When Tears Arrive, Bereavement Ministry Ideas
by Diana Davis “He gives us comfort in all our troubles. Then we can comfort other people who have the same troubles. We give the same kind of comfort God gives us.” 2 Corinthians 1:4 You slowly hang up the phone and close your eyes. “Lord, use me!” you pray. “Help me...
Ignite Youth Conference March 11-12
2016 marks the twelfth year of Ignite Youth Conference in Des Moines, Iowa. But it was a year of firsts as well. February of 2016 marked the first time the conference convened in Denver, Colorado. And as the initial excitement gave way to an incredibly...
Calling a Special Meeting of the Convention
I am calling a special meeting of the convention, to occur on April 2, 2016 at the Stoney Creek Hotel (5291 Stoney Creek Ct., Johnston, IA) at approximately 12:00 PM (noon). The reason for this meeting is for the sole purpose of the convention to approve the Executive...
Baptist Convention of Iowa Transitioning to a Mobile Office
By Tim Lubinus, BCI Executive Director/Treasurer In order to better steward state convention ministry funds, focus on church planting, support churches, and reach our state for Christ, the Baptist Convention of Iowa (BCI) executive board recently approved the closure...
True Bible Baptist to host Priscilla Shirer live simulcast event
April 23,2016 True Bible Baptist Church 4101 Amherst Street Des Moines, IA 50313 (515) 243-8227 A continental breakfast will be served in the lower auditorium during the Media Loop time – 7:00 am-7:50 am. Lunch will not be served, but there will be a map of...
Thanks to Southern Baptists, IMB in ‘much healthier financial position’
By Julie McGowan RICHMOND, Va.—The International Mission Board expects to operate a balanced budget for 2017 due to its 2015-16 organizational reset processes and the generosity of Southern Baptists who have given sacrificially, IMB President David Platt told the...
Supporting Discipleship Teams
Teams need expectations, definition, communication and proper tools By Ed Stetzer One of the more common roles in a church is discipleship leader. Recently, as I was updating Planting Missional Churches for its next edition, Daniel Im and I listed discipleship...
God, America, and politics: 5 major issues facing genuine evangelical believers
By Ronnie Floyd God-talk is filling the campaign trails across America. The candidates and their public conversations about God range from comfortable to unfamiliar. Often, this results in confusion within the minds of Christian voters about whom they should support....
DR teams continue work amid Flint water crisis
by Roger Alford/Kentucky Today FLINT, Mich. (BP) -- Teams of Kentucky Baptists with expertise in providing clean drinking water to villagers in Third World countries are planning to head to Flint, Mich., next week to install water purification systems for Flint-area...
Reaching internationals at the Salt Company Ames
By Marco Del Rosario Rivera, Iowa State student with The Salt Company Ames I was sitting in the dining hall on our campus on a Friday when I checked my phone and saw that I had received an email from someone I didn’t know. Sarah Day, a leader in our church had...
