The 2014 SBC Compensation Survey
Compensation survey helps determine fair pay for Southern Baptist church pastors and staff Shelly Moon DALLAS — Ministers and church employees are invited to participate in the 2014 SBC Church Compensation Survey: a tool used by churches of all sizes to determine fair...
Muslim Ministry at The Salt Company
The Muslim Ministry at the Salt Company has been going for a year and a half now, and we are blessed with great student leaders and Muslim friends. I got to bring a Shia Muslim friend from Iran to a New Year's Eve party over winter break. We had a great time laughing,...
Remote village spiritual ‘battlefield’ for church
by Elaine Gaston CORDOVA, Peru (BP) -- When Eric Turner was growing up, he couldn't have dreamed God was preparing him to live two years in the Peruvian Andes. Now that he's been living there, Turner says Cordova, a farming village of about 300 in Peru, shares...
Training ‘anytime, anywhere’ via Ministry Grid ready for churches
LifeWay launches video-based service by Bob Smietana NASHVILLE (BP) -- Pastors know that well-trained lay leaders and volunteers are essential for the health of a local church. But implementing a training strategy can be difficult, said Todd Adkins, director of...
Missionaries take Gospel off the beaten path
by Elaine Gaston EDITOR'S NOTE: Members of two Iowa SBC churches, Van Meter Baptist Church in Van Meter and Crestwood Church in Des Moines have made several trips to Peru to reach out to the Aymara people of southern Peru, working along side IMB missionaries John...
Area-Wide Free “Ignite” Youth Worker Luncheon
Thursday, January 23rd RSVP Needed by January 21st Once a year Grace Church hosts an area-wide gathering for youth workers and ministries connected to youth to talk about Ignite Youth Leadership Conference (March 14 & 15, 2014) and to discuss reaching the public...
Church planter wondered, ‘Are we sunk?’
CINCINNATI (BP) -- Michael Clary had reached the end of his rope. The 35-year-old church planter had been in Cincinnati nearly 18 months. Other than the Baptist association's director of missions, he didn't know anyone when he arrived. After slowly and surely putting...
Grand Avenue Baptist Church in Ames is Celebrating 50 Years
SAVE THE DATE 50th Anniversary Celebration at Grand Avenue Baptist Church in Ames February 23, 2014 Grand Avenue Baptist Church, Ames, Iowa, will be celebrating 50 years as a constituted church on February 23, 2014. They will have a special worship service in the...
CP gives small church global impact
by Karen L. Willoughby CLEARWATER, Idaho (BP) –- First Baptist Church of Clearwater only draws about 40 worshippers Sunday mornings, but makes a global missions impact through the Cooperative Program. Bill Horn, bivocational pastor of the Idaho church, extols the...
Ministry Report, The Salt Company Iowa City
This December was a great month for The Salt Company – Iowa City. We had a great end to our semester, as well as some much needed rest during winter break. We are so amazed by how God is still drawing in more students to our ministry, even at our last few meetings....
