Our purpose is to declare who God is to all nations
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...
Small Groups Aid Ongoing Growth
A Big Deal about Small Groups By Chris McRae, BCI Discipleship Team Leader Continuing this series of articles about the possibilities for church life with a well done Small Group ministry, the emphasis of focus today is the aspect of perseverance. No matter how many...
Beloved daughters worship together at the Salt Company Iowa City
by Randyl Meyer-LaMaack Coordinator, Veritas Church On a cold and rainy November night, over 50 young women from The Salt Company in Iowa City gathered together as sisters to seek the Lord through whole-hearted worship and to pour their souls out in prayer to an...
Five essential elements of Transformational Small Groups
Small groups are not automatically effective. It takes intentionality to make them accomplish their mission. By Ed Stetzer Transformational discipleship involves moving people from sitting in rows, where they are simply in proximity to one another, to sitting in...
Lottie Moon Christmas Offering: Because of Who He Is
God deserves the worship of all people, and the gospel is the only hope for the billions of people who have yet to hear. “Declare His glory among the nations, His wonderful works among all the peoples” Psalm 96:3 (HCSB). 2015 Lottie Moon Christmas Offering goal: $175...
2015 BCI Annual Meeting Presidential Address Video
Lloyd Eaken, 2015 BCI President and pastor of Fairview Baptist Church in Anamosa delivers the Presidential Address at the 2015 BCI Annual Meeting.
“God’s got it.” Retired couple grateful for help from SBC family.
by John Ambra Kathie Mansell needed a side dish to go with her meatloaf. Her father, a missionary pilot from Brazil, was in town and coming for dinner with a friend, but the newlywed college student didn’t have any other food on hand. It was then that she remembered...
Missionaries to Africa with Iowa roots encourage you to participate in the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering
Greetings fellow Iowans! We can now say, “We have planted our roots in Des Moines”. We are Jerry and Debbie McFerron. We have met some of you already and others we look forward to meeting, as God permits, in the years to come. Jerry’s roots are in Iowa and God...
Three reasons why big events are ineffective in most churches
By Thom S. Rainer Tens of thousands of churches will have events to celebrate the Christmas season. The events will range from simple Christmas Eve candlelight services to major musical productions. And most of them will fail their intended purpose. When I speak with...
What happened to evangelism in the Southern Baptist Convention?
By Ronnie Floyd What happened to evangelism in the Southern Baptist Convention? It was our commitment to evangelism in the past that set us apart from all other denominations. The events and experiences churches offered to their community were done with the specific...
