JEFFERSON CITY – Usually, college students equate sunscreen and snorkeling with spring break, but many Missouri Baptist college students have a different focus. MBCollegiate groups on college campuses around the state sent students on spring break mission trips in their communities, around the state, in neighboring states and even foreign countries. Jerome Stockert, MBCollegiate director, said these spring break missions are learning opportunities. “These missions help students … [Read more...]
Ventriloquism opens doors to ministry for associate pastor at Faith Baptist Church, Festus
ST. LOUIS – Smiles turned to laughter as Doug Mickan, associate pastor of worship and music at Faith Baptist Church in Festus, introduced his friends. Mickan was at Parkway Baptist Church in St. Louis for an Operation Christmas Child event. His friends live in a trunk and depend on him for a voice. “I have always been interested in puppets,” Mickan said, “and for my 16th birthday, my parents paid for a class at a local community college in ventriloquism.” “It was about a year before I … [Read more...]
‘God preserved His Word’: Fellowship of Wildwood event highlights history of Bible
WILDWOOD, Mo. – More than 340 people packed a gym at Fellowship of Wildwood (FOW) to hear R. Brian Rickett, CEO and principal researcher of the MIKRA (Manuscript Institute for Knowledge, Research and Application) Research Laboratory, share about the journey of God’s Word through time. Rickett and his team use modern technology to discover who copied biblical scrolls, and when and where they did so. “Scripture was given to the Jewish people,” Rickett said. “In Deuteronomy 6, we see the … [Read more...]
Cross Keys brings blessing to community
FLORISSANT – Gift-wrapped boxes signal that someone cares, and Cross Keys Baptist Church shows care for the community with the Blessing Box. “This started during the government shutdown, “ Raymond Cabello, lead pastor said. “When the SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) payments were delayed, we knew we needed to help.” “Our box started as a large cabinet filled with food,” Cabello said. “We wanted to set it up as a ‘do-it-yourself’ distribution. Our church members keep it … [Read more...]
Storyline Southwest ‘strategically placed’ in St. Louis ‘to reach the next generation’
ST. LOUIS – Storyline Southwest in St. Louis had a lot to celebrate for Christmas this year. It was the first Christmas since the September merger of Storyline and Southwest Baptist Church. “I was called here in 2020 to plant a church in the city of St. Louis,” Lead Pastor Josh Wilson said. “We started meeting in the Fellowship Hall of Southwest Baptist, and we had our services at 4:30 pm. Because of the pandemic it was difficult to get a core group, but we grew from six families to 120 … [Read more...]
Holiday dinner theatre highlights gospel
O’FALLON – Dinner theatre is not the typical method for a church to share the Christmas story and the Gospel, but that is what FBC O’Fallon did last month. “Two from Galilee was an ambitious musical, “ Alan Fath, worship pastor said, “it was like a Broadway production with music start to finish. Also, it was an older production, and we didn’t have the resources that we usually have.” “I contacted the writers,” Fath continued, “and they didn’t have the original materials, so we found a … [Read more...]
Family project becomes opportunity for discipleship, missions impact
NORBORNE – One Missouri Baptist family recently combined a family fundraising project with local evangelism, all for the sake of building up the church in Nicaragua and helping to make disciples there. Zachary Hawkins, pastor of Union Baptist Church in Norborne, Mo, raised money for a mission project with his son, Zyler (9), and wife, Lila, at JC Penney Days in Hamilton, Mo. “JC Penney Days is an opportunity for vendors, artists and craftsmen to set up booths,” Hawkins said. “We wanted to … [Read more...]
Missionary follows God’s call to serve Missouri church
OSBORN – Flexibility and obedience are important when God redirects His call. Lance Milligan, interim pastor at FBC Osborn, is living in that redirection now. Milligan, with his family, arrived back in the United States in November of 2024. He came from the global mission field. “We were in our second term,” he said, “when we attended some meetings in a neighboring country. When we tried to return, they permitted my family to go into the country, but not me.” Milligan was forced to … [Read more...]
‘I marvel at what God did’: Warrenton pastor Bill Beard, 95, recounts lifetime of ministry
WARRENTON – At 95 years young, pastor Bill Beard has had a long ministry of sharing the gospel. In fact, he just recently stepped down from sharing at Harton Senior Living in Warrenton, Mo. “Bill would preach at Harton, which is across the highway from our church, during Sunday school,” Glenn Sparks, lead pastor of Fellowship Church, Bill’s church, said, “and then come and worship with us.” Sparks had a lot to say about Beard and his work with the church. “He helped start Fellowship,” … [Read more...]
Tornado strikes St. Louis, Missouri Baptists quick to respond
ST. LOUIS – The May 16th storm that produced an EF-3 tornado here began in Clayton, the seat of St. Louis County, and ripped a path of destruction a mile wide and eight miles long through north St. Louis city before crossing the Mississippi River. Cara Spencer, the new mayor of St. Louis, described the damage in a press conference. “We have five deaths and more than thirty-six injuries from the storm," she said. "Thousands of people are without power, more than 5,000 buildings have … [Read more...]
Florissant church serves neighbors after March tornado hits community
FLORISSANT, Mo. – After sunset on Friday, March 14, 13 tornadoes took aim at metro St. Louis. The widest one was three-fourths of a mile wide, and it took aim at the Hazelwood/Florissant area. But, on the following Sunday morning, the members of Cross Keys Baptist Church, Florissant, less than a mile from the destruction, saw an opportunity to serve. “We decided to use our local missions offering to provide meals,” Raymond Cabello, lead pastor, said. “We put up a sign-up sheet online … [Read more...]
Bismarck FBC makes disciples, builds community connections
BISMARCK – Making connections and disciples is the focus of the ministries at First Baptist Church (FBC), Bismarck. The church builds connections with the community and equips mature Christians to disciple younger Christians. “Our missions committee had funds that we wanted to use to bless the community,” Eddie Wakefield, co-chair of the missions committee, said. “We made up 8-10 groups of a mix of youth with older adults, gave them funds and told them to find people in the community that … [Read more...]
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