He was Chairman of the “Greater St. Louis Evangelistic Crusade with Billy Graham” in 1999.   Cass Banking Systems President and CEO (at the time), Larry Collett recalls many treasured memories of his special times with the late Billy Graham. Upon each visit of the Billy Graham Crusade team to an area, local spiritual leaders select … [Read more...]

This story from Jake Rosen was aired on “Holocaust Remembrance Day;”  a day to especially remember the horrors of Adolph Hitler’s Nazi Germany and the murder during World War II of 6,000,000 Jews! Many were in Jake’s family. His mother, a Jewish girl in Poland, spent her teen years ... ages 11 – 17 ... trying to survive.  In her incarceration … [Read more...]

  Planning team member Amy Craighead provides an overview of Inspirational Beth Moore coming to the University of Missouri (basketball) arena July 13 & 14, 2018.  Thousands are expected!  On the Beth Moore 2018 Missouri planning team, Amy Craighead provides us an overview of a wonderful Friday evening and Saturday till noon … [Read more...]

  A directive from the word of God:  “... find out what pleases the Lord.  Have nothing to do with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them.  For it is shameful even to mention what the disobedient do in secret.”  (Ephesians 5:10-12    NIV) Wayne Crull knows what it is to be both tender and tough.  At 19 he was in … [Read more...]

It is an absolutely wonderful story of the power of the Good News of the gospel, of the importance of missions, and of lives completely committed to Jesus! Solomon (from Kenya) and Ruby  (from Trinidad) Kendagor (www.solomonandruby.com) for years have lived in Ballwin, MO, in St. Louis County, ministering to International Students Inc … [Read more...]

“Urbana” is recognized as “the world’s largest student missions’ conference.” It is is response to the “Great Commission” of Jesus Christ in Matthew 28:19-20: “Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you, and … [Read more...]

  From  www.thepillar.org “The Pillar Foundation serves as a resource center for the homeschooling community. We seek to preserve the truth of the Christian faith and to restore our nation’s Christian heritage by equipping others with a Biblical Worldview. To accomplish this mission, we teach supplemental classes and provide a … [Read more...]

  Yes, it’s true.  Kenny McCune and David Newton created Megaphone Designs (www.megaphonedesigns.com), making quality internet websites available for even small churches and ministries. (I nearly titled this commentary: “99 reasons a small church cannot have a website!  Solution?  Pay the $99 and make it happen!”)  A simple website … [Read more...]

Nearly 20 years ago, businessman Gary Tedrick began the always impacting and inspirational Annual (“East Side”) Congressional Prayer Breakfast.  It meets in the Collinsville Convention Center, 20-minutes east of the St. Louis Arch. Hundreds attend each year. *The April 30, 2018 speaker, CPA Adam Hall, personally knows what disappointment, … [Read more...]

When St. Louis attorney Al Johnson and others did a study on what the Word of God had to say regarding poor people, it further motivated the birth of “New Covenant Legal Services.”  The study resulted in a listing of 100 Bible verses regarding God’s attitude toward the poor, and how we, His children, should be responding. Al Johnson closed down … [Read more...]