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,...
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...
