New Pastor: Stephen Stevens at Community Southern, Waterloo
Community Southern Baptist Church in Waterloo, Iowa has called Stephen Stevens as their pastor. Pastor Stephen was installed as pastor on March 27th. Prior to accepting this bi-vocational role, Pastor Stephen served in many ministry roles at Community Southern, most...
ERLC Places Ultrasound in Des Moines
The SBC Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission was in Des Moines to place an ultrasound machine at Agape Pregnancy Center. In recent years, BCI has partnered with Agape, a pro-life pregnancy resource center, through the Iowa Ministry Fund. These Christian ministries...
Ep 11 – 5 Fundamental Skills (Pt 3)
Episode 11 Description In this episode of the Mission Innovate Podcast, BCI Leadership and Ministry Development Coach, Chris Mavity, continues digging into a framework for ministry called the “5 Fundamentals Skills for Church Leaders” that a church can utilize to...
New Event – BCI Lunch & Learn
BCI Lunch & Learn – A New Event for Pastors & Church LeadersJoin us for a special lunch to learn about a new initiative BCI is launching that will focus on tools and resources in two areas: Making Disciples & Developing Leaders. Who should come to the BCI...
Ep 10 – 5 Fundamental Skills (Pt 2)
Episode 10 Description In this episode of the Mission Innovate Podcast, BCI Leadership and Ministry Development Coach, Chris Mavity, continues digging into a framework for ministry called the “5 Fundamentals Skills for Church Leaders” that a church can utilize to...
Ep 9 – 5 Fundamental Skills (Pt 1)
Episode 9 Description In this episode of the Mission Innovate Podcast, BCI Leadership and Ministry Development Coach, Chris Mavity, introduces a framework for ministry called “5 Fundamentals Skills for Church Leaders.” In this first part of a 4-part series, we discuss...
MLR VIDEO: “Do you believe closeness with God is the place to find real joy?”
The last few years have been very challenging and many pastors and church staff are tired. With this in mind, the 2022 Ministry Life Retreat was an opportunity for ministry leaders to “Refresh.” The 2022 Ministry Life Retreat was a weekend when Jesus was lifted high,...
Ep. 8 – Introducing: BCI Pastor Cohorts
Episode 8 description In this episode of the Mission Innovate Podcast, I speak with BCI Executive Director Tim Lubinus and BCI Associate Director Chris Eller about BCI cohorts, one of the newest initiatives that we have launched with the goal of connecting pastors...
Pastor Retirement Funds Distributed
In case you missed it, BCI pastors and certain church staff members who have a retirement account through Guidestone should have received a small boost to their retirement account. As part of the BCI Expansion Plan, as approved by the BCI Executive Board last year,...
Ep. 7 – Pastor Mission Trips & Ukraine Relief
Episode 7 description In this episode of the Mission Innovate Podcast, BCI Executive Director Tim Lubinus joins us to discuss the latest developments regarding the 3-year, 1 million dollar Expansion Plan, which was approved by the BCI executive board in 2021. We cover...
