July/August 2018

BBFI Missionary Care Golf Tournament Raises $20K

The 6th Annual Missionary Care Golf Tournament held at Rivercut Golf Course in Springfield, MO on May 18 successfully raised $20,000 for missionary care. Sixty-six players, 17 teams, 30 sponsors, and $2,500 in donated prizes […]

July/August 2018

Blake Housley Ordained

On April 29, 2018, Park Crest Baptist Church in Springfield, MO ordained their student pastor, Blake Housley, into the gospel ministry. The ordination council, made up of several of Housley’s closest mentors, included his father, […]

Feature Article

Settling In For the Long Haul

As major ministries and church planting have become more centered in urban and suburban areas in recent decades, evangelical priorities have tended to shift away from small-town America. And while we celebrate Gospel advances through […]

May/June 2018

Small Town and Rural Churches

Studies show that if you are involved in an accident your proximity to emergency medical care could be the difference between life and death. A hospital with a well-equipped emergency room and a well-trained staff […]

Boston Baptist College Update

Don’t Sneeze

You know the old joke, “Don’t Sneeze or you’ll miss it!”  Little towns have been the brunt of a lot of wise cracks.  I’m a “big city” guy – I admit it…at least I like […]

Church News

Antioch Bible Baptist Church Opens New Kids Building

Antioch Bible Baptist Church of Gladstone, MO recently opened a new 27,000 square foot, two-story children’s building. The new space will house the nursery, preschool and K-5thgrade in various classrooms as well as a cutting-edge […]

Baptist Bible College Update

Making a Big Impact in a Small Town

I grew up in Albion, Michigan, a town of 10,000. It had tree-lined red brick streets, church bells that chimed every hour, and more black squirrels than people. My dad worked downtown and knew everyone. I became […]

Feature Article

Family Life in Rural America

“Nowhere more than in America are Christians caught in the twentieth-century syndrome of size. Size will show success. If I am consecrated, there will necessarily be large quantities of people, dollars, etc. This is not […]