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Choose Joy Instead of Anxiety!

John Horn | May 05, 2022

The 1988 song by Bobby McFerrin won three Grammys. It was entitled, “Don’t Worry, Be Happy,” and it swept our country because we’re all struggling to overcome anxiety and experience true joy in life. Over the last two years, anxiety has become an even greater problem in our nation.  We all know the effects of […]

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Is Your Church Leadership Team in Alignment?

John Horn | Apr 07, 2022

It’s March Madness season in Indiana. In the current NCAA Men’s College Basketball Tournament, we’ve seen some highly ranked teams suffer defeat, while we’ve also seen some low-ranked teams like the St. Peter’s University Peacocks achieve great success. Why do some teams excel, and others underachieve? I agree with those leadership experts who say team […]

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Upcoming Opportunities

John Horn | Mar 09, 2022

Bi-vocational Pastors and Wives Retreat SCBI appreciates and cares about our bi-vocational pastors and their families. This year we will host our first Bi-vocational Pastors and Wives Retreat on March 25-26 at Highland Lakes Camp. The theme of the event will be “Encouraging Ministry Couples in Challenging Times,” and will feature Joe and Pennie Wright […]

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Assessing Your Current Reality

John Horn | Feb 03, 2022

On his second missionary journey in Acts 15:36ff, Paul revisited the churches he had planted on his first missionary trip to “see how they are” (v.36)—probably to assess their current reality–and for “strengthening the churches” (v.41) to guide them to God’s best next steps.  He was not only a great church planter but also a […]

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Encouragement for SCBI’s Bi-vocational Pastors and Wives

John Horn | Jan 10, 2022

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 similar percentages, and current trends indicate that we will see even […]

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John Horn named new Team Leader for Church Health

Alison Blankenship | Dec 15, 2021

The State Convention of Baptists in Indiana (SCBI) is excited to announce that John Horn will be the Team Leader for Church Health, effective January 1, 2022. The Executive Board held a special-called meeting on December 13, where they voted unanimously to elect Horn for this new role. “John is a proven leader for the […]

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Appeal for prayer – looking for great people.

Bob Weeks | Mar 08, 2021

On September 23, 1857, six people gathered to pray because of what they perceived as a spiritual decline in America.  The prayer meeting was organized by Jeremiah Lanphier, a business owner. Historians say this noon prayer gathering on Fulton Street in New York was the beginning of a movement of Prayer that swept the nation […]

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