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Christmas carol recounts tragedy, encourages us to protect the innocents
2+ hour, 30+ min ago (328+ words) December 24, 2025 By John Francis EDITOR'S NOTE: John Francis is the minister of worship at Parkway Baptist Church, St. Louis, and an adjunct professor of music and worship at Missouri Baptist University. He also produces a weekly podcast, titled "The Monday…...
IMB Explorers return after two years of searching for the unreached • Pathway
2+ day, 14+ hour ago (1231+ words) Caleb Spannagel tells a Bible story to youngsters seated on the edge of a hill above him. December 22, 2025 By Karen L. Willoughby Colson Brooks learned the importance of taking just one step during the two years he spent as a'Missionary Explorer'for…...
Missouri Baptist pastor’s wife brings songs of Christmas, hymns of faith to theme park’s Wilderness Church • Pathway
2+ day, 14+ hour ago (806+ words) December 22, 2025 By Dan Steinbeck BRANSON " Marilyn Dunn loves what she does " especially at Christmastime. For 11 years, she's been the worship services pianist at the Silver Dollar City theme park's Wilderness Church in Branson. "I didn't apply for it. I was…...
Could Satan be saved? • Pathway
5+ day, 14+ hour ago (878+ words) December 19, 2025 By Rob Phillips This is another in a series of excerpts from'What Every Christian Should Know About the Return of Jesus, released by High Street Press and available at'Amazon.com. There doesn't appear to be any scriptural support for…...
Unexpected joy as Christmas returns to Israel, but Gazan Christians still sheltered • Pathway
5+ day, 14+ hour ago (987+ words) December 19, 2025 By Diana Chandler NAZARETH, Israel (BP) " Yasmeen Mazzawi, an Arab Christian who attended Nazareth Baptist School as a teenager, observed an unexpected joy as Christmas returned to her hometown of Nazareth for the first time since the start of…...
Baptist Homes president announces plans for retirement in fall of 2026 • Pathway
6+ day, 14+ hour ago (460+ words) Rodney Harrison, president of The Baptist Homes & Healthcare Ministries December 18, 2025 By Benjamin Hawkins JEFFERSON CITY " Rodney Harrison, president of the Baptist Homes & Healthcare Ministries, has announced his plan to retire next fall, after having served with the ministry since the…...
Wisconsin Supreme Court upholds Catholic charity’s religious liberty • Pathway
1+ week, 13+ hour ago (464+ words) December 17, 2025 By Brandon Porter MADISON, Wis. (BP) " The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled against the State of Wisconsin on Monday (Dec. 15) as the state attorney general tried for a second time to strip a Catholic-based organization from its non-profit status. The…...
‘Keep fighting’: John O’Leary brings message of hope to HLGU Booster Night • Pathway
1+ week, 14+ hour ago (937+ words) December 17, 2025 By Benjamin Hawkins HANNIBAL (HLGU) " For John O'Leary to be alive today took the encouragement and determination of many people'support he highlighted with humor and gratitude at Hannibal-LaGrange University's annual Booster Night, Nov. 8. On January 17, 1987, at age nine, he…...
Underestimating Ordinary • Pathway
1+ week, 15+ hour ago (500+ words) Wes Fowler, executive director of the Missouri Baptist Convention December 17, 2025 By Wes Fowler Luke 2:8-14 reminds us of a well-known and incredibly interesting story used throughout the Christmas season. Take a moment and re-read the verses below: These men were ordinary…...
This Christmas, remember hell’s horror, heaven’s glory • Pathway
1+ week, 1+ day ago (631+ words) Benjamin Hawkins, editor of The Pathway December 16, 2025 By Benjamin Hawkins Actor Kirk Cameron stirred up debate earlier this month, arguing on his podcast that he no longer believes in hell as a place of "eternal conscious torment." "Jesus died so…...