Poplar Bluff, MO—After an eight-month partnership agreement between the Montana Southern Baptist Women and the Missouri Women’s Missionary Union, the leadership team from Montana went to celebrate and help wherever was needed at their historic 100-year Missions Conference, Hope in Christ, which was held on April 14-15, 2023, at First Baptist Church in Poplar Bluff, Missouri. The team was made … Read More
Baptist Foundation News of Montana
The Baptist Foundation of Montana is devoted to aiding the 125 Southern Baptist churches in Montana, through providing both financial and creative solutions for pastors and facilities. Our work is carried out through the help and generous donations of supporters like you. Your contributions can take many forms, from cash, stocks, life insurance policies, property or other securities, etc., — … Read More
Homeschooling mom to coach MCC volleyball
Mackenzie Stutzman lives a full life. An entrepreneurial furrier, she enjoys riding and training horses, snowmobiling, hiking, hunting, and fishing. Among all these interests, one sport rises above the rest: volleyball. Although she played volleyball and basketball from sixth grade onward, during her senior year Mackenzie coached volleyball for younger students on public and homeschool teams. In August, Mackenzie returns … Read More
Bighorn Baptist is the only church in town
By Karen L. Willoughby, posted May 4, 2023 in Cooperating for the Gospel, Cooperative Program FORT SMITH, Mt. – Bighorn Baptist, the only church of any kind in this town established a mere 63 years ago in 1960, does what it can to minister in its community. Fort Smith is on federal land surrounded by the 2.2 million-acre Crow Indian Reservation. The unincorporated community expands … Read More
Southern Baptists grow in attendance and baptisms, decline in membership
By Aaron Earls, posted May 9, 2023 in SBC News BRENTWOOD, Tenn. (BP) — For the second straight year, baptisms and giving increased among Southern Baptist congregations. In-person worship service and small group attendance also rebounded, but total membership and the number of congregations slid. The Annual Church Profile (ACP) compiled by Lifeway Christian Resources in cooperation with Baptist state conventions paints a complicated picture for the Southern … Read More
Get Real East is for Your Students
Get Real East will be April 21-22 at Elevation Church in Billings. The theme this year is “A Life that Hits Different.” The theme verse is Romans 12:2, “And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good … Read More
Praying Across Montana for Montana
When it comes prayer, we often seek the gift. Seldom do we seek the Giver. What if prayer is more about us being summoned into God’s presence so that we can hear what’s on the Father’s heart for our lives, as opposed to us quickly going over a list of needs and desires that have little to do with His … Read More
Resounding the Glory of God
One of the benefits of our partnership with the Missouri Baptist Convention is access to their revitalization tools and team. They call it the Resound Network. It is a movement of pastors and churches who partner with regional leaders to engage in a revitalization process. The Resound Network is passionate about infusing new life into churches so that they resound … Read More
The Power of Partnership in Montana
It’s good for our churches in Montana to be reminded that we are part of something bigger than ourselves. Recently on a national level, 200 NEW missionaries were sent out by 174 different Sending Churches to plant in 34 states and three Canadian provinces, to share the hope of the gospel in 7 different languages. This is the power of … Read More
Explore Church, Missoula, Goes to Honduras
We recently published a daily blog from Explore Church in Missoula. It documented their mission trip to Honduras. In case you missed it, here are the links: Day 1 In January of 2023 at team of fourteen people from Explore Church went to serve with Catracho Missions in Comayagua, Honduras. This was an intense, rugged adventure deep in the heart … Read More