Ministry Report – The Salt Company Iowa City
The month of March flew by – we cannot believe it is already March 31st. God continues to be drawing students to himself and we are so encouraged by the work He is doing. A highlight of March was our spring break missions trip to San Diego, California. We were able to...
Brett – The Salt Company Iowa City
I’ve always believed in Jesus. I survived two open-heart surgeries and knew my life was a gift from God. I would always strive to attend Catholic Church with my father every Sunday, but I really didn’t understand the gift that Jesus presented me with. Then about 3-4...
Minnesota-Wisconsin Baptist pastors visit Israel
By David Williams ISRAEL – After a 14-hour flight, a good night’s sleep and a hearty Middle Eastern breakfast, the Minnesota-Wisconsin Baptist Convention’s Israel tour group boarded a bus Thursday morning Jan. 16 and embarked on a whirlwind tour of more than 50...
EVANGELISM SPOTLIGHT: EVANGELISM NETWORKS/RESOURCES
Emphasis on service for 2014-15 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 Collegiate...
While tackling Denver’s challenges, church embraces CP global legacy
By Karen L. Willoughby CENTENNIAL, Colo. (BP) -- Their mission trips carry the Gospel to California, Alaska, Arizona, Hungary, Trinidad and Tobago, with Utah a potential new site. To thoroughly fulfill the Great Commission, however, Arapahoe Road Baptist Church relies...
Church planting is a relay race
By Kate Gregory Hi! I'm the new Carlos,” Wilfrid Brunache jokes as he introduces himself. “Carlos is my mentor. He’s training me.” When IMB missionary Carlos Llambes, founder of the Dominican Baptist Convention’s church- planting institute, moves to Mexico City this...
Baptists, ants & swarm intelligence
by David E. Crosby NEW ORLEANS (BP) -- Perhaps a long-sought secret to the vitality of the Baptist movement is swarm intelligence, the "collective behavior of decentralized, self-organized systems." The most useful metaphor for Southern Baptists' cooperative work...
Los Angeles church planter thanks Southern Baptist “heroes”
By Tobin Perry BURBANK, Calif. – For four years between 2005 to 2009 Iranian house church pastor Ara Torosian faced sporadic yet consistent physical and emotional abuse at the hands of his government. Caught trying to smuggle Bibles into the country, Torosian was...
Getting Input
Baptist Convention of Iowa churches and SBC agencies have been foundational in my own personal development. My first experience in a BCI church was at Grand Avenue Baptist Church in Ames as an Iowa State University freshman. I experienced the passionate, solid Bible...
God’s been writing me into His story
By Bethani Thomas People say everyone has a story, but I think every person is a story: a living, breathing, walking, heart-beating book. Some people create their own stories, while others are forced into them. My story falls into the latter category. Some of you...
