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...
What? Another new church in my town?
By Tim Lubinus A few years ago we started a new church in a neighborhood of Istanbul, Turkey, that had nearly one million people. As far as we knew there was only one other small protestant church in the area. When the new church started, we received a call from the...
Freshmen Group Kickoff – The Salt Company Ames
By Josh Moklestad, Freshmen Ministry Leader On August 24th The Salt Company hosted their Freshmen Group Kickoff, this group is the part of Salt Company that is designed specifically for freshmen. The weather was blue skies and sunny, but also very hot (heat index of...
Introducing the Welcome Africans Website
Editor's note: There are many African communities in Iowa. If there are African immigrants in your area, you may find this to be a useful tool. The Welcome Africans website bridges the hospitality of West Africans with information on how to enjoy the hospitality of...
Groups Matter
From the church in Acts 2 to your church today, believers have always thrived in community. The proof is in the groups. Recent research shows that people actively involved in groups read their Bibles, pray, give, and serve more than those who are not. Fill a church...
