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2016 Alive Student Conference

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The Alive Student Conference 2016 will be held Dec. 29-31 at the DoubleTree by the Hilton Hotel in Chesterfield, Mo. The deadline for special room rate is Dec. 1. Each student must have a medical release form in case of accident or illness, and each church is responsible for collecting and keeping the medical releases for its students. The form and other information about the conference — including registration, order forms and a schedule of events — are available at alivestudentconference.org. A conference T-shirt will be provided for all who register by Dec. 5. T-shirts will be handed out at the Alive registration table outside the
ballroom of hotel between 3:00 and 6:45 on Dec. 29.

Speaker: This year’s speaker is Brad Russell. “I became a follower of Christ when I was six years old and answered God’s call
to His ministry at the age of 16,” said Russell. “For six and a half years, I served as associate pastor, youth pastor and school administrator for Salem Baptist Church in Marble Hills, Mo., where I was licensed and ordained into God’s ministry. I accepted God’s call to come to First Baptist Church in Arnold in 2008 to serve as pastor to College & Career and Young Professionals.”

This year’s worship leaders are Sound City, a collection of musicians who call City Church in Conway, AR their home church. Their stated mission is to use music to help people experience Jesus. “If you leave only talking about the band, we have done
something wrong,” they said. “We want to worship our God and King alongside of you as we continue to realize how much He
loves us together.

Illusionist: The conference will also feature Christian Illusionist Zak Mirzadeh, who spent 2011-2015 as a key member
of the epic show known as M?ZE (a part of Reach Your City.) He is now branching of to perform his own show, “Nothing
Up My Sleeve.” This show will instill wonder in the audience and draw in every person to become a participant. Zak
interweaves his persona and story into his show to lead people to the Good News. Zak grew up as a Muslim, faithful to his
religion and praying fie times every day. Due to incredible circumstances, he grew up in a fatherless household. At the
age of 17, Zak was confronted with a reality that was very different from his upbringing. He was brought face-to-face with the truth of who Jesus is. As a part of “Nothing Up My Sleeve,” Zak weaves in his story what it was like to grow up in a religious household and how the Gospel of Jesus transformed his life.

Recreation: Recreation this year will take place at the hotel. Attached to the hotel is a huge Athletic Club that will
be rented during conference recreation time. They have basketball, volleyball, racquetball, walleyball, a swimming pool and tennis courts and a meeting area that will be great to just sit down and chat, play cards or a board game that you bring. There will also be a few surprises, and there will be something for everyone. Participants will also likely get to try
something they have never done before — knocker ball.

Our Renewal Retreat

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To the churches of the BMA of Missouri

I was very appreciative of the response and approval of the renewal weekend for the pastors and staff of our work. If you were not able to be at the meeting let me encourage you to be looking in the paper for upcoming communications about the renewal weekend.

This is simply an effort to get us as pastors on the same page and help us to move forward as growing churches and a missions planting association. I have given November 30th as a deadline to share possible dates for the weekend and then will need each of our pastors to communicate the dates that work for them and we will simply choose the dates that work for the most pastors.

Ben Kingston, coordinator

November 2016 – Assistant Mission Director’s Report

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I enjoyed peaching the last two Sundays in October at Bethany and appreciate the good folks there for their support over the years. As you can read in their report they have called Bro. Nick Dunn and he plans to move on the fild soon. We lost a good friend in the Lord’s work in Missouri when Bro. Ronald Pierce was called home unexpectedly. Please remember his wife Roberta, his family, and his church family (Temple, Belgrade) in their loss. Bro. Ronald was truly a pastor’s friend and he and his wife were great hosts to visiting preachers when given the opportunity. I enjoyed the State Association meeting in Sikeston
this past month and thank you for reelecting me as Assistant Missions Director and also Editor of the Missouri Missionary Baptist paper.

