The Missouri Baptist Foundation (MBF) offers scholarships through funds created by generous individuals who were passionate about helping Christian students pursue higher education and live out their faith.
Applications Now Open
Application Deadline – March 6th, 2025
Recipients Announced – May 2025
Funds Applied – Fall 2025
Note: Upon completion of the application, a Reference form will automatically be emailed to your pastor or references. The application process is not complete until they fill out the reference form.
Below are the scholarships and the eligibility requirements:
Bobby Shows Memorial Scholarship is available to students pursuing post-secondary education, including college, university, trade school, cosmetology, or other specified training who actively serve(d) in any of the following non-profit ministries: Sports Crusaders, Camp P82, Park Hill Baptist Church (NLR, AR), Union Hill Baptist Church (Holts Summit, MO), First Baptist Church (Springfield, MO), Missouri Baptist Convention Summer Missionaries. Value – $1,000
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Howard Memorial Scholarship is available to part-time or full-time college, university, seminary, or other post-secondary education students who are members of First Baptist Church Carthage, Missouri, and are attending or planning to attend an Institution of Higher Education. Value – $2,500
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Maher Memorial Scholarship is available to part-time or full-time students of Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Kansas City, MO, who are members of a Missouri Baptist Convention church. Value – $1,000
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Future of Missouri Baptist Evangelists Scholarship is available to full-time students preparing for a vocation in evangelism and attending Hannibal-LaGrange University, Missouri Baptist University, or Southwest Baptist University, and who are members of a Missouri Baptist Convention church. Value – $1,000
FAQs
You are welcome to apply for more than one scholarship if you meet the eligibility requirements. However, applicants will not be awarded multiple scholarships.
Please apply using the name of the school you’re transferring to because that’s where the scholarship funds will be sent.
Please contact our Client Services team at the Missouri Baptist Foundation using the following contact information: (573) 761-0717 or info@mbfn.org
You can submit an application until 5:00 p.m. on March 6th. Applications will not be accepted after that time.
Your application and all necessary references must be received by the 5:00pm cut-off time for your application to be considered. Keep bugging your references about getting it done for you!
- The selection committee seeks to identify how valuable the scholarship is to applicants based on their ability to pursue higher education goals. The closer these goals are aligned to a Kingdom purpose, the better.
- No explicit scale is used to score grammar and spelling, but a college student (of any level) understands how such errors can be distracting in an essay. Students are not penalized for grammar and spelling alone, but such errors can certainly diminish the quality of the essay.
- While the essay is the most significant portion of the application as it captures the student’s heart, the committee does consider GPA. The committee may also consider recommendations from the applicant’s reference(s). All of the information requested on the application is given to the selection committee during their review.
2024 Scholarship recipients
We are excited to share the three recipients of the Bobby Shows Memorial Scholarship!
Zachary Czapla: Attends Jefferson College and has served his church as a student and college intern.
Maya Crowely: Attends the University of Missouri and has been active in her church and their mission trips for many years.
Erin Schroer: Attends College of the Ozarks and has served in Sports Crusaders since middle school.
Creating a scholarship fund is an amazing way to support future generations of the church! If you would like more information on how to create a scholarship fund give us a call at (573) 761-0717.
We are excited to share the three recipients of the Ralph and Virginia Howard Memorial Scholarship!
Tamera Spaulding: Attends Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and serves as the Kids Ministry Director of @FBC Carthage.
Jacob Wright: Attends Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and serves as the teaching pastor of @FBC Carthage.
Creating a scholarship fund is an amazing way to support future generations of the church! If you would like more information on how to create a scholarship fund give us a call at (573) 761-0717.
We are excited to share the two recipients of the William Maher Memorial Scholarship!
Emma Langford: Attends Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and is involved with the women’s and youth ministry at her church.
Michael Stewart: Attends Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and serves as the missions director of his church.
Creating a scholarship fund is an amazing way to support future generations of the church! If you would like more information on how to create a scholarship fund give us a call at (573) 761-0717.
