.in 2007 was elected President of the Missouri Baptist
Convention at their 137th Annual Session, which is composed of 2,000
Missouri churches. For a generation he served as pastor of the First
Baptist Church of Arnold, MO, located on the south side of the greater St.
Louis area. During his pastorate the church grew enormously. Thousands
came to Christ, and then continued their growth. There were many highlights
in the life of the church. A remarkable episode in his ministry was
triggered when Congressman Richard Gephardt, representing his district, sent
out a questionnaire asking his constituents to express themselves on their
convictions. Pastor Davidson received the letter just days before the
Congressman and his mother visited Pastor Davidson's church. What happened
on that Sunday made national news, including being featured on a nationwide
edition Dr. James Dobson's Focus on the Family. You can hear the summary of
that story here.

Wonderfully staggering numbers regarding spiritual "seekers" worldwide! Frequently http://www.greatcommission2020.com/ receives 300,000 "hits," 30,000 indicating "decisions" for Christ, and 4,000 wanting to be followed up ... worldwide ... every day!  Visit http://www.greatcommission2020.com/ to see such in "real time."  A blue flag popping up tells where the seeker is located; a golden flag indicates that one has received Christ and what part of the world he/she is located.  Michelle Diedrich, a leader of Campus Crusade's Global Outreach, tells about these mattes, including the approximately 100 online websites Crusade hosts to address questions and provide responses to "seekers" worldwide.  Nearly 5,000 "on line" missionaries are currently volunteering to serve those asking for online follow-up.  More are needed. Should you, or someone you know, become an "online missionary?"   -- Other related and helpful websites for sharing Christ on the Internet:

• Explaining Global Media Outreach ... http://www.globalmediaoutreach.com/;
• How to become an online missionary ... http://www.gmojoinus.com/;
• How to church can be involved in Global Media Outreach; or "Always ready - Your Church Online Mission Program" ... http://www.gmoalwaysready.com/.

Danae Dobson wrote her first book, for children, at age 11, and was published at age 12.  She appreciates the great heritage that is hers as the daughter of two great American Christians – Dr. James Dobson, founder of Focus on the Family; and Shirley Dobson, National Chairman of the National Day of Prayer.  Danae is another confirmation that “…the acorn doesn’t fall far from the tree.”  She is to visit and be featured at a women luncheon on Saturday, May 1, 2010 in the Canaan Baptist Church of St. Louis, MO.  All ladies and girls are invited.  Host church Canaan Baptist is “shepherded” by Dr. Bruce McCoy, President of the 2,000 churches of the MO Baptist Convention.  The invitation on www.canaanstl.org to hear and meet Danae Dobson is as follows: 

Come join other women in the Saint Louis area as
Danae Dobson asks: “Is Your Cell Phone Ringing?”

Are you answering God’s call?

The Women’s Ministry at Canaan Baptist Church is excited to welcome Danae Dobson, noted author of 23 books to date including Let’s Walk the Talk! The Best of Woof! and Parables for Kids (co-authored with Dr. James Dobson). She has appeared on the 700 Club and Time For Hope as well as being a radio guest on Minirth Meier and Focus on the Family.
Luncheon is Saturday, May 1, 2010 beginning at 11:30am at Canaan Baptist Church, 5409 Baumgartner Road, Saint Louis, MO 63129 (314) 487-1730.

The ticket price for the luncheon is $28 per person. Tables of 8 are $224 and will be given priority location. The luncheon, catered by Butler’s Pantry will include a book signing.

Nick Eicher, publisher of World Magazine (www.worldmag.com), has the challenging responsibility of overseeing everything that goes into each issue of this outstanding newsmagazine. World asks the question:  Whose World is it?  World Magazine answers: "The earth is the LORD’s and the fullness thereof; the world and those who dwell therein.” (Psalm 24:1).  World’s unique contribution is seen in its mission statement:  “WORLD’s mission is to report, interpret, and illustrate the news in a timely, accurate, enjoyable, and arresting fashion from a perspective committed to the Bible as the inerrant Word of God. WORLD is a full-color biweekly news magazine published 26 times a year, available for prompt delivery to your business or home or anywhere you like. It is not available on newsstands.”  World Magazine is an important and very readable addition to every home.  Subscribe, please!

Connie Eller, head of Missouri Blacks for Life (www.missouriblacksforlife.org), tells of doing away with her first baby.  Once done, her sense of loss was so impacting that she vowed never to do so again, thus in her second pregnancy allowing that child to live.  During this time in her late teens, Connie heard the forgiving, loving message of Jesus, received Him into her life, and now to this very day rejoices in the forgiveness and inner peace that is hers.  In this radio interview Connie reports of having just experienced her 17th annual March for Life in Washington, D.C. with several hundred thousand on the 37th anniversary of the Row v. Wade Supreme Court decision. An additional highlight in 2010 was the reception for African-Americans supporting life hosted by Congressman Mike Pence of Indiana.  For 14 of those Washington visits, Connie has been the coordinator of a fleet of busses that departed the steps of the St. Louis, MO Arch to Washington.  The hundreds traveling from St. Louis would sleep on the several busses the first night, do many things the next day in D.C., and the second night sleep on the busses while returning. The atmosphere was usually festive!  I did radio interviews with her by phone as she traveled.  She now serves as a staff member of a loving, caring ministry, Our Lady’s Inn (www.ourladysinn.org), whose stated mission is to “…provide emergency shelter for homeless, pregnant women & and their precious children…”  Connie Eller’s joy and enthusiasm are contagious!

As a teenager, Connie Eller had an abortion.  Since that point she had become the leader of Blacks for Life, been on staff at a Christian radio station (KSIV) in St. Louis, for years coordinated a fleet of busses traveling to Washington, D.C. for the annual March for Life on the anniversary of Roe v. Wade, and now serves as the Director of Development of Our Lady’s Inn in the St. Louis region, ministering and providing shelter to homeless pregnant women and their children.  (www.ourladysinn.org)  Jesus has provided forgiveness, transformation, healing and ministry for Connie Eller.

The Global Day of Prayer (www.globaldayofprayer.com) began in Africa with the use of a rugby stadium as a surprise location for people to come together to pray.  45,000 attended that first one.  Since then GDOP has indeed become “Global.”  By May 23, 2010, Pentecost Sunday, more than 200 countries each have within them multiple gatherings to seek to please the Lord God by seeking Him in prayer.  In this radio conversation, retired St. Louis, MO business executive Charlie Fay provides the exciting report of this worldwide prayer movement, its continuation for several years, and all the blessings and aspects of it in one American city, St. Louis, MO (www.praystl.org). (In St. Louis the primary gathering –with related aspects before and after -- occurs at 4:00 PM on 5/23/2010 in the Chaifetz Arena (www.thechaifetzarena.com) of St. Louis University.