February Ministry Report – The Salt Company Iowa City
by Salt Company Staff We continue to be amazed by the work God is doing in the lives of our students. It is amazing to see the growth in the ministry and not be able to attribute it to anything that we are doing – it is solely Him that is causing it all to happen....
The Gospel At Work – The Salt Company Ames
By Gabe Noll, Global Ministry Leader Morgan Burden is a sophomore student leader in The Salt Company and is also heavily involved with the fraternity in which he resides. I meet with Morgan in a small group setting weekly, and in a one-on-one setting bi-weekly. He...
10 Questions for Leaders to Ask Each Week
By Chuck Lawless At the seminary where I teach, we are planning now for the end-of-the-academic year faculty evaluations. Annual evaluations like these are helpful and necessary. They push us to ask how we might improve over the next academic year. Most leaders,...
How to be Part of a Tribe Without Succumbing to Tribalism
by Joel Rainey Hopefully, it will surprise no one reading these words to discover that I’m a Baptist. I was brought to a Baptist church for the first time when I was just a few days old. I heard the message of Jesus, and became one of His followers in a Baptist...
Mental health motion addressed by EC
NASHVILLE (BP) -- The Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee has concurred with the spirit of a motion referred from the 2013 SBC annual meeting regarding mental health ministry. In its Feb. 17-18 meeting in Nashville, the Executive Committee voted to amend...
When ‘hello’ is not enough
By Dianna Davis PENSACOLA, Fla. (BP) -- Your God is awesome. Your church is wonderful. Yet some of the guests who visit your church don't return. No true connection was made. A parking lot greeter in our church expressed that concern: "We've got to figure out how to...
GuideStone announces release of its Ministers’ Tax Guide
By Jennifer Carter DALLAS ¾ The 2014 edition of GuideStone’s annual Tax Return Preparation and Federal Reporting Guide is now available. In this helpful guide, both active and retired minsters will find step-by-step instructions, sample forms and detailed help in...
Solid Rock Mission Trip – Hurricane Sandy Rebuild
by Dan Doolin, Pastor, Solid Rock Baptist Church, Wapello, IA In late October, 2012, Hurricane Sandy (unofficially known as "Superstorm Sandy") made landfall along the Eastern Seaboard of the U.S. Hurricane Sandy affected 24 states. Particularly severe damage occurred...
January Ministry Report The Salt Company – Iowa City
We are so amazed by what God is doing in Salt Company already this semester! It has only been two weeks into the semester and God has completely outgrown our expectations already. We started out the semester with our leaders retreat. It was so great to see all the...
Hockey player goes for gold, focuses on ‘Audience of One’
by Allen Palmeri ST. CLOUD, Minn. (BP) -- Anne Schleper, a defenseman on the United States women's Olympic hockey team, is an Olympian with a plan. Schleper, 24, said she approaches her team's quest for a gold medal in Sochi, Russia, as a Christ follower who invites...
