Missouri judge rules abortion ballot initiative not lawful; Nebraska decision next
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – A Missouri judge ruled Friday, Sept. 6, that pro-abortion advocates who led the petition process for Amendment 3, which aims to codify expansive abortion rights within the Missouri Constitution, did not follow state law. The decision leaves open the possibility that Amendment 3 could be stricken from Missouri ballots.
‘Incredible destruction’: Disaster Relief responds after deadly tornado hits southeast Missouri
GLENALLEN, Mo. –Missouri Baptist Disaster Relief (MODR) has already deployed in response to a deadly tornado that hit the southeast Missouri town of Glenallen in the early morning hours of April 5.
Yeats to transition out as Missouri Baptist exec
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (BP) – After 12 years of service, Missouri Baptist Convention (MBC) Executive Director John Yeats asked the MBC executive board March 6 to form a transition team to search for his successor.
Mo. Baptists pursue synergy for transforming lives
RAYTOWN, Mo. (BP) -- Missouri Baptists pursued greater synergy for transforming lives and communities with the Gospel during their 183rd annual meeting. A total of 883 messengers and 234 visitors from 391 churches gathered Oct. 23-24 at the Connection Point Church (formerly First Baptist) of Raytown, Mo., where they approved new governing documents, heard a report from the Missouri Baptist Foundation President for the first time in 15 years and welcomed special guests, including Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens.
Independent church aligns with Missouri Baptists/SBC
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (BP) -- The shared vision of transforming lives and communities with the Gospel has led a historically independent church whose pastor serves as president of the Baptist Bible Fellowship International to become a cooperating church with the Missouri Baptist Convention and the Southern Baptist Convention.
Mo. Baptists take stand on biblical marriage
OSAGE BEACH, Mo. (BP) -- Missouri Baptist Convention messengers stood together during their 180th annual meeting to defend the biblical view of marriage and oppose the modern-day slavery of sex-trafficking.