could possibly do to help their daughter when she is released from prison. Not much, Jackie fears.

The Missouri Baptist Convention has lost its final bid to reclaim Windermere Baptist Conference Center. But a high court ruling does not end legal entanglements between the two entities.

Humankind has struggled with the matter of mental disorders — or mental illness — as long as people can remember. In Jesus' day -- and today -- people feared what they didn't understand. What can churches do to reach out?

Members of University Heights Church in Springfield, Mo., have opened their doors to a refugee congregation from Burma (Myanmar) — Chin Community Church. Since April 27, the group worships each Sunday afternoon in the University Heights chapel. On May 4, UHBC members welcomed the Chin during the congregation’s annual Missions Recognition Service.