Governor Brandstad Calls for Day of Prayer, Fasting, & Repentance
Governor Branstad has signed a declaration for 7-14-14 to be a day of prayer, fasting, and repentance. The proclamation is based on II Chronicles 7:14, where God says, "If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and seek my face and turn from...
Cedar Rapids/Waterloo and Des Moines/Ames on List of Most Post-Christian Cities
The need for evangelism and church planting is underscored by the fact that two Iowa metropolitan areas appear on a list of the 99 most post-Christian cities in America. Cedar Rapids/Waterloo is listed as the 15th most post-Christain city with 49% of respondents...
Bivo, Small Church Pastors Gather for Fellowship, Encouragement
By Joe Conway BALTIMORE – Some 200 Southern Baptist bivocational and small church pastors and their families gathered for fellowship, lunch, networking and encouragement on the final day of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) Annual Meeting in Baltimore, June 11....
Prayer Cards Connecting Churches and Chaplains
By Joe Conway Chaplain Major James Collins ALPHARETTA, Ga. – As he developed his May 25 children’s sermon Mark Standridge planned to hold back one card from his young audience. The pastor of Placer Heights Baptist Church in Placerville, Calif., opened his brief...
A panoramic summer challenge
By Diana Davis PENSACOLA, Fla. (BP) -- Walk just outside your front door, and look slowly in every direction. You're viewing a mission field. God chose it for you when you moved in. It's easy to wave at neighbors as you drive by or say "hi" when you walk the dog, but...
Motivating, mobilizing churches addressed
BALTIMORE (BP) -- The advancement of the Great Commission will never be accelerated without Christians engaging in personal evangelism, newly elected Southern Baptist Convention president Ronnie Floyd said during an evangelism panel discussion at the SBC annual...
Southern Baptists and the Future of America
EDITOR'S NOTE: As Americans approach the celebration of their country's independence on July 4, Ronnie Floyd, newly elected president of the Southern Baptist Convention, and Anne Graham Lotz are among those who have recently called for urgent prayer for a Third Great...
Pastor Richard Sciranko to Resign
Pastor Richard L. Sciranko, Sr. of Heartland Baptist Chapel in Ida Grove has announced that he will resign his position as pastor effective August 24, 2014, or sooner if a suitable replacement is found. Pastor Sciranko cites health reasons stating, "Sandy and I agree...
GuideStone enrollment guidelines announced
by Roy Hayhurst DALLAS (BP) -- GuideStone Financial Resources has announced new enrollment guidelines in which churches and ministries eligible to offer GuideStone's medical Personal Plans will be able to add new employees and their families within 60 days of...
Go Forward
By Karen McGettrick Go Forward was the theme of the WMU Missions Celebration and Annual Meeting in Baltimore, Maryland, June 8-9, 2014. Attending from Iowa were Joni Wilkinson, Wilma Faulkner, and Karen McGettrick. Commissioning Service for NAMB and IMB Missionaries...
