From suicide to surrender, a life changed by God
By Abbie, CST Resident Zoey is a sophomore at Iowa State who took the bold step of reaching out and asking for help when she needed it most. Zoey came to college carrying a lot of pain from a very difficult childhood and struggled with depression because of it. When...
First Family Church VBS Buys a Boat
By Tanner Battles, Communications Director, First Family Church We had a great week of VBS at First Family Church in Ankeny! Each night we learned different ways that Jesus Rescues! Over 200 kids heard the gospel, played games, and enjoyed snacks and craft time. Our...
Resonate Conference Des Moines
What if you could find a summer conference that would engage, equip, and empower your Middle School and High School students to be prepared to share their faith now and into the future? What if you could do that at a fantastic facility with great speakers, great...
Safety Ministry- Medical Training held at New Bridge Church- Winterset
By Pastor Mike Carlson, New Bridge Church As part of our Safety Ministry team’s emergency preparedness plan, a medical training event was held Thursday, June 7 at New Bridge Church with 27 in attendance. A review of how to use an automatic external defibrillator (AED)...
The Salt Company Ames helps students prepare for international ministry
By Kourtney Vier, SALT Ministry Leader We had our final training for our 44 (80 total with network churches) students going overseas. We invited our students plus the University of Iowa, University of Northern Iowa, and Des Moines students to join us for a final...
Five Characteristics of a Good Small Group Leader
By Chris McRae, BCI Discipleship Team Leader One of the issues that continually crop up in ministry has to do with leadership development. In church life this means identifying, recruiting and training volunteers to carry on the authentic work of the church. It’s a...
Three summer steps to new fall groups
By Chris McRae, BCI Discipleship Team Leader Summer time is here. It’s time to sit back, relax and enjoy a well-deserved rest. That’s what everyone seems to say. And perhaps it is time to take a breather. In church life though, we need to take care that we don’t let...
Resonate Youth Conference
Engaging, Equipping, and Empowering students to live a life and faith that will RESONATE into the future and across the globe. Resonate is a week-long youth conference this summer. Resonate will take place July 23rd through 27th at Grandview University in Des Moines....
1st Annual Friendship 100 Gala
By Joe Quick, Executive Director, Friendship Center The first annual Friendship Gala raised over $1,700 for the center with a goal of 3k! I want to thank everyone who attended our Gala and made it such a success. We have made many changes inside of the building., and...
Iowa & Illinois Campers On Mission combine to serve in Lyndon, Illinois
Iowa Campers On Mission (COM) teamed up with Illinois COM to meet the needs of Trinity Baptist Church where Pastor Alan Jahn is serving. Illinois had 15 members present and Iowa had 5. Among the many projects completed was a new sidewalk in front of the church, a...
