Summertime ministry at Salt Des Moines
You may not think that summer is prime time in a college ministry, but Salt Des Moines and the unique opportunity to host a number of college students who are in the Des Moines area for the summer from other Salt Network churches. Many students who attend salt...
BCI Foundation Committee Announces 2019-2020 Iowa Ministry Fund Recipients
One of the key areas that BCI churches partner together is in "Community Transformation." As church leaders, we are each called to bring the transformative power of the gospel to our own neighborhoods, towns, and cities. However, there are some needs that are...
Gospel Outreach at Westwind Alpha Course
Westwind Church in Waukee recently wrapped up their first semester of Alpha Course, an outreach and evangelism class. The 11-session course was spearheaded by Westwind Lead Pastor Keith Missel. In reporting on the event's success, Pastor Missel says, "This is the...
The Daniel Project Supports Close Proximity Evangelists in Central Asia
A team from BCI recently returned from a one-week vision trip to Central Asia in support of The Daniel Project. The Daniel Project was started 10 years ago by church leaders in Iowa with the goal of recruiting, training, sending, and supporting "close proximity"...
Salt Company Students serving in Southeast Asia
By Nick Anderson and Olivia Ginther, with reporting from Sandra, Danny, and Davis, From May until July, nearly 30 teams of Salt Company college students will travel overseas for the sake of building relationships with local citizens. Their ultimate purpose is to bring...
Des Moines Salt Company sends team to south-east Asia
By Dakota Jackson, Salt Company Director May is always an exciting time at the Salt Company as we commission and send our summer missions teams. It is so incredible to see how God raises up young men and women to go to some of the most difficult places on earth to...
Shepherding student leaders at the Salt Company Cedar Rapids
By Jenny Spahr, Salt Company Coordinator Salt Company Cedar Rapids just finished one of the most exciting and taxing times of the year: our new student leadership interviews. These interviews are exciting because we get to have in-depth conversations with students...
MEMORIAL DAY: Patriotic & spiritual parallels
By John D. Laing FORT WORTH, Texas (BP) -- I have a small collection of "war Bibles" carried by U.S. soldiers and sailors in our various wars (Revolutionary up to the current Global War on Terror). Many have personal notes from family members, Sunday School teachers...
2019 Iowa Baptist Seminary Graduates
Congratulations to our 2019 seminary graduates. The following 12 students from BCI churches will be earning a Master of Theological Studies degree from Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. * Hannah Beth Gilbert - Cornerstone Church, Ames * Abbie Gonzalez -...
Pancakes and baptisms at the Salt Company Des Moines
By Dakota Jackson, Salt Company Resident, Cottage Grove Church This year the Salt DSM staff has been taking intentional steps to try to empower our leaders to lead out when it comes to hosting and pulling off events that are great invites for people outside of the...
