Pastor reaches out to Jewish community, builds friendships & shares Gospel
RAYTOWN, Mo. (BP)--The Kansas City Jewish Chronicle sees "a sign of deepening ties between the Jewish and evangelical Christian communities."
The newspaper voiced its observation after 2,000 Christians and Jews met to pray for the peace of Jerusalem at First Baptist Church, Raytown, the largest Southern Baptist church in Missouri.
Aptly called "The Gathering 2," it was the second such Jewish-Christian meeting since First Baptist pastor Paul Brooks conceived the idea about two years ago while attending a rally at a Jewish school in the Kansas City area following a massacre in Israel.
Mo. breakaways challenged over ‘distortions and double-talk’
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (BP)--A massive public relations campaign against the Missouri Baptist Convention has churned out inaccurate and misleading information, according to the chief legal counsel for the state convention.
Mo. court issues limited ruling in breakaway entities case
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (BP)--A limited ruling by a Missouri judge may prompt the Missouri Baptist Convention's legal task force to adjust its strategy against five breakaway MBC entities.
Appeals court nominee is longtime Missouri Baptist
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (BP)--Duane Benton, a Missouri Baptist and state Supreme Court judge, has been nominated by President Bush to become a judge in the Eighth U.S. Circuit Court.
German theologian confirms liberalism’s influence on BWA
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Stadelmann, rector of Freie Evangelische Theologische Akadamie (Free Evangelical Theological Academy), an interdenominational seminary in Giessen, Germany, said in a telephone interview Jan. 27 that he has witnessed in Germany the influence of liberalism on the BWA and the negative impact this influence has had on evangelism in his home country.
"In a country like Germany, home of the Reformation, one can clearly see how liberalism in the form of higher criticism has damaged the Lutheran church," said Stadelmann, an ordained Baptist minister who was a guest at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Kansas City, Mo., in late January. "I cannot understand why German Baptists are open to this same kind of liberalism. But they are. It has damaged the Baptist church in Germany," he told the Missouri Baptist newsjournal The Pathway.
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"The German Baptists want to be recognized, but they don't want to be different. Having liberals in a church is no good for a church," said Stadelman, who also is vice chairman of the Association of German Evangelical Theologians.
Higher criticism is a term used by scholars to describe the study of Scripture. The discipline was misused by liberal 19th-century German scholars and led them to question the truthfulness of Scripture. Their misuse ultimately spread across Europe and to scholars in the United States.
Motocross event & Gospel presentation draws 300 to Christ
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| Innovative evangelism A motocross evangelistic event in Missouri drew about 2,000 teens and caused 300 to make decisions for Christ. Photo courtesy of The Pathway |
Snodgrass, an active member at First Baptist Church in Moberly, Mo., met Christ as a 7-year-old at Madison Baptist Church, located eight miles east of Moberly on Highway 24. And now -- at Super Summer -- she was trying to serve the Lord by working with the youth.
Over litigation, MBC president bans Word & Way from meetings
EXCELSIOR SPRINGS, Mo. (BP)--David Tolliver, president of the Missouri Baptist Convention, has asked Word & Way, the convention's former newsjournal, to stay away from future MBC meetings, beginning with the Dec. 8-9 executive board meeting.
Pastor finds FBI unresponsive to homosexual activists’ threats
GRAVOIS MILLS, Mo. (BP)--The Federal Bureau of Investigation has refused to investigate threats made by homosexual activists against a Missouri Baptist Convention church in the Lake of the Ozarks area, The Pathway convention newsjournal has learned.
Attorney challenges pastor over array of biblical passages
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (BP)--An attorney representing Missouri Baptist College waged an aggressive attack on the inerrancy of the Bible during depositions of the Missouri Baptist Convention president and his predecessor.
Legislature overrides veto of 24-hour abortion waiting period
JEFFERSON CITY (BP)--Abortion on demand is no longer a reality in Missouri, thanks in part to a decision by Sen. Harold Caskey, a Missouri Baptist, not to change his vote.
