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ST. LOUIS — Des Peres Baptist Church in suburban St. Louis no longer exists as a church, but the now-defunct congregation’s legacy is creating fresh excitement. A dozen or more former members of the church, affiliated with American Baptist Churches

2008 Archives

Cultivating a different type of church plant

June 25, 2008

author: Ken Satterfield

By Jennifer Harris Word&Way News Writer Kids play barefoot while their parents stoop to pull weeds in 4’x4’ squares of raised gardening space. The gardening space is Victory Community Garden, the latest ministry of First Baptist Church, Springfield. “There is something spiritual about digging

2008 Archives

Love & Marriage: Church, state uneasy bedfellows in recognizing legal marriages

June 24, 2008

author: Ken Satterfield

By Robert Marus Associated Baptist Press WASHINGTON -- In all of America’s brouhaha over whether legalizing same-sex marriage will sully the institution’s sanctity, very few Christians are asking one important question: When -- and why -- did the government get into the sanctification business

2008 Archives

Church, pastor celebrate 50 years together

March 4, 2008

author: Ken Satterfield

By Bill Webb Word&Way Editor COLOMA — Members of Coloma Baptist Church in rural northwest Missouri honored Bruce Trussell on Feb. 24 by celebrating his 50th anniversary as their pastor. The veteran minister describes himself as at least trivocational — he also is a

2008 Archives

Shared meals at church take on a different flavor to meet changing needs

February 17, 2008

author: Ken Satterfield

By David Briggs Religion News Service AKRON, Ohio — Andrew Hamilton still can taste the homemade apple, cherry and peach pies that capped off the covered-dish church meals of his youth in Lakeville, Mass. In those days, children played on

2007 Archives

Kirkwood Baptist Church takes hands-on approach to ministry

December 11, 2007

author: Ken Satterfield

For Bill Crouch, it was one of the greatest outreach moments he has seen in almost 50 years of membership at Kirkwood Baptist Church. The Saturday event, called Hands On Kirkwood, mobilized nearly 300 church members (82 percent of the church’s average attendance) in

2007 Archives

Patrick, Devine: Emergent church offers unique way to witness in urban centers

June 28, 2007

author: Ken Satterfield

By Jennifer Harris Word&Way News Writer The emerging church has been a source of controversy due to the perceived desire for the church to fit into a postmodern or — as Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary associate professor of theology Mark Devine prefers to call

2007 Archives

Patrick, Devine: Emergent church offers unique way to witness in urban centers

June 28, 2007

author: Ken Satterfield

2007 Archives

Jefferson City church shows God’s love through laundry

May 31, 2007

author: Ken Satterfield

The atmosphere of the Be Clean laundromat in Jefferson City seemed more like a party than a business on May 19 when patrons arrived to discover their laundry was free and snacks were provided. First Baptist Church of Jefferson City sponsored the laundry day

2007 Archives

Church finds ministry in Nairobi slum

March 22, 2007

author: Ken Satterfield

By Janis Mansker Many years ago, I was a missionary journeyman in Africa. When my pastor, Scott Harrison, invited me to help check out a possible mission project in Kenya, I was ready to go. The children we saw are happy, yet they live

Closing, sale of church gives others $5.4 million

Cultivating a different type of church plant

Love & Marriage: Church, state uneasy bedfellows in recognizing legal marriages

Church, pastor celebrate 50 years together

Shared meals at church take on a different flavor to meet changing needs

Kirkwood Baptist Church takes hands-on approach to ministry

Patrick, Devine: Emergent church offers unique way to witness in urban centers

Patrick, Devine: Emergent church offers unique way to witness in urban centers

Jefferson City church shows God’s love through laundry

Church finds ministry in Nairobi slum

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