Mission-minded churches get beyond their property lines, strategist
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (BP)–Mark Clifton, church-planting strategist for the Kansas-Nebraska Convention of Southern Baptists, outlined qualities of the first-century Jerusalem church true in mission-minded churches today during an address at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary.“A mission-minded church realizes the church is bigger than the local congregation,” said Clifton, who will be giving direction to the Heartland […]
Seminarians hear call to action for Mississippi River Ministry
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (BP)–A people left behind in America’s heartland moved to the front of the prayers and hearts of Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary students as a Feb. 17 chapel speaker described the Mississippi River Ministry supported by Southern Baptists in a Feb. 17 chapel. Tommy Goode, director of mobilization and missions education for the […]
‘God’s delays are not God’s denials,’ he says
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (BP)–Gary Taylor knows how to get an audience’s attention. In 30 years of ministry, he said, he has learned something: God doesn’t always come through. Speaking to students during a Jan. 27 chapel service at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Kansas City, Mo., Taylor’s remark caused students to look around, wondering if they […]
Speaker upholds doctrine’s value amid ‘post-modern’ evangelicalism
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (BP)–For many people, doctrine is “anugly word” today, according to Jimmy A. Millikin, speakingat the spring convocation Jan. 21 of Midwestern BaptistTheological Seminary in Kansas City, Mo. Millikin, professor and chairman of the theologydepartment at Mid-America Baptist Theological Seminary nearMemphis, Tenn., challenged Midwestern students to “keep thefaith,” which he defined as “that […]
