The 6th Annual Meeting of the Baptist General Convention of Missouri was held Friday and Saturday, April 4-5, 2008, at Fee Fee Baptist Church of in St. Louis (Bridgeton), Missouri. We had a great meeting and a wonderful time of inspiration and fellowship. Click the Annual Meeting links above for more information regarding the Annual Meeting or to view the video archive of the sessions. Click Missions Banquet for information about how you can help us reach our 2008 Offering Goal. Click the link to check out more Photos from this year's Annual Meeting.
Easter Offering
North American Missions
This spring many Baptists will be praying for North American Missions and giving offerings to support mission efforts across North America. In addition other mission offerings the Baptist General Convention of Missouri is encouraging churches and individuals to consider a gift to our Easter Offering for the North American Missions through the North American Baptist Fellowship. Click the links below for bulletin inserts and posters.
North American Missions Bulletin Insert
North American Missions Poster
Bible Preaching Week
Bible Preaching Week at Windermere is scheduled for Monday through Friday,
August 11-15, 2008. Our preacher for the week will be Dr. Charles
Wade, Retired Executive Director, Baptist General Convention of Texas.
Dr. David May, Professor of New Testament, Central Baptist Theological
Seminary, will be our Bible Teacher. Rod Maples, Associate Pastor at
First Baptist Church in Jefferson City, will be leading worship. Out
theme this year is Worship: An Encounter with God! Isaiah 6:1-8.
The cost is a $100.00 program fee plus lodging and meals. Windermere's
Family Rate is available for all economy and deluxe lodging. A $400.00
scholarship is available for any pastor serving a church with an average
attendance of 100 or less! Contact Veronica at the BGCM office for an
application or more information at (888) 420-2426 Extension 703 or
vkramer@baptistgcm.org.
Make your reservations now!
More than 15,000 Baptists from across North America gathered at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta January 30-February 1, 2008, in an unprecedented demonstration of Baptist unity. The history-making event culminated months of planning by leaders of more than 30 Baptist organizations who laid the groundwork for a new era of cooperation. A number of Baptists from Missouri participated in the event. Click on the website link below to learn more about the event and to view video from the sessions.
First Priority is all about churches. It is about acknowledging that the convention exists to serve churches and church leaders. It is about focusing on the needs of local congregations and seeking to minimize the convention’s bureaucracies and overhead. It is an effort to remember that conventions are merely the way churches cooperate to strengthen their ministries and do together what they would not be able to do alone.
First Priority includes four Great Commission Initiatives—Leadership Development, Congregational Health, Church Planting and Missions Mobilization. These are the areas where the BGCM must take decisive action as we serve churches. Our two Resource Initiatives are Ministry Resources and Congregational Relationships. You can click the links to the left to learn more about these initiatives or click First Priority to learn more. A First Priority brochure and a brief video that provides an overview of the plan are available free of charge from the convention office or click here for a downloadable copy of the brochure.
