Missouri Supreme Court rules Amendment 3 to stay on Nov. 5 ballot
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – The Missouri Supreme Court ruled this afternoon (Sept. 10) that Amendment 3, which would codify expansive abortion rights within the Missouri Constitution, must be placed on the state ballot, Nov. 5.
Joplin tornado led church into photo restoration
CARTHAGE, Mo. (BP) -- Five years after an EF5 tornado carved a mile-wide path of destruction through Joplin, Mo., the music minister at one local church has received a community achievement award for establishing a ministry that restored nearly 40,000 photos lost during the storm, returning more than 17,000 of them to their owners.
Mo. Baptists affirm CP, biblical marriage
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (BP) -- Reminded that God's Word and Spirit can transform a lost world and empower ministry, messengers to the Missouri Baptist Convention reaffirmed a "50-50 by 2020" cooperative giving initiative, defended the biblical definition of marriage and prayed for persecuted believers around the world.