Campers On Mission Rally at Muscatine Baptist Chapel
Iowa Campers on Mission worked at Muscatine Baptist Chapel in Muscatine, Iowa. The weather was nasty but our hearts were willing. Seven members attended to remove an old handicap ramp and install a new one. We started on Monday in the rain and we completed the ramp...
Pastor Robert Knight to be nominated for the position of President of the Baptist Convention of Iowa
Editors Note: In order to allow messengers to the BCI Annual Meeting to get to know candidates that will be nominated for officer positions during the annual meeting, we have encouraged registered messengers to submit a statement of their intent to nominate an...
Fall Kickoff at the Salt Company Cedar Rapids
by Jenny Calsyn, The Salt Company Coordinator It has been such a great semester so far and we have seen God move in so many big ways! As we planned our fall kickoff this past year, we wanted to do something big. We wanted an event that would draw many students to...
The Salt Company DSM hosts “Amazing Race”
By Datoka Jackson One awesome outreach event that was put on during September was our freshman “Amazing Race DSM”. At Salt Company we love to focus on freshman a lot because they are at the point, especially at the beginning of the year, where they are making a lot...
Swahili Baptist Church Des Moines celebrates launch
By Chase Abner Des Moines - On August 5-6, over 200 people gathered to celebrate the launch of Swahili Baptist Church in Des Moines. The two-day event featured speakers and music from Swahili-speaking churches across the continent - Atlanta, Nashville, Sioux Falls,...
Paragon Church, Grinnell celebrating one year
Oh give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; for his steadfast love endures forever! - 1 Chronicles 16:34 The Lord has been faithful and has poured out His blessing on us this past month. On Sept 10th, Paragon Church celebrated one year of being in Grinnell and serving...
Campers On Mission Fall Rally 2017 at Pine Lake Camp
Iowa Campers on Mission recently went to Pine Lake Camp in Eldora, Iowa. We had five in attendance but accomplished much work for a wonderful church camp that ministers to many children and adults. Some of the work we did was: siding on three buildings, mow the...
Child beggars fed, taught at GHR-supported ministry
By Lindsay McDonald EDITOR'S NOTE: On Global Hunger Sunday, Oct. 8, Southern Baptist congregations will address hunger concerns across North America and around the world by receiving donations channeled through Global Hunger Relief, which uses 100 percent of each gift...
Multiplying Churches Workshop
Church Planting Residencies for Churches of Any Size Saturday, October 28th 9:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. First Family Church 317 SE Magazine Rd. Ankeny, IA 50021 This free event is for pastors, planters, and missions leaders to learn how your church can utilize church...
The Cooperative Program — then & now
By Randy L. Bennett BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (BP) -- It failed. Then it worked out far better than anyone could have imagined. Here's the story of what befell Southern Baptists in the 1920s, yet ultimately emerged in a different form and succeeded as the Cooperative...
