EVANGELISM SPOTLIGHT: DISASTER RELIEF
Evangelism flows naturally from Disaster Relief service 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...
Friendship Baptist Church to celebrate 25 years of ministry
Friendship Baptist Church (FBC) in Ames will celebrate its 25th anniversary on Sunday, April 13, 2014. Baptist Convention of Iowa played an essential role in our church history, so we would like to invite you to join us for the celebration. Rev. Michael Thurman, the...
Platt: gospel requires cultural engagement — especially on unpopular issues
By Hayley Schoeppler LOUISVILLE, Ky. (SBTS) — The gospel should compel “contrite, compassionate, courageous” cultural engagement, David Platt exhorted in a chapel message at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, March 20. Preaching from selected passages in...
For third year in a row, GuideStone Funds honored by Lipper
By Roy Hayhurst DALLAS — The annual Lipper Fund Awards once again recognized GuideStone for outstanding fund performance, this time recognizing the GuideStone Extended-Duration Bond Fund as the Best Fund Over 3 Years and the Best Fund Over 5 Years in the Corporate...
Death and Life: A Meditation on the Words We Speak
by Mike Bergman Death and life are in the power of the tongue. ~ Proverbs 18:21 Most of us probably heard the rhyme from our mothers at some point in our childhoods: Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words can never hurt me.Why do we seek to instill such...
Lessons from a Peruvian jungle
by Tommy Larner Editors note: Your contributions to the Annie Armstrong Easter Offering help to support missionaries like Tommy Larner. Get more information about the Annie Armstrong Easter Offering at bciowa.org/aaeo. IQUITOS, Peru (BP) -- In August 2011, I saw the...
An old song made new again
by Nate Adams Our youngest son, Ethan, recently mentioned to his mom and me that he had heard a couple of great new Christian songs he really liked. We asked what they were, hoping that we had been listening to enough Christian radio to perhaps recognize them. Imagine...
CP’s far reach told in ‘Rant’ video
The new Southern Baptist Convention "CP Rant" video communicates to younger generations the vitality and necessity of the Cooperative Program, incorporating humor, fact and colloquial terms, said the team of Louisiana Baptists who produced the video. "This video...
EVANGELISM SPOTLIGHT: COLLEGIATE EVANGELISM
Leaders seek multiplication in collegiate evangelism efforts 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...
Leaving a Stronger Convention
Thomas L. Law, III Interim Executive Director-Treasurer When I came to Iowa I was asked to do one thing: to bring change to the Convention. As one pastor stated it, "Tom, we have done you a disservice because we are expecting you to change things in twenty months that...
