By Vicki Brown Associated Baptist Press DALLAS -- When the nice young couple presenting themselves for membership in your church is shacking up, how should the congregation respond? Churches likely will face this and other tough questions as society’s definition of family continues to evolve.
By Jennifer Harris Word&Way News Writer College ministry is essential, says Mizzou BSU Ministries director Jerry Carmichael. “There is no more critical time shaping a person’s life than the college years.” Despite organizational changes, which caused Carmichael to lose his job with the Missouri
By Jennifer Harris Word&Way News Writer Families entering the building at 1837 East Cherry Street in Springfield are greeted with calming light green walls, cozy sitting areas and friendly staff. The new offices of the Missouri Baptist Children’s Home Children and Family Ministries
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
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
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
Word&Way focuses on the number 10 this year — celebrating the news journal's 110th year of ministry to Baptists in Missouri and Bill Webb's 10th year as its editor. Born in 1896 because founder Sanford M. Brown felt that certain theological and denominational views were
Leslie Limbaugh, minister of students and communication at Third Baptist Church, St. Louis, will chair a task force that will help the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship take a fresh look at developing ministries to college students.Limbaugh is a former campus minister with the Missouri Baptist Convention,
A glance around the office of the Cole County sheriff will reveal what most folks expect: citations, diplomas, family photos and work piles.
But Sheriff Greg
Though the fig tree does not bud and there are no grapes on the vines, though the olive crop fails and the fields produce no food, though there are no sheep in the pen and no cattle in the stalls, yet I will rejoice in