Successful First ReadyCon2016 Apologetics Conference
By Ryan Jorgenson, Senior Pastor, Harvest Bible Chapel Harvest Bible Chapel of Grimes, Iowa partnered with 99.3Fm Truth Network and Apologia Studios to provide their first Harvest Apologetics Conference called READY this past week. Over 135 men, women and teenagers...
Unshakable Faith demonstrated during National Back to Church Sunday celebration
By Chris McRae, BCI Discipleship Team Leader OTTUMWA - Albia Road Baptist Church celebrated National Back to Church Sunday on September 18th with a powerful message of Unshakable Faith, standing strong when things go wrong. Guest speaker, Judy Bower of Laredo,...
Mission teams from Heartland Heartland Community Baptist Church heading to India and Romania.
Heartland's vision is to send short-term missionaries on international mission trips every quarter. At the present, Heartland is sending a group to Romania in October and another group to India in January. They are teaming up with Children to Love to minister to...
Salt Company Cedar Rapids kicks off school year
By Nathan Kaloupek Prior to the Salt Company Kickoff Event we went to schools in Cedar Rapids to do tabling at organization fairs, make contacts with students, invite them to Salt and Connection groups, and get contacts through an iPad giveaway. Our Salt Kickoff was a...
Trevin Wax announced as Annual Meeting guest speaker
Trevin Wax, Bible and Reference Publisher for LifeWay Christian Resources, will be the guest speaker for the 21st Annual Meeting of the Baptist Convention of Iowa on November 5, 2016, as well as the Pastor and Wife’s Banquet on the evening of November 4th. "We are...
Register Messengers Online for the 2016 BCI Annual Meeting
Registration is now open for messengers to the 2016 Baptist Convention of Iowa Annual Meeting to be held November 5, 2016. All voting messengers must be registered. Save time at registration/check in by registering online! Online Registration closes at midnight on...
Busy summer at Crossroads Community Church of Red Oak
by Pastor Ricky A. Rohrig Sr., NAMB church planter Crossroads Community Church of Red Oak Iowa has had a busy summer of outreach. They participated in their local town celebration, Junction Days. They were only one of two churches in the parade and the only church in...
Church Planting Update: Redeemer Baptist Church, West Des Moines
by Pastor Noah Braymen As Redeemer Baptist Church looks to the fall we are humbled and encouraged by God’s mercy to us in Christ. Our aim is to persevere in the ordinary means of grace. By God's grace we have seen fruit from God’s Word as brothers and sisters grow in...
Summer activities at Hosanna Church
By Pastor Mark Scott Hosanna Church had a great summer getting out in the community and at our facility sharing Jesus! We were able to pull off four events. Our church family came together to give children and there families an opportunity to learn about God’s love...
Frontier Church launches at Wooly’s in Des Moines’ East Village
By Cole Russell Deike, Lead Pastor Frontier Church is a church plant sent out of Redeemer Church in Cedar Falls and Cedar Rapids. For the past 5 months, Frontier Church has been building towards a public launch with small group ministries. This past Sunday,...
