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Missouri Baptist Convention Pledges Support for 2026 Amendment 3
This week in Branson, MO, the Missouri Baptist Convention met for their annual Conference of Missouri Southern Baptist churches. The duly elected messengers from Missouri Baptist churches, as stated in the following resolution, voted to support the 2026 Amendment 3 to save as many babies as we can and then continue to work to make sure that “every” baby is saved from abortion and that every mom and family have what they need to choose life for their baby.
Missouri Right to Life praises Missouri Baptists for stepping forward to speak out for life and minister to women in crisis that need help. We pray that we can all come together and help these women and families choose life and not abortion and that we can get abortion on demand all 9 months of pregnancy out of our Missouri State Constitution. We encourage all Missourians to “Vote YES on Amendment 3” in 2026.
We will publish more statements by faith leaders when they are released.
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OUR CONTINUED FIGHT FOR LIFE
WHEREAS, the Missouri Baptist Convention (MBC), a network of more than 1,700 independent Southern Baptist churches throughout Missouri, affirms the inherent God given right to life of children, including the unborn, as the MBC declared in Section XVIII, The Family, of The Baptist Faith & Message 2000 (adopted June 14, 2000 and amended June 14, 2023), that “Children, from the moment of conception, are a blessing and heritage from the Lord;” and
WHEREAS, we as Missouri Baptists have continually demonstrated our commitment to life and remain resolute in contending for the right to life of all unborn persons (Resolution 7 of 2019, Resolution 5 of 2021, Resolution 4 of 2022, Resolution 4 of 2024, to name but a few); and
WHEREAS, the people of Missouri have repeatedly chosen, through their duly elected representatives in the legislative and executive bodies, to establish state laws that defend innocent life in the womb and protect women from the immense harm of abortion; and
WHEREAS, the 2024 Constitutional Amendment 3 which passed by a slim margin of 1.6% in November of 2024 and has enshrined abortion all 9 months of pregnancy even up to the moment of birth in our Missouri Constitution and that now invalidates all existing legislative pro-life protections, including the recently enacted Heartbeat Bill (HB 126, 2019) and the requirement that a minor child obtain parental consent prior to undergoing an abortion; and
WHEREAS, Missouri lawmakers approved a referendum seeking the repeal of the “Right to Reproductive Freedom Amendment” in May of this year; and
WHEREAS, the United States Supreme Court’s historic reversal of Roe v. Wade on June 24, 2022, has returned to Missouri and her sister states the full authority to completely prohibit abortion within their borders; and
WHEREAS, an abortion is the deliberate taking of an innocent human life; and
WHEREAS, Missourians cannot stand by and watch innocent babies lose their lives to the horrendous act of abortion; rather, we must take action to save those we can now and fight to save all babies as we have over the last 50+ years; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, that we, the messengers of the Missouri Baptist Convention, meeting in Branson, Missouri, October 28, 2025, hold to our resolute stand to protect all life of all unborn persons by our votes, our advocacy, and our prayer, understanding the importance of saving every life providentially possible; and be it further
RESOLVED, that the Missouri Baptist Convention strongly supports the 2026 Amendment 3 with the language put forth by the duly elected legislators of Missouri to change the Missouri Constitution back to one that values and cherishes life from the moment of conception; and therefore, urges all Missourians to VOTE YES on Amendment 3 in 2026; and be it finally
RESOLVED, and we call upon the Missouri Baptist Convention to continue to contend for and defend the right to life of all unborn persons as our ultimate goal.
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