Iowa Campers on Mission paints Friendship Center
Iowa Campers on Mission just finished helping Friendship Center in Des Moines. Six members helped in this project. The building needed a lot of scraping, caulking, and then painting. After many hours of work in the hot July sun the building has a new look. Drive by...
Singermans see cooperative gospel effort in Sub-Saharan Africa
By IMB Staff In the country that birthed voodoo, Beninese Baptists are working collectively to pray for and support the spread of the gospel. It’s a story IMB missionary Barbara Singerman can’t share without tearing up. “They are investing in missions,” she said....
Looking for work, Venezuelan refugee finds hope in God’s Word
By IMB Staff Fernando* felt like a failure. For a month-and-a-half he had been looking for work in Colombia, where he didn’t know anyone. He longed to hold his wife and daughter again, but he couldn’t return to Venezuela without a solution. He and his wife had agreed:...
Disaster Relief Activates in Des Moines
If you would like to help financially with the disaster relief work going on in Des Moines CLICK HERE or make the check out to BCI and write disaster relief on the memo line. Mail to: Baptist Convention of Iowa, PO Box 619, Ankeny, IA 50021. On the evening of June 30,...
Stonebridge Church in Boone hosts “Explosive Science” VBS
By Chase Abner, Lead Church Planting Catalyst On June 18-21, Stonebridge Church hosted an "Explosive Science" VBS in Boone. The program featured many hands-on science experiments, dynamic worship songs that taught scripture, and other activities. Each night before...
Training, equipping, and development at the Salt Company Ames
By Kourtney Vier, Salt Ministry Leader June is generally a slower month for our ministry when it comes to student interaction. However, it is a busier month for staff training, equipping, and development. At the end of the semester, we sent out 11 fellow staff members...
Rock Island Bible Church launches
On June 24 Rock Island Bible Church held their first public services at the MLK Center in Rock Island, IL. Led by planter Doug Rowland, this church plant is the newest in the BCI family. Harvest Bible Chapel in Davenport serves as the Sending Church for this new...
Summer not a time for vacation at the Salt Company Des Moines
By Dakota Jackson For most Salt Companies in the Salt Network the summer months come with a dramatic decrease in attendance for Salt on Thursday nights. But here in Des Moines we have the unique opportunity to see more people attending during the summer than the...
Summers at West: Community-Focused Fun at Harvest Davenport
By Christina O'Connell, Administrative Assistant to Worship & Production Harvest Bible Chapel – Davenport kicked off the first of our “Summers at West” events on Sunday, June 3 with a block party on the lawn of our West Campus location! While our Summers at West...
Hispanic outreach at Kairos Church, Marshalltown
On May 28 through June 4, Kairos Church hosted a team of student missionaries from Rio Grande Bible College in Edinburg, TX. Kairos Church is led by Israel Becerra and is focused on reaching Hispanics in Marshalltown. This group shared the gospel through music,...
