Gabby – The Salt Company Ames
By Gabe Noll, Global Ministry Leader Over the course of the last semester, Gabby had been attending Salt Company every Thursday night. She even decided to try getting involved with a Connection Group, something that was completely foreign to her. As she heard the...
IMB Partnership Information Meeting
The Baptist Convention of Iowa is hosting a meeting with senior leadership of the International Mission Board (IMB) on Monday, July 28 from 10:30 am to 2:30 pm at Cornerstone Church in Ames. The purpose of the meeting is to explore ways to increase partnership between...
EVANGELISM SPOTLIGHT: CHURCH REVITALIZATION
KC-area church regains spiritual vitality Editor’s note: The North American Mission Board’s evangelism ministries are focused on six primary areas: Evangelism Networks/Resources, Chaplaincy, LoveLoud ministry evangelism, Disaster Relief, Church Revitalization and...
Disaster Relief volunteers needed for mud-out and rebuild ministry in Colorado
Colorado Baptists are asking Iowa Southern Baptists to assist them as they return to help residents in communities devastated by flood waters last fall. More than 80% of the damaged structures are in Boulder, Larimer, and Weld Counties where thousands of families and...
Ministry Report – The Salt Company Ames
New Life! By Mark Vance, TSC Director The Spring Semester at Salt Company has been fruitful and full of students coming to new life in Christ. On February 28-March 2, we had nearly 700 students attend our annual Spring Retreat at the Embassy Suites in Des Moines....
Reconciled
A Love Loud Ministry Conference By Mandi McCluer On March 1st, Iowans from around the state gathered at Crestwood Baptist Church in Des Moines for the Reconciled Conference. Those who attended were informed on various needs and challenged to respond, so that they...
Collegiate Ministry leaders learn from multiplying northwest church
Editors note: We have our very own multiplying collegiate ministry here in Iowa, called The Salt Company. On June 5th the Baptist Convention of Iowa is co-sponsoring a Collegiate Ministry Training Conference with The Salt Company in Ames. Go...
Gospel offers hope amid Peru’s growing sex industry
By Emily Pearson The young woman stands alone under a streetlight, hugging her bare arms against the chilly night air. The sidewalk is teeming with people passing by, but she stays put, occasionally shifting from one stiletto heel to the other. She talks to no one,...
Ignite Youth Leadership Conference Celebrates 10 years of Equipping Youth Ministries
Grace Church, Des Moines IA. - At 5:30 PM Friday, March 14th there was excitement in the air as the Ignite Youth Leadership conference anticipated celebrating its 10th year of equipping youth ministries in the Midwest. The students began pouring in from Missouri,...
Lacona Baptist Church is on the move. Literally.
For more than twenty years Lacona Baptist Church has met in an old store building on Main Street in Lacona. The LORD recently enabled us to purchase a church building in the nearby town of Melcher-Dallas. It is a simple block structure 60 x 30, with a full basement,...
