IFC Farm Visit – The Salt Company Ames
By Eric Warren God surprised everyone by bringing a MASSIVE crowd of people to the International Friendship Connection (IFC) Farm Visit on Friday, August 29th. The International Friendship Connection is a fellowship of international students from all over the world...
Understanding Poverty Conference – Friendship Baptist Center
September 25, 6:00 to 8:30 pm Friendship Baptist Center 1526 Martin Luther King Des Moines, IA 50314 (515) 244-1701 www.friendshipbaptistcenter.org This conference will provide information about poverty culture and how to best minister to those impacted by poverty....
Six Questions with Tim Lubinus
B21 Interview with Tim Lubinus By B21 Staff Tim Lubinus is the new Executive Director of the Baptist Convention of Iowa. His vision is to get the state convention to a 50/50 split of CP dollars even if that means sacrifice at the local level. We are grateful for Tim’s...
Worship Fair and Fall Kickoff – The Salt Company Indianola
The Salt Company in Indianola hosted our fall kickoff on Thursday, September 4. We were part of a “Worship Fair” on the Simpson Campus during the day. We had our interns and other students host the booth in order to create an identity with those the visited. We...
New Bridge in Winterset Continues Partnership with IMB Missionaries
By John Shaull In 2000, God led Stan and Pam Wafler, IMB missionaries, to Arua, Uganda to work with the Lugbara people in the northwest part of the African nation. In 2005, Gordon and Bonnie Caldwell (Bonnie is the daughter of a New Bridge Church member), joined the...
Oct. 2 SBC Prayer Webcast To Focus On Churches, Missions
By NAMB Staff ALPHARETTA, Ga. —On Oct. 2, Southern Baptists are encouraged to take time to pray for pastors and missionaries who are spreading the gospel worldwide. The special day is set aside as part of the North American Mission Board’s (NAMB) TenTwo prayer...
WorldCrafts adds new artisan groups and products
by WMU Communications (BIRMINGHAM, Ala.) – WorldCrafts has partnered with impoverished artisans from Myanmar to India to Guatemala to offer more than 80 new products this year. They are among more than 200 products featured in the fall/winter catalog that was...
Love Displayed – The Salt Company Ames
By Jenn Lee, TSC Coordinator, Ames Walking into Summer Salt for the first time was an intimidating thing for Ashley to do. Not only had she never been to Salt Company and knew absolutely no one else in attendance, but she is also fully blind. However, despite her...
Great August Cooperative Program Report
By Tim Lubinus, BCI Executive Director/Treasurer In August BCI churches gave 17.52% more to the cooperative program than August of last year. Good work! Our total for the whole year is nearly identical to our total for the same period last year. Let's continue to...
Bible offers practical mission plan, Platt says
By Erich Bridges RICHMOND, Va.—David Platt sat down for a wide-ranging interview the morning after his Aug. 27 election as IMB president — and offered a number of insights into the way he hopes to lead Southern Baptists’ global mission enterprise. Platt, 36, who...
