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Cross MakersYou’ve had a heart attack or perhaps have been diagnosed with cancer. Family and friends have made a constant stream to your hospital bed. But as you lie there in that open-backed hospital gown, you are uncomfortable, depressed and vulnerable.

The Cross Makers of Seward, Neb., offer a simple symbol that brings comfort to the hurting, the ill, the dying and the bereaved — the cross.

Because The Baptist Home trustees are "just the friendliest bunch of people," Annetta Kirkpatrick finally agreed to become The Home's first female board chair. Reluctantly.

From time to time, leaders in every church likely struggle to appease someone who simply can’t be satisfied, regardless of congregation size, programming or affiliation.

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.