Church-based dairy distribution produces Gospel results
A United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) funded food distribution program, which was established during the Coronavirus pandemic, is helping Oklahoma Baptist churches meet needs and advance the Gospel. The USDA program Farmers to Families has committed to purchase $3 billion in fresh produce, dairy and meat products from American producers of all sizes. The products are packaged into family-sized boxes, then transported to...
Church-school connection: Oklahoma Baptists provide homework space, school supplies and more for students
With the 2020-2021 school year beginning while the Coronavirus is still looming, some Oklahoma schools have not been able to fully open their doors to students. The State Board of Education protocols requires pupils to attend classes virtually or through a combination of in-person and virtual meetings. The quarantine rules have left some families scrambling for how to provide for the educational needs of their children. Parents who...
Stateside IMB missionaries gather for fellowship, encouragement
Oklahoma Baptists hosted a luncheon Aug. 12 for 34 International Mission Board (IMB) missionaries and their children who are currently living on stateside assignment Oklahoma. Some of the missionaries are currently in Oklahoma due to planned furloughs, while others are awaiting the lifting of COVID-19 quarantine restrictions in the countries where they serve. Amy Cordova, missions and women’s ministries partner for Oklahoma Baptists,...
2020 Haskins School Graduation, a watershed moment
DEL CITY—The Robert Haskins School of Christian Ministry celebrated the graduation of 29 students in a ceremony hosted at Del City, Sunnylane Aug. 15. “There is nothing quite like this school,” Haskins School Dean Mark McClellan said at the ceremony, referring to the schools unique approach to contextualized ministry training. The school, which relaunched in the fall of 2016, was designed with the needs of the bi-vocational ministry...
Falls Creek kicks off Road Show
The first two stops on the Falls Creek Road Show took place in Cushing and Woodward in late June. The events were attended by students from area Oklahoma Baptist churches with about 150 students gathering in Cushing June 26 and more than 100 in attendance June 30 in Woodward. The Road Show was developed by Oklahoma Baptists youth ministry to be offered as an alternative when it was determined that the popular summer camp would not be...
