The Top Ten Attitudes of Healthy, Long-term Pastors
By Thom Rainer In an earlier post, I shared the top traits of pastors who had long-term and mostly joyous ministries at one church. Another key insight I learned from these pastors is how they think. The first article, therefore, dealt mostly with their actions. This...
BCI Women’s Retreat “How sweet He is”
By Joni Wilkinson, WMU Coordinator “You will make known to me the path of life; In your presence is fullness of joy; In Your right hand there are pleasures forever.” Psalm 16:11 On October 3-4, 2014, fifty-nine ladies, representing seventeen Iowa Baptist churches...
Is independence a sign of maturity for a state convention?
By Tim Lubinus, BCI Executive Director/Treasurer You may have heard of the three self’s church indicator to show when a church has been fully established. The self’s are self-governing (not led by outside entities), self-supporting (not funded by outside entities),...
GuideStone rooted in Cooperative Program
EDITOR'S NOTE: O.S. Hawkins, president of GuideStone Financial Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention, writes about the significance of the Cooperative Program to the viability of the SBC's financial services entity. October is Cooperative Program Emphasis Month...
Friendship Center Offers Ministry Coaching
Jon and Mindy Jamison of the Baptist Friendship Center are working toward developing an intentional coaching program to aid churches in developing or re-configuring their Community Ministries. The specifics are still in the works, but the skeleton will look something...
Budget values? Follow the money…
By Tim Lubinus, BCI Executive Director/Treasurer In our culture money is highly valued and often fall is budget time for churches and other organizations. In some cases rhetoric replaces reality in budget discussions. The advice to” follow the money” is helpful when...
Despite ISIS, BGR Serving in Tough Places
by Mark Kelly KURDISTAN (BP) -- When ISIS began shelling this family's northern Iraq neighborhood, they had to flee into the night like everyone else. But with four children with disabilities, their escape was more difficult than most. A daughter who is blind, another...
One Question
One question can change your life. By Kevin Marsico, Northeast Region Coordinator for Send North America. “Will you marry me?” Now that’s a question that has the potential for vast implications. Most questions seem more innocent. “What’s up?” “How you doing?” “What...
The Local Church Empowered and Entrusted
By Kevin Ezell Recently I wrote about NAMB’s church-centric approach to church planting, evangelism and raising up the next generation of missionaries and leaders. In short—NAMB exists to serve churches, not the other way around. That’s why Jesus established the...
Philippines: ‘Long-haul’ healing in Tacloban
By Caroline Anderson A crushing wall of water from Typhoon Haiyan hit the city of Tacloban on Nov. 8, 2013. Thousands of people perished. Homes and businesses were destroyed. The water beached cargo ships weighing several hundred tons. Water devastated Tacloban. But...
