get ready to get wild! this summer's lifeway vbs is "in the wild" Throw on your camera strap and buckle your seatbelt. VBS 2019 takes you on a wild adventure—with elephants and egrets, polar bears and penguins, cockatoos and crocodiles. As you seek out exotic animals, you’ll also find snapshots of real-life encounters with Jesus […]

THE VBS TRAINING THIS SATURDAY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. Any church leaders who want any help or training for VBS can contact Mandy Stenberg at mstenberg@bciowa.org. get ready to get wild! this summer's lifeway vbs is "in the wild" Throw on your camera strap and buckle your seatbelt. VBS 2019 takes you on a wild adventure—with […]

The Lifeway "Essentials Bootcamp" is an excellent opportunity for pastors to take the next step in ministry training. The bootcamp will be led by David Apple from Lifeway who will be training church leaders on best practices in growing your church through developing your Sunday School or small group ministries. We encourage pastors to bring […]

IGNITE YOUTH LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE March 15-16, 2019  || Grace Church, Des Moines, IA Ignite is a yearly, multi-state Youth Conference for student leaders, volunteers, and youth workers. Ignite was designed with the whole youth ministry in mind. Bring your, students, your team, or just a couple volunteers. The Ignite conference is meant to be tailored by you to […]

2019 BCI Ministry Life Retreat April 25-27, 2019 – Hotel Renovo, Des Moines, Iowa REGISTRATION CLOSED (EMAIL MANDY STENBERG FOR LATE REGISTRATION) The BCI Ministry Life Retreat, at Hotel Renovo in Des Moines, is an opportunity to get away for a few days, fellowship with other pastoral staff from around the state, and hear excellent teaching. This […]

First Family Church and the Baptist Convention of Iowa are bringing master teacher and Logos Bible Software trainer John Fallahee for a deep dive into Logos Bible Software. John will focus his instruction during this seminar on using Logos Bible Software to prepare sermons and Bible studies. Whether you are a seasoned pro with Logos Bible Software […]

Engaging, Equipping, and Empowering students to live a life and faith that will RESONATE into the future and across the globe. REGISTER What is Resonate? Get more information on the Resonate Website. RESONATE WEBSITE

We are we pleased to announce our 2019 Preaching Workshop on Friday, August 23rd at First Family Church in Ankeny.   Preparing Proclaimers: Sharpening the Skills of those called to handle the Scriptures   The special guest speaker for this year's Preaching Workshop will be Noah Oldham. Noah is the lead pastor at August Gate Church […]

BALANCING FAMILY LIFE AND MINISTRY IN A BI-VOCATIONAL WORLD Friday & Saturday, September 6th-7th | Hotel Renovo BCI's first Bi-Vocational Pastors Retreat was held last September and was a great success. Being a bi-vocational pastor presents many joys as well as many challenges. It is important to have time set aside to be encouraged, strengthened […]

The ONE Conference was born out of a desire to provide a place for women to gather from all over the Midwest. We wanted a place for women from every age group, from all walks of life, from different churches to find hope, encouragement, challenge and change in the ONE true God and from the […]