Bethel Missionary Baptist Church welcomed the messengers of the churches of the BMA of Missouri and treated everyone with kindness and love. They also fed us a delicious meal. You can read about the meeting starting on page one in this issue but I want to call attention to one action the Missionary Committee took that can be a blessing to all our churches in the state.
Bro. Ben Kingston was elected to plan a “Renewal Retreat” for the pastors and staf members of BMA of Missouri Churches. The entire schedule for this time will be built around renewal of the Association. There will be no charge to attend. In the month of November, our churches will be sent some possible dates for this retreat and the date selected by most respondents will be the date set for the meeting. It is VERY important that each church respond so we can set the date that the most can and
will attend.

Please do your best to attend and let’s work at renewal our fellowship and cooperation and help each other in the ministry of the Word. We need to be planting new works for the Lord, but we also need to strengthen what we already have. We are all very busy and it is easy to skip these times that can benefit our ministries and that is exactly what Satan wants us to do! Let’s
determine to not let this happen when this meeting takes place. Let’s strengthen one another as God wants us to.

Please pray for our work in Missouri that we will know where God wants us to start a new work when He gives us someone to work it. Thank you for your support and prayers as we work for the Lord.

James Hoffann

October 2016 – Assistant Mission Director’s Report

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I had the privilege of filling the pulpit at Lower Doe Run Baptist Church near Ellington, Temple Baptist Church in Belgrade and Bethany Baptist Church in St. Louis this past month. I also enjoyed preaching at Landmark Baptist Church in DeSoto as they celebrated their 84th Anniversary the first Sunday of October.

It is time for our annual association meeting and I hope to see many of our churches represented at Bethel Baptist Church in Sikeston October 22nd. We need this time of fellowship and planning for the work of our association of churches for the next year. Your input is helpful and necessary if we are going to be unified in our efforts for the Lord.Pastor Jerry Adams and Bethel Baptist Church welcome this meeting and we look forward to being with them. Let’s fill their building with people ready to go forward for Christ. Please join me and our special missions committee in praying for a new church plant during this next associational year. Is your church interested in planting a church somewhere in Missouri? Do
you know of a preacher who feels led of God to start a new
work in our state? Let’s unite our efforts to see this become
a reality soon.

I am anxious to hear the reports of all our committees and departments at this annual meeting. God is working in our churches and it is good to hear what is happening around our state. We will be electing our President and Vice President at this meeting along with considering recommendations of all committees and departments.

Please come and be involved in this great meeting.

Revival

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Kewanee Missionary Baptist Church, Kewanee, MO

October 31st thru November 4th
6:30 p.m. each evening
Evangelist:Steve Crawley
Everyone Welcome!

September 2016 – Assistant Mission Director’s Report

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My wife and I were invited to attend the annual meeting of the Baptist Missionary Association of Southwest Missouri
which met at Grandview Baptist Church in Springfield August 20th. We were warmly received and made to feel right at home.
Grandview Church has undergone renovations to their facilities and the result was beautiful, with inviting buildings and
grounds. Pastor Gary Longstaff and the church are to be commended for their hard work and investment in their facilities.
The meeting was well attended with representation from almost all of the five cooperating churches in the Springfild,
Cassville, and Carthage area.

The services were filed with friendship, love, spirit-filed singing and fellowship Bro. Steve Crawley brought an inspirational message on “The Grace of God,” which blessed us and challenged us to be thankful for the wonderful Grace of our magnificent God!

Thanks to all for a great day! We look forward to meeting others from around Missouri.

Brotherhood Retreat

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The 6th Annual BMA of Missouri Brotherhood Retreat is Friday September 30, 2016 and Saturday October 1, 2016 at Camp Garwood. Speaker is Bro. Joey Duckworth. Make plans to attend and bring a friend.

Program
Friday Evening 7:30 p.m. Supper
Program: Bro. Joey Duckworth
Saturday 7:30 a.m.
Breakfast
Archery Competition
Lunch
Dismissal

Who Can Attend?
Adult men and young men who have an interest in outdoor activities. We encouraged you to bring your friends who do not attend church. Please Note: Anyone over 18 planning to stay overnight at the Retreat MUST complete the on-line application. If you were okay for camp this year you are okay for the retreat. This is a requirement for all who use the camp overnight. More info concerning that is available online at
bmamissouri.org

What is the Cost?
There is no cost for those attending, but an offering will be taken to help with expenses.

