By Ed Gregory, BCI Field Staff for Eastern Iowa First Baptist Church of Dunkerton, Iowa is alive and church on the move again. Their pastor describes the Church as a well-established, vibrant church – on fire for the...
Read MoreWatch this video and find out what God has been doing among the churches of the Baptist Convention of Iowa, and what the BCI is doing to support our churches.
Read MoreBy John L. Shaull, BCI Field Staff for Western Iowa After nearly six years of church planting work in Iowa, including churches in Des Moines, Ottumwa and Fort Dodge; Arnaldo and Mabel Achucarro and their three children;...
Read MoreBy Ronnie W. Floyd From 1978-1983, 30.5% of churches in the Southern Baptist Convention were seeing at least a 10% increase in total membership over a five-year period of time. During this same time, 51.9% of our SBC churches...
Read MoreBy Mike Leake I still remember my white-knuckled pew grabbing. When I really wanted to go forward at service and give my life to Christ. Maybe it was a rededication—maybe it was coming to Christ for the first time. I don’t know,...
Read MoreBy Meredith Flynn In two out of three Southern Baptist congregations, fewer than 100 people gather for worship on Sunday morning. Megachurches may get more attention, but small churches are the backbone of the SBC, Frank...
Read MoreRyan and Rebecca Van Arkel, pastor and wife of Living Hope Community Church in Des Moines, with their four sons. Their newest addition, Cole Van Arkel, was born on 9/18/14. His brothers are, oldest to youngest, Gabe, Eben and...
Read MoreBy Dean Inserra It seems that everywhere we look in the pop Christian blogosphere, someone is talking about Millennials. The conversation is usually focused on what these Millennials want and how the local church can reach...
Read MoreBy Joe Carter Southern Baptists comprise a fellowship of nearly 16 million members in more than 45,000 churches in the United States and Canada. These churches work together through approximately 1,174 associations, 42 state...
Read Moreby Marc Ira Hooks VIENNA (BP) — One Southern Baptist pastor has found a renewed vision and passion for ministry through embracing one of Europe’s unengaged, unreached people groups. “This is more than an...
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