Pray for First Baptist Church, Lamoni
Pray for First Baptist Church CITY: Lamoni PASTOR: Gaylord Mustin WORSHIP: Sunday at 10:30am INTERESTING FACTS Lamoni is home to a campus of Graceland University just up the street from our church. So even though it is a small rural, farming community, it still has a...
New City, New Ministry: Sojourn Church, Bellevue, Nebraska
By Ben Bradley, BCI Communications Director Last summer when Sojourn Church learned their rented facility was to be sold, they needed to find a new meeting space. Pastor Jim Parker and his leadership team prayed they would not only find a new facility but new ministry...
College Ministry Stories
Ministry tends to have distinct rhythms of intensity. Those rhythms are especially pronounced in college ministry which rises and falls along with the academic calendar. Given those rhythms, summer could just be a time of "retreat," pulling back from activities and...
Pray for Cornerstone Baptist Church, Ankeny
Pray for Cornerstone Baptist Church CITY: Ankeny PASTOR: Evan Johnson WORSHIP: Sundays at 10:45am INTERESTING FACTS Cornerstone Baptist Church started in the early 1960s as a home Bible study. The fellowship quickly grew and took the name Berea Baptist Chapel as a...
New Pastor in Ankeny – Evan Johnson
Cornerstone Baptist Church in Ankeny, Iowa has called Evan Johnson as lead pastor. Evan, his wife Elizabeth, and their children, Levi (6), Lydia (5), Karis (3), and Madison (2), moved to Ankeny on June 1st. Pastor Johnson was officially installed Sunday, June 28th....
Rethinking, Revising, & Refining what is Essential
CROSSROADS COMMUNITY CHURCH, GRIMES by Ben Bradley, BCI Communications Director Like many young churches that utilizes rented facilities, Crossroads Community Church in Grimes hasn’t yet been given approval to hold in-person services inside their facility. Pastor...
Reaching students through “Campfire Movie Night”
By Kristi Hepp, Sacred Mission Church Worship & Student Ministry Director During the month of May, “The Well,” our ministry for 6th-12th grade students, gathered together every Sunday night for what we called “Campfire Movie Night.” Our church partners with...
Pray for Three Rivers Church, Carlisle
Pray for Three Rivers Community Church CITY: Carlisle PASTOR: CJ Nissen WORSHIP: Sunday morning at 10:00am INTERESTING FACTS Three Rivers Community Church was planted just under 5 years ago in Carlisle, in the southeast of the Des Moines metro area. One interesting...
Three ways the Baptist Faith & Message speaks to racial justice
On May 25, George Floyd was killed in the street by a Minneapolis police officer. Since that tragic event, people across the ethnic spectrum have protested across the country, calling for an end to systemic racism and asserting that black lives matter. Iowa has seen...
VBS…still possible?
by Ben Bradley, BCI Communications Director One of the many rhythms that has been disrupted this year is summer programming for kids and families. For decades, VBS has been a summer mainstay for many churches. Even though churches are in various stages of reopening,...
