“Real change means real change. Sometimes a patch won’t do,” Iorg said. He added that major change requires whatever new structures, policies, procedures and budgets are needed to successfully implement that change.
Despite our general knowledge of the Cooperative Program, from time to time I hear explanations that are at best inaccurate, and at worst, concerning and/or harmful.
When 293 delegates gathered in 1845 in Augusta, Georgia, for the inaugural meeting of the convention, their first resolution expressed the desire to “organize a convention for the propagation of the gospel.”
Pastor Roger Sherrer said, “It was the most impactful knock on a door I had ever made.”
First Baptist Church Rogersville, Missouri, sustained damage on Saturday, Jan. 25, when a car accelerated into the front of their worship center.
News outlets report on the violence and crime occurring in downtown St. Louis, but The Rock City Church is shining the light of Christ in the area.
The cause is believed to be a large patch of ice and snow sliding down the pitched roof into a set of air conditioners and heating units. This broke some gas lines, and apparently broken electrical lines sparked a fire.
First Baptist Church Arnold, Missouri, shared the love and hope of Jesus through the “Lights of Christmas,” now in its fifth year. This presentation combined a live nativity, Scripture, lights and hot cocoa.
Belleview Baptist Church lost their building Dec. 9 in a fire. “It’s probably a total loss,” Bob Curtis, director of missions for the Mineral Area Baptist Association, said. “They’re in a holding pattern, waiting on insurance.”
“Pat’s Saturday Sew Day” is the Grover Park Baptist Church quilt ministry in Warrensburg, Missouri, and in less than two years, it has given away 277 quilts and counting.
