A Simple Conversation With Eternal Impact
By Larry Robertson, TBC president & pastor in Clarksville Tennesee The only difference between “what’s the point” and “that’s the point” is a single letter. We should not, therefore, overlook the importance of seemingly insignificant events or encounters. We may...
Winter Olympics: Baptists trek to Sochi to share their faith
by Evelyn Adamson SOCHI, Russia (BP) -- Amid tight security, the 2014 Winter Olympics commenced with impressive opening ceremonies, while Baptist volunteers from across the United States arrived to be part of the international festivities. Inside Sochi's "ring of...
Guest Editorial: The New Buzz On Cooperation
by Nate Adams, Executive Director of the Illinois Baptist State Association Bees are far more important than most of us realize. Known as models of cooperation and hard work, these buzzy, busybodies are the major pollinators in any ecosystem that contains flowering...
Freedom in Forgiveness
By Amalie Parmerlee, The Salt Company Women’s Ministry Leader, Ames Angie’s* parents divorced when she was really young, and since the divorce she has had three step-dads. However, her biological father had partial custody of her while she was growing up. Since she...
The Salt Company Ames Sending 66 Students Overseas
By Meghan Hoppenworth, TSC Global Coordinator, Ames After conducting over one hundred interviews, hours of discussion and decision-making, and finalizing numbers, locations, and teams; Salt Company will be sending 66 students on 16 teams to 10 countries in the summer...
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...
