Fifteen Reasons Our Churches Are Less Evangelistic Today
By Thom S. Rainer By almost any metric, the churches in our nation are much less evangelistic today than they were in the recent past. In my own denomination, we are reaching non-Christians only half as effectively as we were 50 years ago (we measure membership to...
Highlights of the 2015 Southern Baptist Convention
Pastors and Wives Retreat: One Generation to the Next
April 23-25, 2015 Holiday Inn Downtown Lead Pastor Couple $100 Additional Pastoral Staff Couple $150 We would like to personally invite BCI pastors and their wives to a retreat April 23-25, 2015 at the Holiday Inn Downtown, 1050 6th Avenue, Des Moines. This weekend is...
Disaster Relief Chaplaincy Training
March 13-14 Enio Aguero, NAMB’s chaplaincy instructor, will be teaching the chaplaincy certification course at the Eastern Nebraska Baptist Association (ENBA) Offices in Omaha. Iowans who are interested in chaplaincy training are invited to attend. Southern Baptist...
Platt unveils ‘reset’ of IMB strategy, structure
By Anne Harman HOUSTON (BP) -- International Mission Board President David Platt proposed streamlining the mission agency's strategy and structure -- in keeping with his desire for IMB to exalt Christ and work more effectively toward accomplishing the Great Commission...
Counter culture with Gospel, Platt says
by Erich Bridges RICHMOND, Va. (BP) -- It's hard not to offend people these days, especially if you actually believe what the Bible says about right, wrong, sin and salvation. Fearing the loss of friends, being dismissed as irrelevant -- or worse, being called...
4 ways to involve everyone in evangelism
Evangelism isn't easy for many, but everyone should be involved. By Ed Stetzer Many people have slipped into the mindset that evangelism is a gift that some believers have and others do not. The reality is that when someone becomes reconciled to God, He sends them out...
Annie Armstrong Easter Offering 2015
FAST FACTS: › Reason we give: To support the efforts of the North American Mission Board’s Send North America strategy, as missionaries and church planters push back lostness in the United States and Canada. › Amount of AAEO used to support missionaries and their...
National Day Of Prayer, May 7 2015
The 64th annual National Day of Prayer, May 7, 2015, will have profound significance for our country. It is an unprecedented opportunity to see the Lord’s healing and renewing power made manifest as we call on citizens to humbly come before His throne. Our theme for...
Gospel proclamation vs. Gospel demonstration
By Ed Stetzer Serving the hurt and reaching the lost are not on opposing sides. The Dilemma There is an interesting conversation going on right now in a lot of churches. Many people, and specifically people in leadership are asking, “How do we balance gospel...
