Scripture pillows to bring comfort to the hurting
Inspired by an article on making pillow cases with scripture verses to show God's love and care to those hurting from cancer, abuse, etc., the Women on Mission (WOM) group of First Baptist Church, Bettendorf, Iowa, made plans to include a project work day as part of...
Because Chicken Soup Is Not Enough
National Day of Prayer
The Baptist Convention of Iowa with its partnering churches encourages you to participate in the National Day of Prayer, Thursday, May 2. Commit some time during May 2, 2013 to pray for our Nation, our nation’s leaders, our families, co-workers, friends, and even our...
Bill Hyde: ‘John Wayne of missions’
RICHMOND, Va.—Ten years ago March 4, a bomb planted at a Philippine airport by a Muslim rebel group killed 23 people — including one American, a Southern Baptist missionary named Bill Hyde. It’s ironic that Hyde, 59, died at the little airport in Davao City where he’d...
Church Planters in Iowa Begin Using Twitter
I read an article recently about how Iowa State football staff is using Twitter to enlist, track, and inform potential football players about Iowa State. I must confess I never have been a Twitter user. But I realized in reading the article some very practical...
Discipleship is ‘what you do’ with what you learn
If you have been following my articles these past months then, hopefully, you understand that discipleship is not a class we attend or a course of knowledge we acquire. We might attend a class to gain knowledge, but that is not discipleship. It is not memorizing a set...
Leadership Retreat – The Salt Company – Ames
This past month we kicked off the semester with our TSC leadership retreat, with over 200 student leaders in attendance. At this retreat our goal was to make our student leaders feel like a family and equip them to shepherd their 100+ Connection Group and Family...
You Are The Salt of The Earth
Praise God for an amazing TSC Spring Retreat weekend with 600 students February 22-24 at the Embassy Suites in Des Moines. Our Spring Retreat theme was simply, “You Are the Salt of the Earth.” The aim was to establish a ministry culture where our vision and mission...
Ignite 2013
As we look back at Ignite 2013, our hearts are full of the presence of God and His incredible power. As Zane Black (Dare2Share Evangelist) shared on Friday night, God moved in the hearts of students. Ten young people accepted Christ and the rest of those in attendance...
Campers On Mission Spring Project
Campers on Mission will be in Ida Grove at Heartland Baptist Chapel, 481 Pin Oak Dr., on Wednesday May 15th through May 18th. Projects will include painting, installing a door, installing baseboards, drywall work, grouting, and other items. We would like to have new...
