BCI Iowa Ministry Fund
Click HERE to Donate to the Iowa Ministry Fund By Tim Lubinus, BCI Executive Director/Treasurer We learn from the early church that churches regularly banded together, pooled their funds, and worked together to help the vulnerable among them. The Executive Board is...
Generosity: Building Generous Habits
By Matt Rogers It seemed foolish to take our infant daughter to the dentist—after all she didn’t have teeth. My wife insisted and, as a good husband, I complied. After examining our older children, the dentist turned to the baby and briefly investigated her little...
Essential Elements for Disciplemaking in Small Groups
By Chris McRae, BCI Discipleship Team Leader Discipleship is the application of principles and practices for followers of Jesus Christ. It’s the goal of church life, particularly as evidenced in small groups, to lead men and women toward maturity in Christ such that...
New Leadership Structure for Friendship Baptist Center
By Tim Lubinus, BCI Executive Director/Treasurer The executive board of the Baptist Convention of Iowa recently approved a new leadership structure for the Baptist Friendship Center, a ministry in a poverty-impacted community in Des Moines. Jon and Mindy Jamison have...
First Baptist, Bettendorf names Food Pantry in honor of Ed Posey
by Jonette Appleton First Baptist has sponsored a Food Pantry ministry for many years. Over those years numerous volunteers have been a part of this important need to the community. It was in 2001 when Ed Posey felt God's call to take leadership as director of this...
A Review of Church Associations in Iowa
By Tim Lubinus, BCI Executive Director/Treasurer No doubt about it, local associations of Baptist Convention of Iowa churches have been transformed over the last few years. The days of a full-time director of missions, annual associational meetings, reviewing by-laws...
Loss and Grace at the Salt Company Ames
by Amalie Palmerlee Kate was raised in a very kind Catholic family. The fact that they are Catholic is extremely important to them; however, God was just not discussed at home. Kate came to ISU as a freshmen this past fall and quickly found out about the Salt Kick-off...
Supporting the Annie Armstrong Easter Offering for North American Missions
Each Easter season, the North American Mission Board (NAMB) collects an offering for North American Missions. These funds are invested in places like Iowa to help support ministries to reach the people of Iowa for Christ. These NAMB funded ministries include church...
Champion a Church Plant
by Diana Davis Each Sunday, we’d haul baby beds, equipment and chairs to our temporary meeting place. We were church planters. Though it was hard work, the results were awesome. Flash forward to present day. Our son-in-law and daughter serve as church planting pastor...
Cleansed & called
by David Platt Why should every Christian say to God, "I will pray however You want me to pray, I will give whatever You want me to give and I will go wherever and whenever You want me to go" -- whether it's to that dangerous area in your city, or to a distant part of...
