What’s It All About
By Chris McRae, BCI Discipleship Team Leader, Shortly after Jesus’ birth, and following their return from Egypt, Joseph and Mary settled in the village of Nazareth in the northern hill country of Galilee. All indications were that Jesus grew up there, faithfully...
Churches Increasingly Use Background Checks to Ensure Safety
By Aaron Earls NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- As churches become aware of potential safety issues, more are signing up for background check services through LifeWay’s OneSource program. “The numbers have increased dramatically since we began our relationship...
Elevator Speeches
By Tim Lubinus, BCI Executive Director People who attend conferences know that they should be prepared with a short speech describing what they do which can be delivered in the amount of time it takes to ride an elevator. Recently, while visiting with a few pastors,...
December sees times of worship and reflection at the Salt Company in Iowa City
By Olivia Ginther, The Salt Company Coordinator December is a very interesting month in the life of The Salt Company. We begin the month finishing strong with connection groups, our Thursday night gathering, and a community-wide night of worship at the church. The...
Baby-saving ministry ready to extend its reach
By Grace Thornton EDITOR'S NOTE: Sunday, Jan. 20, is the Southern Baptist Convention's Sanctity of Human Life Sunday. FLINT, Mich. (BP) -- Justin Phillips said it's the best and worst thing he's ever done with his life. Every day, he stands across the strip mall...
Discipleship and Small Groups
By Chris McRae, BCI Discipleship Team Leader, The church has often fallen for the temptation of trying to mass produce mature followers of Jesus Christ. This has rightly drawn criticism both from the culture around us and from those within our midst. Such a strategy...
Salt Company Cedar Falls Hosts Freshmen Group Christmas Party
By Madigan Marchisani, This year at UNI, we’ve upped our efforts to reach and share with freshman specifically by hosting a weekly Freshman Group gathering. Each week, Freshman Group exists to build class identity and relationships among the students as they get to...
2018, A Year In Review
By Ben Bradley, BCI Communications & Outreach Director 2018 has been a great year for the churches of the Baptist Convention of Iowa. We wanted to take a moment and look back at just a few of the many encouraging things we have seen God do in and through our...
The Good Life College Ministry engages in Gospel Conversations at the Student Union
by Dirk Wiese, As Fall Kickoff season has since passed, The Good Life College Ministry at the University of Northern Iowa continues to discover new ways to be strategic on campus. Fall Kickoff can be seen as the biggest several weeks at the beginning of the year to...
Southern Hills Baptist partners with Angel Tree to provide Christmas Gifts for local families
by Beth Lamb, Southern Hills Baptist church purchased gifts for 48 children in Sioux City who have a parent in prison, partnering for the 10th year with Angel Tree, a ministry of Prison Fellowship. Our church members purchase the gifts, and the tag says it is from the...
