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  • Association pioneers church revitalization model
    by David Roach, posted Wednesday, May 24, 2017 (7 years ago)

    Photo courtesy of Jason Helmbacher.
    ST. LOUIS (BP) -- Two years ago, First Baptist Church of Affton, Mo., knew it was dying. So it sought help from the local St. Louis Metro Baptist Association.

    In a process facilitated by executive director of missions Jim Breeden, First Baptist decided to replant itself in March 2016 as Church at Affton, led by replanter Jason Helmbacher. During its first year, the replant baptized 15 new believers and has come to average just over 100 worship attendees -- about 40 of whom were First Baptist members before the replant. Read More

  • Mo. governor to fight St. Louis abortion 'sanctuary'
    by Missouri Pathway & BP Staff, posted Monday, February 20, 2017 (7 years ago)

    JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (BP) -- Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens has pledged to lead a fight to repeal a bill passed by the St. Louis Board of Aldermen essentially making St. Louis a "sanctuary city" for abortion, with critics contending it threatens the religious freedom of citizens and institutions opposing it.

    Known as Board Bill 203, it places pregnancy and reproductive health -- including the decision to abort a child -- alongside already protected classes such as race, gender, religion and disability in St. Louis' anti-discrimination ordinance. Read More

  • FLOYD: Introducing the 2016 Committee on Resolutions
    by Ronnie Floyd, posted Monday, March 21, 2016 (8 years ago)

    ST. LOUIS (BP) -- As president of the Southern Baptist Convention, one of my major tasks is to appoint the 2016 Committee on Resolutions. From now through Tuesday, June 14, this committee will work diligently.

    This is not an easy assignment for these 10 Southern Baptists. For example, they will arrive the Wednesday before our convention and begin their detailed responsibilities together on Thursday morning. Before this time, they will work via conference calls and email exchanges. Read More

  • Committee on Resolutions named for 2016 SBC
    by Baptist Press Staff, posted Monday, March 21, 2016 (8 years ago)

    ST. LOUIS (BP) -- Southern Baptist Convention President Ronnie Floyd has named the members of the Committee on Resolutions for the June 14-15 Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting in St. Louis.

    Floyd, senior pastor of Cross Church in northwest Arkansas, appointed the 10-member committee in keeping with the provision in SBC Bylaw 20 that its members be named at least 75 days prior to the start of the annual meeting. Read More

  • FIRST-PERSON: Metro East & the SBC

    by Doug Munton, posted Thursday, March 03, 2016 (8 years ago)

    Don't forget that Baptists on the Illinois side of the Mississippi River will be participating in the St. Louis SBC annual meeting in June, Doug Munton, pastor of First Baptist Church in O'Fallon, Ill., writes. "We will work and host many of the events that precede the convention," he writes. "God is at work here, which we pray our fellow Southern Baptists will see in June." Read More

  • DR volunteers still serving after Midwest flood
    by Tobin Perry, posted Wednesday, January 27, 2016 (8 years ago)

    Photo by Mike Hubbard, courtesy of the The Pathway
    ST. LOUIS (BP) -- A month after heavy Midwest rains created historic flooding that damaged hundreds of homes and killed at least two dozen people along the Mississippi River, Southern Baptist Disaster Relief will wrap up relief jobs this week and begin to consider the need for long-term rebuilding efforts.

    SBDR volunteers from 18 state conventions have served at sites throughout Missouri this month in a variety of flood-response roles. Volunteers have completed about 400 relief jobs, according to Dwaine Carter, the state director for Missouri Baptist Disaster Relief. Read More

  • FIRST-PERSON: See you in St. Louis -- June 14-15 SBC16
    by Ronnie Floyd, posted Monday, July 13, 2015 (9 years ago)

    SBC President Ronnie Floyd urges: Save the date: June 14-15, 2016, for the Southern Baptist Convention's annual meeting in St. Louis. "Make these dates non-negotiable," Floyd writes, "and decide now to be in St. Louis … and bring people with you." Read More