How Southern Baptists fund missions
You hear a lot about the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering for International Missions, but did you know that the Cooperative Program is another essential way to send and support missionaries? Here’s why: The Lottie Moon offering funds more than half — 58 percent — of...
Send Relief – a flood of emotion
Ruby McElveen said life there would, "never be the same,” after a flood destroyed her Columbia, S.C., neighborhood. But now that Southern Baptist Disaster Relief teams have arrived to help clean up and rebuild, Ruby says, “it’s true, life will never be the same—it’ll...
Small Groups facilitate life transformation
A Big Deal about Small Groups By Chris McRae, BCI Discipleship Team Leader This is the third in a series of articles that examines reasons for the dynamism that takes place in the life and ministry of a church through small groups. When a church commits energy and...
The Believer and Civic Involvement
Our guest speaker, Dr. Russell Moore is stuck in Washington D.C. due to the blizzard conditions there. Because of this we have had to cancel this event. Every effort will be made to reschedule the event at a later date. We apologize for any inconvenience that this has...
Why give to the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering?
Why give? BECAUSE GOD DESERVES THE WORSHIP OF ALL PEOPLE! And we — who are redeemed and made new in Christ — are compelled to proclaim the gospel, the only hope for the billions who have never heard of Jesus. Simply put, your giving enables missionaries to be sent to...
THANKSGIVING: A healthy heart
By Vicki Heath CHARLESTON, S.C. (BP) -- Don’t you love it when science and medicine catch up with the Bible? Health- and exercise-conscious people have been saying for years there is a connection between a healthy body and a healthy spirit. Now there is clinical proof...
Church Starting Report, BCI Annual Meeting
by Tim Lubinus, BCI Executive Director We continue to regard church starting as a key strategy for reaching new Iowa communities for Christ. Normally the ingredients for a church start include a qualified church planter, a needy location, a sponsoring church, and...
The Salt Company Iowa City Fall Retreat
by Randyl Meyer-LaMaack, Coordinator, Veritas Church The Salt Company’s annual fall retreat took place at East Iowa Bible Camp October 16-18, 2015. The air was crisp and the leaves on the trees were just starting to turn as 227 students from Iowa City and Cedar...
God’s work in Iowa praised at the 20th Annual Meeting of the Baptist Convention of Iowa
by Jon “Ole” Olsen, Communications Coordinator God’s good work in Iowa was the highlight of the twentieth Annual Meeting of the Baptist Convention of Iowa which was held in Des Moines on November 7, 2015. Executive Director Dr. Tim Lubinus shared exciting news about...
Rafael Cruz challenges BCI Annual Meeting messengers and guests
Rafael B Cruz challenging the messengers and guests to get involved in returning America to the biblical and historical foundations that made this country exceptional at the 20th Annual Meeting of the Baptist Convention of Iowa on November 7th, 2015. Rafael Cruz is a...
