Allen Palmeri

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (BP)–Messengers to the Missouri Baptist Convention annual meeting approved a $15.1 million budget and elected a new president by acclamation during their 176th annual meeting Oct. 25-27 in Springfield. The new president, John Marshall, pastor of Second Baptist Church in Springfield, has served the previous three years as an MBC officer — twice […]

BRANSON, Mo. (BP)–Johnny Hunt said he experienced a spiritual, emotional and physical “dryness through duty” a couple of months ago after completing an intense two years as president of the Southern Baptist Convention. Hunt, pastor of the Atlanta-area First Baptist Church in Woodstock, took time here during his Timothy + Barnabas Pastors’ Conference Nov. 2-4 […]

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (BP)–The Missouri Baptist Convention would be “devastated” by structural changes being proposed by the Great Commission Resurgence Task Force, that group’s executive director, David Tolliver, told convention staff. If plans outlined by the task force in a Feb. 22 “progress report” were to actually become reality, the state convention would take a […]

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (BP)–Baptisms in the Missouri Baptist Convention rose for the second consecutive year. With 84.2 percent of churches and missions reporting as of Jan. 6, the number of baptisms for 2009 was reported as 11,390. The 2008 total was 11,105, and the number for 2007 was 11,071. “I want to give all credit, […]

ST. LOUIS (BP)--The narratives of Albert "El Hombre" Pujols and Stan "The Man" Musial continue to be woven together in St. Louis Cardinals history with the Nov. 24 announcement that Pujols had matched Musial with his third National League Most Valuable Player award.

RAYTOWN, Mo. (BP)–Messengers approved a reduced budget and, in a departure from tradition dating back beyond three decades, re-elected an incumbent president during the 175th Missouri Baptist Convention annual meeting, Oct. 26-28 at First Baptist Church in Raytown. A $15.05 million budget with an alternative giving plan was approved for 2010, down 9.2 percent from […]

HOLLISTER, Mo. (BP)–New Beginnings Fellowship is remembering its late youth pastor as a man who cared deeply about young people — especially those who carried the label “down and out.” Nate Mitchem, 32, died Sept. 11 of a heart attack due to a congenital birth defect, according to the preliminary report of the medical examiner […]

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (BP)–Showing some Ozarkian flair, John Marshall described how three blind men were each healed differently by Jesus in his convention sermon June 24 at the Southern Baptist Convention in Louisville, Ky. Marshall, pastor of Second Baptist Church in Springfield, Mo., spun a tale of three blind men who suffered from “petty divisions” — […]

KANSAS CITY—Missouri’s largest and oldest grassroots pro-life organization feels discriminated against by the Kansas City Royals due to a series of events leading up to the removal of their organization’s name in conjunction with a June 19 group ticket purchase for a game against the St. Louis Cardinals at Kauffman Stadium.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (BP)--In a 44-4 vote, David Tolliver was elected by the Missouri Baptist Convention's executive board Feb. 3 as the MBC's 12th executive director.