What is the Purpose
To provide an avenue for fellowship and encouragement for the men of all ages. There will be a bunch of door prizes, food and also Trophies for the winners!!

What to Bring
Archery equipment, personal items, sheets, blankets (or sleeping bag),
and pillow. Beds, food and fun are provided.

Questions: Contact the following for more information:
Dennis Baker 636-461-1625 bbvsafety4332@gmail.com
James Hoffann 314-277-8644 jmhoff@charter.net
Claude Evans 573-438-0740 cbe34@earthlink.net

Mutual Faith

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Romans 1:8-13
Paul’s sense of appreciation for the mutual faith between Paul and the church of Rome, his sense of responsibility to preach the gospel to all men, and the message which he preached gives us a source for evaluating our own lives, the ministry of our church, and our associational mission. Paul gave the church at Rome one of the greatest compliments that any church would love to receive. Their faith was known throughout the whole Roman Empire. The witness of this great church should cause us to ask the questions that would help us determine the worth of our witness. What do churches of like faith and order think of our testimony?

Paul prayed for this church every time he prayed. Paul knew that they could not do the work that God had called them to do without praying for God’s leadership. Do we pray for the leadership of the church that we are privileged to be a member?
Do we pray for the mutual witness of the churches in our local, state, national associations? Do we pray for the leadership of
these mutual works?

Paul wanted to bless the church by exercising his spiritual gifts. But he also wanted to be blessed by the spiritual gifts that God had imparted to the Roman church. The Lord’s churches need to be a blessing to each other. Do we feel an obligation to do what is necessary so that we can preach the gospel to the entire world? Because of our mutual faith do we see the need to pray for our church ministries and the ministries of the churches in our associational work? Do we have a sense of expectation that God is going to bless the mutual faith in our local church and the churches we fellowship? Do we show eagerness to share the gospel with others? Are we a blessing or a hindrance to others?

by Dennis Baker, Brotherhood President

August 2016 – Assistant Mission Director’s Report

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I enjoyed our annual Camp in July and rejoice to see so many improvements in the facilities. Each year just gets better
and better. We praise God for souls being save and many saved folks who are now walking closer to God as a result of our
Camp Ministry. Camp Garwood is a good mission outreach.

I plan to attend the annual meeting of the BMA of Southwest Missouri which meets at Grandview Baptist Church in Springfield August 20th. I look forward to getting better acquainted with our brothers and sisters in that area of our great state. As we approach our annual meeting in October prayerfully prepare for what God has for us to do.

Preparing for LifeWord Sunday

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Lifeword_WebLogoOctober 23 is 2016 LifeWord Sunday and we want all BMA churches to be involved in learning about, praying for and giving to Lifeword on that day. To help each church participate in this emphasis day, we will be mailing out what used to be called “walk packets” to all BMA churches. Each packet will include a letter from Executive Director Steve Crawley, a 2016 Lifeword video, two posters and a sample bulletin insert. (Order more inserts online when you order your T-shirts at lifeword.org/lifewordsunday/ or contact holly@lifeword.org. We want BMA church members to understand our unique ministry that uses media to spread the gospel even if their churches no longer hold a fund-raising event like Walk for the World. The short video and bulletin inserts will help to tell our story. Pastors who commit to participate in Lifeword Sunday by registering their churches will be entered into a December 12th drawing for a 60-inch TV. Other requirements for entry include the following: naming a contact person for Lifeword Sunday/Walk for the World and sending in contributions (marked “Walk” or “Lifeword Sunday”) by December 12.

To register your church or order T-shirts, go to lifeword.org/lifewordsunday/. In addition to being entered into the drawing, pastors and Team Lifeword leaders will receive free T-shirts just for registering.

Don’t forget to mark your church calendar, register your church, show the video, give out inserts, and send in your contributions to enter to win the TV. (Churches who have already registered will be included in the drawing.)