EASTER: Because of the empty tomb …
By J.D. Greear EDITOR'S NOTE: J.D. Greear is president of the Southern Baptist Convention and pastor of The Summit Church in Raleigh-Durham, N.C. DURHAM, N.C. (BP) -- On the third day after Jesus' crucifixion, a group of women went to His tomb. But instead of finding...
Finding the next generation of student leaders at Salt Company Ankeny
By Rachel Havlak, Salt Resident, Keystone Church It’s interview season here at Salt Company Ankeny, and we have had weeks of talking with students who have applied for student leadership. It is a long and tiring process but so worth it because we get to shepherd and...
Baptist Convention of Iowa enters into new partnership for missions
The Executive Board of the Baptist Convention of Iowa (BCI) voted on April 6th at their regular Executive Board meeting to enter into a new partnership with Reach The Rest (RTR), a mission organization that focuses on reaching the most unreached people groups with the...
‘Together,’ ‘strategy,’ ‘genius’ among CP descriptors
By Karen L. Willoughby EDITOR'S NOTE: April 7 is Cooperative Program Sunday in the Southern Baptist Convention. For information about the Cooperative Program, go to sbc.net/cp. MILES CITY, Mont. (BP) -- A Montana pastor likens the effect of the Cooperative Program to...
Iowa Baptists respond to Iowa flooding
Following the flooding in Hornick, Iowa, Paster Bob Dillman, Executive Pastor of Southern Hills Baptist Church, contacted the Woodbury County Sheriff to let him know that local SBC churches could help with the cleanup effort. Southern Hills Baptist, Heartland Baptist...
Salt Ankeny goes beyond learning with a strategy to DO evangelism
Salt Ankeny has recently started a new outreach tactic with Connection Groups called DIG and DO weeks. During DIG weeks, groups dig into the Bible and work through discussion questions over the message from the last week’s Salt Company. During DO weeks, connection...
Church planting: Key for sending church is vision
In the fall of 2018, Rob Warren, pictured here, launched Doxa Church in Madison, Wisc., with the help of Cornerstone Church in Ames, Iowa. Doxa is one of 15 churches Cornerstone has launched since it began in 1994. NAMB photo by Daniel McCullough. by Brandon Elrod...
Spring training for college students
By Dirk Wiese, Pastor, Redeemer Church This month we hosted our first “Spring Training” event for college students. Our goal was to equip students with a greater understanding of the gospel, God’s mission throughout the Bible, and practical application for evangelism...
Salt Company Iowa City equips students to share the Gospel
By Olivia Ginther, Salt Company Coordinator Each semester, the Salt Company at the University of Iowa offers an equipping class for our students to learn more about the Gospel. This class is eleven weeks long and goes through everything from creation, sin, Jesus’...
Launching a movement in a most secular city
Editors note: Rob and Lisa Warren are missionaries supported by your gifts through the Annie Armstrong Easter Offering®. They serve in our neighbor state of Wisconsin and have been sent by Iowa's own Salt Network. By Brandon Elrod (MADISON, Wis.)—Home of a population...
