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,...
FLASH Basketball Camps at First Family Church, Ankeny
By RJ Parks, Operations Director at First Family Church Throughout the summer months, you'll often find the gym at First Family Church occupied by young athletes from the community participating in our FLASH basketball camps. We recently concluded another successful...
Three Metro Churches host Upward Basketball/Soccer Camps
By John Shaull Three Upward Basketball/Soccer Camps were held at Heartland Baptist Stuart, New Bridge Winterset and Hosanna-Live, Love, Laugh during the week of July 25-29. A mission team from Knox County Baptist Association made their 9th trip to the Metro...
Central Iowa Churches share the Gospel in Peru
By John Jakes, Pastor Calvary Baptist Indianola Van Meter Baptist Church, New Bridge Church (Winterset), and Calvary Baptist Indianola sent a 10 member team to Huancane, Peru. The team left on July 20 and returned on July 29 after working with children and a new...
New Church Starts and Convention Updates
By Tim Lubinus, BCI Executive Director/Treasurer One of our key ministry areas is facilitating new church starts. Over the next month or so, five new churches will start. Please pray for these churches and pastors. New Church Starts: August 14: Frontier Church, Des...
