Reach Missouri / Reach Arkansas

First Free of Warrensburg is offering about 65 charis to a needy church plant or congregation. The chairs are 20+ years old but still servicable according to the church. No picture of the actual chairs is available, but they are similar to this internet picture (except the metal is silver tone). Contact me if you are interested.

First Evangelical Free Church will sponsor a children’s ministry training event on October 18, 2009 from 5:00-8:00 pm.  The church is at 1375 Carman Road, Manchester, MO  63021.  An RSVP is required – please refer to the full brochure available at the link below.

FEFC Children’s Ministry Training Brochure

St. Louis based Covenant Theological Seminary offers 20 free seminary classes through its Worldwide Classroom.  For a list of the classes and to register go to http://worldwide-classroom.com/courses/.

The 2009 Missouri-Arkansas Fall Retreat is coming on October 11-13 in Osage Beach, MO.  The hotel has asked us to release unneeded rooms.  To ensure you have a place to stay wil you please send in your registration form ASAP!  If you need the form, you can download it at the Retreat tab of this site.

On Sept. 17th, pastors, church planters and friends of the EFCA gathered for a program and luncheon focused on The Church and Israel.  The audio recordings of William Koenig and Dr. David Chapman are available at the Ministry Community tab of this site. Read the rest of this entry »

The St. Louis/Eastern Missouri Ministry Commuity program and luncheon focused on Engaging God’s Mission Regionally and Globally.  Links to the video and PowerPoint presentations that were used or referred to at the meeting can be found on the Ministry Commuity tab.  In addition to hearing from Richard Schumacher and Rick Burke, the 35 attendees were introduced to the EFCA missionaries currently candidating with Reach Global and SIM.  We also heard from a representative of InterVarsity Christian Fellowship about the upcoming Urbana ‘09 Student Missions Convention.  Again, links are under the Ministry Community tab.

Dear Pastors, Church Planters, Ministry Leaders, Seminarians, Friends of the EFCA and Spouses:

Please mark your calendars and plan to join us October 11-13 for the EFCA Missouri-Arkansas Fall Retreat in Osage Beach, Missouri.  The retreat will begin with an informal dinner Sunday evening, and will conclude midday Tuesday.  This year, our Read the rest of this entry »

Trinity Graduate School is offering several web-based classes: Foundations of Cultural Engagement, New Religious Movements; Introduction to Human Rights; and Rights of Women, Children and Families.  More information is found on the attached pdf file or at www.tiu.edu.

Trinity Graduate School Online Fall 2009 Classes

Calling all prayer leaders at EFCA churchs in Missouri and Arkansas!  The following announcement is provided by Larry Austin, Central District Director of Church Health.  Contatc him at laustin@efcacentral.org for more information or if you would like to participate.

Background and Values:  This would be one of six to eight regional summits being planned and promoted by the EFCA this fall.  It is one of the fruits of  EFCA Prayer Pacesetter Summits, the last of which was November 2008.  This gathering of “prayer Read the rest of this entry »

Terry Schoenfeld, Pastor of Cornerstone Evangelical Free Church in Webster Groves, MO turned to the Old Testament to encourage pastors in expository preaching at the St. Louis/Eastern Missouri Ministry Community on Thursday May 21st.  A link to the adio file can be found under the Podcast file.