Download Pastor Stoney Shaw until recently was the ten years pastor of the First Baptist Church of Ferguson (Mo)  His pastorate included the time of the 2014 turmoil there.  While the world was presented an image that Ferguson was basically “racist,” the church that Stoney led was made up of perhaps a 30% - 70% ratio of black to white … [Read more...]

Download Missiologist Dr. David Garrison affirms T4T (“Training for Trainers”) with this observation: “T4T is the most powerful church-planting tool in the world today!"   An Asian-American Church planter, Ying Kai, asked God how he could do to advance the great task of multiplying churches and disciples.  “Training for Trainers” was … [Read more...]

Download Pat Bradley Download Pat Bradley and Matt Mazoni The Pat Bradley story is a remarkable one ... not so much for the incredible “turnaround” in his life,  but for the focus that Pat’s “turnaround” is available for anyone. Pat, an alcoholic businessman from St. Louis, tells of the time his wife met him at the … [Read more...]

Dr. Mike Smite, president of Jacksonville (Texas) College, has conducted a 30-year analytical and insightful study on the often painful subject of conflicts in ministry. Download   A couple of New Testament disagreements ... yes, conflicts ...come to mind.  Paul and Barnabas in Acts 15:36-41 .... and Paul and Peter as … [Read more...]

Download Dr. Erwin Lutzer was a recent guest speaker in the “Show Me Your Glory Lord” event centered in the Rotunda of the Missouri State Capitol Building in Jefferson City, Mo.  This recording was made just before that visit on March 30, 2016.  Joan Hendrick and I were among those very  much impacted during that time by having special time … [Read more...]

Download Having received Christ by faith earlier in life, Doug Merkey experienced a “call” to minister the message of Jesus.  While a student in Covenant Seminary in St. Louis, Mo, his roommate invited him to a weekly visit to Planned Parenthood.  He accepted the invitation to visit.  It was to change his life ... forever! Doug began … [Read more...]

Download (Posted earlier, revived due to the death of Nancy Reagan in March, 2016.)   Considering the degree of his impact, Missouri author and spokesman John Stormer is almost a well-kept secret.  He is credited as being a major factor in the resurgence of the conservative movement of the last half of the 20th century.    Sitting toward … [Read more...]

Dr. Pat Castle, co-founder of Liferunners (www.liferunners.org), displays great purpose in life ... with a passion for the lives of the unborn innocent. Liferunners has involved thousands through running and walking ... from “age one to 101” ... on behalf of life. Download In 2016, runners began in the Spring at the Brooklyn … [Read more...]

Download   Religious Liberty is under attack!   The citizens of Missouri, as well as others in these United States of America, are facing the reality of the loss of our religious liberty.    Thankfully, good leadership in Missouri is doing something rather than nothing. It is in the form of Senate Joint Resolution … [Read more...]

Download Jeff Riddering and thousands of others were shocked and grieved in mid-January, 2016, to learn of the murder – the martyrdom – of his brother, Missionary Michael Riddering in Burkina Faso (former Upper Volta), Africa. This very fine missionary was one of 30 murdered by terrorist, and the only American. Each murder was a source of … [Read more...]