Light Company Collegiate Ministry Reaches Smaller Colleges
By Geoff Safford, Pastor, New Heights Church, Indianola Light Company is a local church ministry that works with a local church in a community with a small private college or local community college. The mission is to create a culture where students know, experience...
Student Missionary Positions Available Through BCI/Namb Partnership
BCI is excited to partner with NAMB to provide funding for student missionary positions in 2017. This program is designed to produce three objectives BCI shares with NAMB and our affiliated churches. Impacting lostness in Iowa through the ministry of local churches...
Iowa Church Leaders Inspired to Multiply Churches at 2017 Exponential Conference
By Tim Lubinus, BCI Executive Director/Treasurer This year eleven leaders from Baptist Convention of Iowa affiliated churches participated in the Exponential Conference in Orlando, Florida on April 25 to 27. The conference is designed to motivate and train potential...
13 Ways to Respond to Those in Pain – The Light Company Grinnell
By Abigail Ballard, The Light Company Coordinator The month of April at Grinnell Light Company has been a time of pushing students to be bold with their faith, and encouragement for them to allow their light to shine outside of the circle of their already Christian...
Become a financial partner with the Friendship Baptist Center
Are you a financial partner? The Friendship Center 100, as you may know by now, is a group of individuals who financially support the work and ministry of the Center. The funds generated through FC 100 ensure uninterrupted ministry to children and youth through...
New easier way to give online to the Cooperative Program at The Baptist Convention of Iowa
From the times of the early church, believers have pooled their funds in order to expand the preaching of the Gospel in new communities and to relieve suffering. The Cooperative Program is the Southern Baptist program for effectively pooling our resources. So each of...
Lives changed and students challenged – The Salt Company Iowa City
By Shannon Ness, The Salt Company Coordinator When Hanna began her Freshman year at The University of Iowa, she felt like she finally had the independence she was looking for. There was no one there telling her to go to church every week. No one advising her to make...
Reaching internationals with Spring Break trip – The Salt Company Cedar Rapids
By Jenny Calsyn, The Salt Company Coordinator, Cedar Rapids With having students from 4 different colleges, one the most interesting things to work around is 4 different spring breaks. The four schools span over 3 weeks in March for spring break. It was awesome to...
Ignite Conference Focuses on “putting eternity in man’s heart”
By Mario Rossi, Ignite Conference Media Coordinator Over 1,800 participants from 10 states gathered in Des Moines, Iowa on March 10 & 11 to be used by God in gospel training and outreach. The youth conference focused on equipping students for gospel ministry, with...
Successful Disaster Relief training event prepares Iowans for response
Southern Baptist Disaster Relief (SBDR) is Christian love in action. This ministry meets the urgent needs of hurting humanity in crisis situations. Christ calls for believers to demonstrate His love to those affected by disasters through our use of resources, talents...
