Student Give Night
By Jenn Lee, The Salt Company Coordinator, Ames As Salt Company approached the end of 2013, we found ourselves waiting for God to provide. Over the course of the year, the ministry had continued to grow and expand. Therefore, our financial needs were also being...
Knocked Over by a Mack Truck, a Call To Prayer For Churches Without Pastors
Somewhere around fifteen years ago, I realized that, here in Illinois, about one out of every seven of our SBC churches was without a pastor; this statistic held fairly steady for several years. This realization did not knock me over with a feather, but with the...
Transitional Interim Pastor: Help for Churches that are Between Pastors
The pastor has just left your church. The period between his departure and the arrival of your next pastor is commonly referred to as the interim period. It would better be referred to as the “transitional” period. This is an excellent opportunity for a congregation...
Iowa WMU Awarded Second Century Fund Grant
Iowa WMU was awarded a Second Century Fund grant by the national WMU Executive board on Jan. 11. The grant will be used for leadership development of women in missions. The WMU Foundation manages the Second Century Fund. WMU's Second Century Fund was set up to help...
National WMU president challenges ‘raise the bar’ of missions
(BIRMINGHAM, Ala.) – Jan. 16, 2013 – Raising the bar of missions involvement was the challenge woven throughout national WMU’s board meeting, Jan. 11–13, at Shocco Springs Conference Center in Talladega, Ala. “With Jesus’ words in Mark 8:34, ‘Whoever wants to be my...
A Praying Son
By Nathan Mowry, The Salt Company Freshmen Ministry Leader, Ames Andrew gave his life to Christ less than a year ago. Since then he has regularly been praying for his family, wanting to see them come to know Jesus like he now does. In early December, I gave Andrew...
In discussion of ‘faith and freedom,’ Mohler declares ‘cultural Christianity is dead’
By Aaron Cline Hanbury LOUISVILLE, Ky. (SBTS) — While “cultural Christianity is dead” in an increasingly secular America, evangelicals have the “theological resources” to keep the faith, R. Albert Mohler Jr. said during a public discussion about faith and politics on...
Maine church planters envision communities’ spiritual warming
By Adam Miller CARIBOU, Maine (BP) -- Aroostook County, located in northern Maine and known to residents simply as "The County," takes up half the state's land mass but makes up only 5 percent of its population. Vast tracts of open space and distinctly formidable...
Firmly Planted … Rooted in the Gospel
As Southern Baptists, we are all partners in sowing seeds and firmly planting the gospel throughout North America. NAMB missionaries are involved in planting churches dedicated to ensuring that those who hear the good news of Jesus Christ are firmly planted in the...
Denver church planter can’t be sidelined
by Joe Conway DENVER (BP) -- Any athlete who has been sidelined wants to get back into the game as soon as possible. KaRon Coleman did when he played for the National Football League's Denver Broncos. Now he's doing the same as a church planter. Coleman was first...
