Making Every Child Welcome at Your Church
If your church is typical, at some point last December the front of the worship area was packed tight with kids acting out the Christmas story. Take a few seconds to envision the mass of wiggly excitement that stood before you on the dais. Try to remember how many of...
Unique Christmas production at Candeo
Throughout October and November, those who came to Candeo Church found themselves staring at an all-new worship scene. The stage changes a few times each year as different books of the bible are taught, but this new stage however, was drastically different. The big...
Some key events to highlight at the start of this year
By Tim Lubinus, BCI Executive Director/Treasurer You may recall that last spring we restructured our Executive Board schedule in order to conduct an annual review of our key BCI ministries. Each board member volunteered to be in one of three groups to review either 1)...
Transitioning to 2016
By Tim Lubinus, BCI Executive Director/Treasurer The heart of man plans his way, but the Lord establishes his steps (Proverbs 16:9) A new year’s holiday is a fitting time to both review our plans and acknowledge the One who establishes our steps. A deliberate planning...
Tired of the life he was living, Danny was ready for a change – The Salt Company Iowa City
By Shannon Ness, Salt Company Coordinator Danny was fully embracing the party scene at the University of Iowa. For the majority of his nights, he would stay out until three or four in the morning living an unhealthy lifestyle full of lying and cheating. He found...
2016 SBC Church Compensation Survey kicks off January 1
DALLAS — GuideStone Financial Resources, along with LifeWay Research and Baptist state conventions, will open the biennial SBC Church Compensation Survey in 2016. Ministers and church employees are invited to participate in the survey, a resource used by churches of...
January prayer focus: ‘In All Things Pray’
By Art Toalston NASHVILLE (BP) -- January is a distinctive month of prayer across the Southern Baptist Convention. It is a time when a readiness to pray can gain new traction in churches, large or small, urban or rural. Listed as the "Call to Prayer" on the SBC...
Campus ministry: Changing lives for a lifetime
by Rebecca Wolford NEWARK, Del. (BP) -- Ask Blake Hardcastle, director of the University of Delaware Baptist Student Ministry, for the best way to engage 22,000 college students with the Gospel, and his answer is clear -- reach them where they are, on campus. This...
5 Reflections in 2015 About Our Southern Baptist Convention
By Ronnie Floyd Serving as the President of the Southern Baptist Convention has been one of the greatest privileges and responsibilities in my life. I have now served for eighteen months in this role. In my final article in 2015 to our Southern Baptist Family, I want...
5 Facts about Lottie Moon
Every December for the past 127 years, Southern Baptist churches around the world collect millions of dollars for missions through the Lottie Moon Christmas offering. Here are five facts about the missionary Lottie Moon. 1. Charlotte Digges "Lottie" Moon was born in...
