From the Executive Director
Why Our Convention’s New Strategy Is Sustainable
Sustainable: “able to last or continue for a long time” (Merriam-Webster) Our new strategy: Partnering with churches to discover and fulfill their next steps. The steps in this strategy: Clarify the next step; Collaborate for the most effective plan; Coach throughout implementation; Celebrate success! Quick note:
God Speaks, It Happens
One of my favorite Christmas hymns is Hark the Herald Angels Sing. We can debate if angels actually sang in the Bible (does it really say that?), but we certainly know that angels were the channel through whom God communicated to major characters in the Christmas account. Everything God
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Encouragement for SCBI’s Bi-vocational Pastors and Wives
Bi-vocational pastors make up the largest percentage of our pastors serving in Indiana. 83% of all Southern Baptist churches report a Sunday School attendance of fewer than 125, and most of these congregations have bi-vocational pastors (representing approximately 37,000 churches!). Other evangelical denominations report
Make 2022 the year of prayer
Happy New Year! That’s how it is supposed to go, right? Then the next thing we do is set out resolutions for our health, family, and work life. This is designed to help us achieve everything that we want for the new year. But
Around the State: Graceland Church Transitions to New Lead Pastor
Lead pastor changes are often stressful for a church, with drawn-out candidate searches and difficulty maintaining continuity of leadership and vision. But Graceland Church (New Albany) handled things a bit differently. Over the last eight months Lead Pastor Larry Riley has prepared to step
Highland Lakes names Sarah Wickersham new Event Planning Director
Highland Lakes Baptist Camp (HLBC) is pleased to announce that Sarah Wickersham is now the new HLBC Event Planning Director, effective immediately. Sarah will continue in her role as HLBC Office Manager, but will now oversee the coordination and planning of SCBI camps and
Order Your Annie Armstrong Easter Offering Resources Online from SCBI
The Annie Armstrong Easter Offering provides important financial resources for the North American Mission Board’s missionaries, church planting, disaster relief, and other ministries through Send Relief. To get the free resources for your church to promote this offering this Spring, we are now asking
Transformed Women’s Retreat 2022 – Together
Spring is right around the corner! It’s the perfect time to be renewed. This year’s Transformed women’s retreat theme is TOGETHER! Hebrews 10:24-25 says “And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, not giving up meeting
Missionaries with the International Mission Board
Dr. Matthew and Heather Hirt – former Associate Pastor at Bethel Baptist Church in North Vernon, Indiana and his wife – moved to Nigeria in June 2021 to serve as missionaries with the International Mission Board; Matthew is working as a professor at the Nigerian Baptist Theological Seminary to train and equip seminary students to fulfill the Great Commission.
Watch the video below for an update on their life overseas and the wonderful ways they are connecting with people and spreading God’s Word!
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