Author Archives: Drew Willings

RAYTOWN – Missouri Baptists can now purchase a copy of Pathways to Reform: Remembering the Reformation after 500 years, a compilation of “Recounting Reformation” columns written by Pathway Associate Editor Benjamin Hawkins and published by the MBC. The book is … Continued

EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the seventh of several articles commemmorating Baptist history in Missouri, written by members of the Missouri Baptist  Convention’s Historical Commission. I have pastored in Southeast Missouri for over fifty years. I grew up in Jackson, MO … Continued

WARRENSBURG – First Baptist Church, Warrensburg will host “Church Security and Intruder Response Training” Jan. 5-6. The training will be conducted by Kansas City-based Strategos International, a church security firm that has been partnering with Missouri Baptist Convention churches for … Continued

JEFFERSON CITY – Lawmakers and citizens will gather for what has become a Jefferson City tradition when Concord Baptist Church, in conjunction with the Missouri Baptist Convention’s Christian Life Commission, hosts the 13th annual Prayer Service for Missouri Government Leaders, … Continued

KIRKSVILLE – A French-speaking congregation was formed November 19th at First Baptist Church, Kirksville.  Joel Kabamba, a 2015 immigrant from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, is the pastor of the new mission church.  Pastor Jason Marlin, pastor of FBC … Continued

I have been asked more than once, “Why?”  “Why did I leave the best church in the world (with the best preaching by the way) to take a position with the Missouri Baptist Foundation?”  “Why did I leave Branson?” I … Continued

JEFFERSON CITY (MBF) – At their Dec. 8th meeting in Jefferson City, Mo, the Foundation board, elected by the Missouri Baptist Convention, met and affirmed its commitment of serving Missouri Baptists.  The board set aside $100,000 of grant money to … Continued