Harvesters

Who are the Harvesters?

The Harvesters are retired employees of the Missouri Baptist Convention and other entities in Missouri Baptist life. They just voted to broaden their membership to include retired directors of missions. Spouses also participate. The purpose is primarily fellowship. The Foundation contributes significantly to the organization, maintains mailing and e-mail directories, activates prayer-chain requests and facilitates meeting and travel arrangements. 

The group elects officers that become a program and executive committee on an annual basis. Harvesters meet once a year for a ‘holiday’ meal around Thanksgiving/Christmas. They have a spring meeting and they have started to do some travel day-trips and brief over night trips.  We enlist institutions to host specific meetings to minimize cost and the institutions have an opportunity to bring brief reports when the Harvesters meet. They were once the ‘movers and shakers’ in Mo Baptist life as far as vocational involvement and it is a rich resource for volunteers, gifting, prayer support and goodwill ambassadors.  The Foundation is the founding partner of Harvesters.