Collegiate Intern at First Family Church Thanks BCI for Support
by Timur Nesbitt, Young Adult/Collegiate Ministries Intern, First Family Church Ankeny I remember last summer I met a DMACC student named Nick White who became a good friend of mine during this year. When I first met him he was very quiet and different in his...
Lives being changed at the Salt Company Cedar Rapids
by Jenny Calsyn, Salt Company Coordinator We have seen God work in big ways this year as we have had the amazing opportunity to launch The Salt Company in Cedar Rapids, IA. God continually draws new students to our ministry each week. I can still remember our fall...
The Intentional Leader
By Chris McRae, BCI Discipleship Team Leader There are four commitments essential for discipleship to take place in the small group life of the church. Last week we looked at the importance of having the right target when we aim for discipleship. That involved the...
Amplifying Evangelism—Show and Tell
5 Steps for Church Leaders to help Churches Recover Evangelism by Micah Fries "Don't tell me what you believe, show me what you do and I will tell you what you believe." If that’s the case, I think an argument can be made that Evangelicals have abandoned any actual...
Creating a culture of bold leaders at Salt Company Iowa City
by Shannon Ness As leadership interviews begin for next fall, the staff is hearing so many stories of how God is using the community of Salt Company to shape the lives of students and draw them near to Him. Irene is one of the students who applied and this is her...
Missionary from First Family Church in Ankeny killed in Jamaica
by Jon Olsen, BCI Communications Coordinator Randy Hentzel, 48, of First Family Church in Ankeny, IA was one of two American missionaries tragically murdered in Jamaica over the weekend. Hentzel and his co-worker, Harold Nichols, 53, went out on a motorcycle around 8...
The Salt Company Iowa City celebrates 5 years
by Shannon Ness After 5 short years, the Salt Company Iowa City has its first full class of graduating seniors. Nearly ⅓ of leadership is graduating. To celebrate Salt Company seniors joined together at the Veritas Warehouse to encourage each other and learn about...
BCI Pastor appointed to Iowa Right to Life Speakers Bureau
by Iowa Right to Life Pastor Ricky Rohrig, Sr. joined the Iowa Right to Life Speakers Bureau in mid April. Rohrig is the founding pastor of Crossroads Community Church in Red Oak and serves on the Executive Board of the Baptist Convention of Iowa. Pastor Rohrig was...
ONE Women’s Conference
by Mandy Stenberg The first weekend in April, women from 8 states representing at least 15 different churches gathered at the Hilton Garden Inn, Johnston/Urbandale for ONE 2016. ONE is a gathering of women who long to see Jesus exalted in their lives. BCI has...
Discipleship and Small Groups: a Transforming Principle
By Chris McRae, BCI Discipleship Team Leader Last week we began looking at the four commitments we need to make for discipleship to take place in small group life. The follow up to that is a more in-depth look at each of these as they apply to our ministry. I’ll begin...
