Former students continue to have IMPACT
"Been there-done that" could be what these young adults told the students at Impact. They represent a growing number of former Impact University students who are returning as staff members. Kayla Herfel, from Southern Hills in Sioux City, spoke of her motivation to...
Impact University 2013
During a hot, summer week in mid-July, 132 students and 53 staff from 20 BCI churches across Iowa gathered for Impact University (BCI Youth Camp) at Buena Vista University in Storm Lake, Iowa. Some were new and some were veterans but all came expectant of what God...
Four Iowa Chaplains Assist with Oklahoma Tornado Recovery
During the week of June 9-15, four Iowa Disaster Relief (DR) Chaplains joined with DR Chaplains from Oklahoma, Alabama, Texas, Arkansas, Kentucky and several other states to bring God’s message of hope to Moore,...
My year at the Southern Baptist table
Editor’s note: Dave Miller served as second vice president of the Southern Baptist Convention for a year following the annual meeting in New Orleans in 2012. He wrote about his year “at the table” for the June 17 Illinois Baptist. A little over a year ago, I got a...
Evangelism about discipling people to salvation
The evangelism paradigms which have driven the American Christian church in general and Baptist in particular over the course of the last 100 to 150 years, have been what I call “harvest evangelism.” This has been most evident in the events and programs developed...
Thank you, Iowa Baptists
Each year in September, Iowa Baptists participate in the William and Garlinda Hyde Iowa Missions Offering. In 2012 Iowa Baptists gave $31,000 designated for mission work in Iowa, the state they call home. How is the money being used this year? Money given through...
The Salt Block
This year over 30 students from Salt Company Iowa City were baptized at Veritas Church. Each student had an amazing story about how God had led them to Himself and drawn them from their sin. Continue to pray for the Salt Company Ministries over the summer as the...
The Story Lives On – My Place in His Story
The Lord has placed each one of us in our world at this specific time and place as He works out His redemptive plan for the world. At this year’s state women’s retreat, ladies will hear stories of women in the past and present, and come to better understand their...
Iowa Campers on Mission
Iowa Campers on Missions recently completed a mission project at Heartland Baptist Chapel, Ida Grove, Iowa. Iowa Campers on Missions is a volunteer mission group that completes building and repair services for our Southern Baptist Churches across Iowa. Each...
Heartland Interstate Strategy Task Force
The newly organized, 11-man Heartland Interstate Strategy Task Force met for the third time in Sioux Falls, SD on June 17th to discuss strategy and to lay the groundwork for taking the gospel into unreached areas in the region. Five state conventions are participating...
