By Thom S. Rainer If you have an aversion to numbers, you may want to skip this post. I understand. There have been too many church leaders who see numerical realities as a goal. Numbers thus can become the end instead of the...
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Read Moreby Pastor Jack Owens In the Spring of 2014, as the leadership of Cornerstone of Ames considered the people involved in our church, we discovered that there had been well over 100 people who had attended our church from Boone at...
Read MoreBy Tim Lubinus, BCI Executive Director/Treasurer The focus of the 2015 Iowa Mission Offering (William & Garlinda Hyde Iowa Missions Offering) will focus on reaching the Next Generation of Iowans for Christ. This year our...
Read MoreBy Tim Lubinus, BCI Executive Director/Treasurer For the twelve-month period ending June 30, 2015, BCI churches gave nineteen percent more than the twelve-month period ending June 30, 2014. We boldly increased our funding for...
Read MoreDALLAS — More than 600 churches across the Southern Baptist Convention are making use of a GuideStone program that can help their pastors as they plan for retirement. The Mission/Church Assistance Fund provides up to $3,000 in...
Read Moreby John Shaull, BCI Pastor / Church Support Staff Heartland Baptist Chapel in Ida Grove commemorated 24 years of ministry in the Ida Grove Community. Those still involved in ministry at Heartland at the time of its closing were...
Read Moreby Karen L. Willoughby WOODVILLE, Miss. (BP) — Faced with unanticipated dangers at home and abroad, Christians can find “true safety” in serving the Lord, pastor Rob Muncy told the Mississippi congregation he leads a week...
Read MoreBy Thom S. Rainer My five-year old grandson asked me how old I was. When I told him I would turn 60 in a few weeks, he responded: “I didn’t realize people got that old.” Indeed, in 60 years, like any of us who have lived a few...
Read Moreby Karen L. Willoughby and Bonnie Pritchett COLUMBUS, Ohio (BP) — David Platt of the International Mission Board and Kevin Ezell of the North American Mission Board addressed during a panel discussion the future of...
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