Students Hear the Gospel and Get Plugged in at Fall Kickoff – The Salt Company Iowa City
The Salt Company in Iowa City is anticipating great things this year after their most successful Fall Kickoff events. The Freshmen Group kickoff on Monday August 25th had 170 students pack out an old Church building in downtown Iowa City. It was a highlight for them...
Changed Plans and Awesome Connections at Fall Kickoff- The Salt Company Cedar Falls
Stan Hayek, TSC Director We had spent months planning our fall kickoff. Our staff team took into consideration every last detail, however no one took into account a thunderstorm. We were looking forward to being on central campus and taking advantage of the free...
Weather Miracles Attend Fall Kickoff – The Salt Company Ames
By Jenn Lee, TSC Coordinator The Salt Company's vision for Iowa State’s campus is to reach more people than ever with the gospel of Jesus Christ. On August 28th we kicked off another year of ministry with that same vision! And it was an incredible day, from start to...
Cornerstone, Ames and First Family, Ankeny Celebrate Milestone Anniversaries in September
Cornerstone Church, Ames 20 Year Anniversary Cornerstone Church in Ames celebrates their 20th anniversary September 19 to 21 with a series of events called the 20/20 Festival. Events include an Art Showcase, Family Carnival, 2 mile Fun Run, Celebration Services in...
CP ‘Takes The Attention Off Ourselves’
By Karen L. Willoughby BRISTOL, Fla. (BP) -- Local lore -- spun by a Baptist preacher in the 1950s -- has it that the Garden of Eden may have been in the Southeast.The Apalachicola River that flows near the town of Bristol, Fla., has four main tributaries akin to what...
Cotton Farmer’s Faith Weathers Trials
by James Langston MAGOYE, Zambia (BP) -- Walking through his fields, Passmore Hacaba studied his cotton with the keen eye of a farmer. He is a tall, soft-spoken man and his large, brown hands are calloused from working the land."There is no good cotton in all of...
Replanted Church Grows From 13 To 1,300 In A Decade
By Tobin Perry CONYERS, Ga. – If Eric Suddith would have looked at Emmanuel Baptist Mission Church in Conyers, Ga., as only a business proposition in 2004 when he first encountered it, the Wharton-trained former businessman-turned-pastor likely would have given it up...
Week of Prayer for Iowa Missions, September 7-15
Next week is our annual week of prayer for missions in Iowa. We are asking churches this week or next to pray for and highlight some key ministries of our churches. To assist congregations, we have prepared a three-minute video called, “Is it Possible” that is...
WMU Foundation offers grants to aid victims of human trafficking
by Candice Lee (Birmingham, Ala.) – The WMU Foundation recently made $3,500 in grants to The WellHouse in Birmingham, Ala., and Turlac Ministries in Moldova, two organizations that fight human trafficking and aid trafficking victims. The grants were made from the WMU...
That one perfect church-planting model.
Recently one of our new association facilitators and I were discussing a church planting strategy for one of our county-seat towns. Because of my involvement in several church plants over the last few years, I let the facilitator know that I had prepared a strategic...
