MINISTERS TAX PREPARATION HELP AVAILABLE
The 2013 edition of GuieStone's annual Tax Return Preparation and Federal Reporting Guide is now available. In this helpful guie, both active and retired ministers will find step-by-step help in understanding the latest tax laws along with sample tax forms to...
The SALT Block
As I was raised in a Christian home, I was introduced to Jesus at a very young age. I have always known and had a steadfast faith in who He was and who He is for me today. My relationship with God really blossomed in college when I was faced with making decisions on...
The Missing Church: The Power of Being the Body of Christ in the Family, Neighborhood and Workplace – Book Review
By Robert H. Baldwin, Jr. and Galen E. Blom Our belief is that God wants to use his church to redeem and reform life in America just as he’s used it in our history. For us the problem of the impotency of the American church to shape our nation’s culture is that the...
Life Changer Missions
Vision statement: Changing lives one house at a time. Mission statement: Training teenagers and college students for Christian missions by improving the lives of families through home repair and evangelism. The Life Changer Missions projects will include home repair...
GPS is alive and well
God’s Plan for Sharing is still very much alive. We saw in 2012 the emphasis on events that attract people. In 2013 the GPS emphasis is built around praying for a servant’s heart that will result in serving and meeting needs of the community through 2014. What would...
Frost to lead NAMB Midwest region
North American Mission Board trustees approved the appointment of Gary Frost as the board’s new Midwest region vice president at their February 6 meeting in San Diego. Frost comes from New York where he pastors, and also brings prior experience as the leader of a...
The moment discipleship begins
Traditionally (at least for the last fifty years) we have thought of discipleship as something that starts at the moment of conversion and moves forward. But is this true? I would suggest that there is a broader and more helpful way to think about this topic. I think...
Learning how to be a ‘Mighty Man’
A total of 112 men and boys attended this year’s retreat at the Y-Training Conference Center in Boone on January 25-26. The men and boys were challenged around the theme of Mighty Men of God using the scripture from I Chronicles Chapter 12. During the retreat the...
Operational Stress First Aid Training offered March 22-23
Operational Stress First Aid (OSFA) was originally developed by the Department of Defense for use in dealing with soldiers in very stressful situations. It has been found to be an excellent tool for training pastors, deacons, elders, and lay leaders to minister to...
Church Planting in the Midwest’s ‘Hard Soil’
Midwest Baptists bonded by geography – and challenges At last year’s meeting of Southern Baptists in Indiana, the convention’s executive director, Cecil Seagle, told messengers to avoid the trap that says, “We live in the Midwest and it’s a hard place to take the...
