Craziness and Joy at the Salt Company Des Moines
By Dakota Jackson, Salt Company Resident April was a crazy, but an incredibly joy-filled month in the life of Salt DSM. April started off with a bang as Easter was the first day of the month. During the Easter service every year at Cottage Grove we scheduled baptisms...
Faithfulness leads to connections and life change at the Salt Company Ames
By Kourtney and Stephen, Salt Company leaders Jacob, one of our Salt students, began talking with a coworker at his part time job. After Jacob and Aidan had worked together for a year, Aidan finally came to a Salt Company service for the first time this April. After...
Class of 2017 church plants proclaim Jesus, change lives
By Brandon Elrod ALPHARETTA, Ga. (BP) -- One October morning in 2017, a young lady visited a new church in Montréal. She didn’t have a positive view of Christianity, but something struck a chord with her that morning. “She came up to me after the service and...
Alaska Student Ministry: A Vacation Bible School Offering Opportunity
by Ed Gregory, BCI Pastor/Church Support Staff Vacation Bible School is a great ministry in many of our Churches across Iowa. In fact, it was for many years the time when we saw more people come to Christ than in any other ongoing program. Many of our churches use...
BCI Ministry Life Retreat inspires Iowa church leaders
By Benjamin Bradley, Communications & Outreach Director The 2018 BCI Ministry Life Retreat was a powerful time of applying the gospel to imperfect ministries and the imperfect church leaders in attendance. On April 19-21, 65 pastors and church leaders...
‘This is Easter’ at Paragon Church Grinnell
The weather in Iowa often has us on our toes. This winter, however, has not left us on our toes but locked in our homes cured up by the fire. Our spring has either decided not to come or has been held hostage by old man winter. Normally this weather would not hinder...
Help Defend the Ministerial Housing Allowance
As you know, numerous pastors in America benefit from the Ministerial Housing Allowance law by receiving a tax-exempt allowance for their housing. Currently, the minister’s housing allowance is being challenged in court by the Freedom From Religion Foundation. Our...
Pastor Tony Gulbransen joins Heartland Community staff
Pastor Tony Gulbransen, pictured above with his wife Marci, joined the staff at Heartland Community Baptist Church in Sioux City on March 1st. Tony will take on the responsibilities of overseeing the discipleship ministry. Tony has pastored 2 churches in Wisconsin...
Growing strong leaders at The Salt Company Cedar Rapids
By Jenny Calsyn, The Salt Company Coordinator The month of March is always interesting for us because with 4 different schools, the spring breaks fall on different weeks. This makes planning for March difficult but we enjoy the challenge and try to make the best for...
BCI Ministry Life Retreat – “Recovering Eden” Book Gift
[su_vimeo url="https://vimeo.com/263050239" responsive="no" height="540" width="960" autoplay="no"] REGISTRATION CLOSED (Email bciowa@bciowa.org for information about late registration.) BCI MINISTRY LIFE RETREAT The Imperfect Ministry Thursday, April 19 – Saturday,...
