CHRISTMAS: It changes everything
By Michael Duduit ANDERSON, S.C. (BP) -- It's that time of year again, when we put trees inside our houses, make strange egg-flavored drinks we'd never consume any other time of the year, and spend hours we don't have buying gifts we can't afford for people who will...
WMU Foundation Helping Syrian Refugees
by Caitlin Lea (BIRMINGHAM, Ala.) — Dec. 4, 2015 — The WMU Foundation is working with Arab Woman Today (AWT) to help Syrian refugees currently living in Jordan. The number of refugees fleeing to Jordan has significantly increased in recent weeks. The Jordanian...
New Research on the State of Discipleship
by Barna Group Two thousand years ago, Jesus approached twelve seemingly unsuspecting Galileans and bid them: “Come, follow me.” For the next three years, they walked alongside him as he discipled them. Toward the end of his earthly ministry, Jesus commissioned his...
Three ways Christians can be like Jesus amidst a more polarized culture
New data from Pew Research Center points to a growing ideological polarization in the U.S., and an opportunity for us to be like Jesus. By Ed Stetzer Pew Research Center published a new set of data from a recent study on Americans and religion. You may remember a...
CHRISTMAS: To receive is to give
By Dorothy Kelley Patterson FORT WORTH, Texas (BP) -- This poignant beatitude from the lips of Jesus is so typical of the Savior -- "... and remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that He himself said, 'It is more blessed to give than to receive'" (Acts 20:35). Though...
Give more than ever before to the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering for International Missions
By Ronnie Floyd Reaching the world for Christ is the vision and passion of our Southern Baptist Convention. Our grand task to present the gospel of Jesus Christ to every person in the world and make disciples of all the nations is what our Lottie Moon Christmas...
Dr. Russell Moore to speak at The Believer and Civic Involvement Conference January 25 & 26.
By Tim Lubinus, BCI Executive Director/Treasurer Nearly all of us in Iowa have been inundated with information on the various presidential candidates. For some, the gathering of election news is nearly addicting, others just want the whole thing to be over. Each of us...
A cup of hot chocolate leads to baptism at the Salt Company Iowa City
by Shannon Ness Coordinator, The Salt Company While going through a particularly rough situation, Carley met with Anna, a student from Salt Company for hot coco. During their time together, Carley realized that she was not living a life that glorified God and that she...
5 creative ways to give to IMB this year
by IMB staff Do you think giving through your church’s annual Lottie Moon Christmas Offering or the Cooperative Program is the only way you can support IMB? Think again — there are many ways to support IMB as it partners with churches to make disciples and multiply...
Platt: Why every Christian should say ‘I will’
by David Platt RICHMOND, Va. (BP) — Why should every Christian say to God, I will pray however You want me to pray, give whatever You want me to give, and go wherever and whenever You want me to go? Why should each person say, I will go to my neighbor, and I will go...
