Five Steps to Kill a Small Group
By Chris McRae, BCI Discipleship Team Leader There’s a lot of advice out there on how to go about...
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Apr 11, 2016 | Chris McRae, Church Strengthening, Discipleship, Editorial, Iowa
By Chris McRae, BCI Discipleship Team Leader There’s a lot of advice out there on how to go about...
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By Ronnie Floyd Far too many pastors, leaders, laypersons, and churches live life and do ministry without the power of God. Spiritual mediocrity leads to a lukewarm spiritual condition. Jesus severely rebuked a lukewarm life and...
Read MoreApr 4, 2016 | Cooperative Program, Event, Missions, News
By Baptist Press Staff EDITOR’S NOTE: Sunday, April 10, is Cooperative Program Sunday in the Southern Baptist Convention. NASHVILLE (BP) — Southern Baptist churches are advancing the Gospel state by state — and...
Read MoreApr 4, 2016 | Editorial, Iowa, Tim Lubinus
By Tim Lubinus, BCI Executive Director/Treasurer James teaches us that discrimination based on a person’s wealth causes us to become judges with evil thoughts, “Sit here in a good place,” and yet you say to the poor man, “Stand...
Read MoreMar 28, 2016 | College Ministry, Iowa, The Salt Company
by Nathan Mowry The gospel is central to everything we do at Salt Company. This is why we offer a 9-week class to all of our students called Theology of the Gospel (TOG). Theology of the Gospel is a curriculum written by our...
Read MoreMar 28, 2016 | International Missions, Missions
By Susie Rain She spied them in the jewelry aisle. Their dress was a little out of place in an Alabama Walmart. The two women were covered from head to toe in long, black hijab dresses and headscarves. The petite grandmother...
Read MoreMar 28, 2016 | Disaster Relief, News
By Jim Burton HAMMOND, La. – When Lynell Davis walked into the Southern Baptist Incident Command Center at Woodlawn Park Baptist Church, long-time Southern Baptist Disaster Relief (SBDR) volunteer Marlene Thompson could see that...
Read MoreMar 28, 2016 | Editorial, Iowa, Iowa Ministry Fund, Tim Lubinus
Click HERE to Donate to the Iowa Ministry Fund By Tim Lubinus, BCI Executive Director/Treasurer We learn from the early church that churches regularly banded together, pooled their funds, and worked together to help the...
Read MoreMar 28, 2016 | Discipleship, Editorial
By Matt Rogers It seemed foolish to take our infant daughter to the dentist—after all she didn’t have teeth. My wife insisted and, as a good husband, I complied. After examining our older children, the dentist turned to the baby...
Read MoreMar 28, 2016 | Chris McRae, Church Strengthening, Discipleship, Editorial, Iowa
By Chris McRae, BCI Discipleship Team Leader Discipleship is the application of principles and practices for followers of Jesus Christ. It’s the goal of church life, particularly as evidenced in small groups, to lead men and...
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