7 Last-minute Tips for VBS
by LifeWay Staff The final weeks and days before VBS can be overwhelmingly busy, especially for the director or teacher who feels she is carrying all or most of the responsibility single-handedly. The following tips will not only make the days leading up to VBS more...
The World at Our Doorstep, Reaching International People Groups in Iowa
With the recent immigration of refugees from around the world into Iowa, we have a unique opportunity to reach people from people groups that would have been much more difficult to reach just a few years ago. If you have one or more of these immigrant groups in your...
Leadership Focus – The Salt Company Ames
By Kendra Gustafson, Ministry Leader The Salt Company's vision for Iowa State’s campus is to reach more people than ever with the gospel of Jesus Christ. One way we want to do that is by getting more of our Salt Company student leaders into dorms and apartments across...
Nigerian Christians find hope amid persecution
by William Bagsby NIGERIA (BP) -- The Nigerian church leader was secretly housing new followers of Jesus, former Muslims. When the time came for his second child to be born, he left his house to carry his wife to a clinic. "While he was away with her, his home was...
Pastors’ task force releases report on declining baptisms
ALPHARETTA (BP) -- A task force designed to address declining baptisms among Southern Baptist churches released its full report today (May 12).An urgent, immediate call for spiritual renewal and personal commitment to evangelism and discipleship are the common threads...
Lives transformed by Christ through 25 years of Crossover
by Rebecca Wolford NASHVILLE (BP) -- For the past 25 years, Southern Baptists have begun each annual meeting by celebrating hundreds -- sometimes thousands -- of new souls won for Christ. This celebration is the result of Crossover, the evangelistic outreach...
Migrant-turned-missionary shares Gospel through baking class
By Maria Elena Baseler Donning her cooking attire of a ruffled apron and a head scarf splashed with images of red chili peppers, IMB missionary Berta Sosa squeezes green icing onto a cookie shaped like a Christmas tree. It’s a Monday night at Villa Crespo Baptist...
NAMB’s Send Network Relaunch
By Tobin Perry ALPHARETTA. Ga. – When it comes to evangelizing today’s global generation, stories matter. Just ask a Korean exchange student who recently committed her life to Christ in Indianapolis. Church planter Brandon Shields says when a young women in his...
Baptist Relief Still Active In Multi-State Storm Response
By Joe Conway ALPHARETTA, Ga. – Southern Baptist Disaster Relief (SBDR) chaplains offered aid to the classmates of an 8-year-old tornado victim in Mississippi last week. Hundreds of SBDR volunteers were at work over the weekend clearing up damage from tornadoes, high...
Pastoral Suicide
by Ryan Perz Ryan is the pastor of Cornerstone Baptist Church in Orange City, IA, and blogs at “By His Grace.” This year so far two pastors in Iowa have died by suicide. The job fatality rate is higher than the police department my dad works for, which is located in a...
