Are Small Churches the Next Big Thing?
Millennials are looking for smaller worship spaces. What does that mean? by Ruth MoonMy perfect church was nothing special. It had no flashy church trappings: fewer than 100 congregants on a Sunday, a church planting pastor from California, a home-grown worship team...
Iowa women encouraged to get “Both Feet In” at WMU Annual Meeting
by Sharon Robb The missionary book, Both Feet In, by Marion G. “Bud” Fray with Kim P. Davis, inspired the theme for this year’s Iowa Woman’s Missionary Union annual meeting. Women were encouraged to surrender, sacrifice, and service for God’s Kingdom. The meeting...
Pharmacist shares personal story of redemption
Natalie Samford* hadn’t shied away from going to remote or challenging places on missions trips in East Asia, South Asia, Central Asia and South America. But since the 30-something had obtained a doctor’s degree in pharmacy, she wondered how that specialty could be...
2015 LMCO sermon resources now available
RICHMOND, Va.—As churches plan their services and special events for the rest of the year, IMB has released sermon resources from IMB President David Platt free of charge to help church leaders promote the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering for International Missions...
Americans engage the unreached nations in their backyard
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 made an abrupt U-turn with her shopping...
Dr. Albert Mohler provides the case for standing for Biblical Truth amid the moral revolution
New book, 'We Cannot Be Silent,' releasing October 27 NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Dr. R. Albert Mohler Jr., president of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, outlines the progression of the moral revolution that has taken place in our nation over the last 20 years while...
Five ways some senior adult churches became younger
By Thom S. Rainer It seems to be a Catch-22. If your congregation is older, the way to reach younger families is to have younger families in your church. But the reason the congregation is older is because it has few or no younger families. I have seen this played out...
What happens when I give a dollar to Global Hunger Relief?
What to learn more? Go to GlobalHungerRelief.com.
Heartland Baptist Chapel continues ministry with gift to BCI
by John Shaull, BCI Pastor/Church Support Staff, Heartland Baptist Chapel in Ida Grove recently closed their doors but not their hearts to ministry in Iowa. The remaining church members provided $46,000 to the Baptist Convention of Iowa (BCI) to be used for church...
Campers On Mission continue work in Melcher Dallas
by Bev Davis Iowa Campers On Mission (COM) returned to Melcher-Dallas for our Fall Rally September 14-18. COM members continued to help remodel the church. We spent the week taping and mudding the dry wall in the basement. It was a lot of work but looks good now. Five...
