Author Archives: Drew Willings

JEFFERSON CITY – Losing a senior pastor for any reason can send a church into crisis mode. But the Missouri Baptist Convention’s (MBC) “transitional pastor ministry” aims to help pastorless churches prepare them for a bright future of ministry. “One … Continued

Missouri Baptist University’s self-perpetuating board of trustees on Nov. 16 named Keith L. Ross the seventh president of the institution. The announcement came about two weeks after James Plymale, chairman of the MBC-elected MBU trustees, sent a letter to the … Continued

BOLIVAR – Southwest Baptist University recently received a valuable collection of artwork from a generous couple wanting to use it to help raise scholarship funds for SBU students. In honor of this gift, SBU has set up an online auction, … Continued

BOLIVAR – Southwest Baptist University’s Carla Kirchner recently won the Concrete Wolf Press 2016 Chapbook Award for her book of poetry – “The Physics of Love” – published by Concrete Wolf Press. Kirchner’s work is a chapbook of poems that … Continued

RAYTOWN – Little Liam didn’t want to leave. The four-year-old was busy working on a craft and he wasn’t done yet. “He was really concerned that I picked him up before he could finish the craft, so he was excited … Continued

RAYTOWN – Ministry wives know what it means to be devoted. They are devoted to their husbands, they are devoted to their children and they are devoted to their ministry. “But are you fully devoted to God?” asked Kelli Jordan, … Continued

RAYTOWN – Church leaders from throughout the state gathered for a ministers’ brunch, Oct. 25, following the Missouri Baptist Convention annual meeting here, where they heard again from former International Mission Board President Tom Elliff and current North American Mission … Continued

RAYTOWN — The preacher said he was going to start with an altar call. “At the end of my message we are going to call you to come down and pray,” Dr. Tom Elliff said to the MBC messengers at … Continued

RAYTOWN – A singer at the MBC annual meeting returned to a church he once served when both he and the church had different titles. Ryan Langford, who left First Baptist, Raytown eight years ago as Student Minister, returned to … Continued