Jim Shields | Feb 02, 2021
Greetings, one and all, from Highland Lakes—Your Camp and Conference Center! Last summer at Highland Lakes was…lonely. We missed all the excitement of students, counselors and pastors from across the state coming and experiencing ways to Discover, Develop and Deploy a Transformed Life in Christ; but…last year is BEHIND US, and we LOOK FORWARD to […]
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| Jan 07, 2021
In 2021, SCBI Women will be looking to take equipping to the next level by “partnering with churches to discover and fulfill their next step.” During this past year, we learned that we can reach women in new ways through technological methods and will be implementing some new strategies to help train women to develop their leadership abilities. We will see this approach in 3 primary ways this coming year.
Tags: Allison Kinion | Posted in Events, Featured, SCBI
Steve McNeil | Nov 05, 2020
The following brief comments are intended to let you know what is happening with your State Convention. I hope that you will take some time and view the videos that are available on our website to give you further information from your SCBI convention President, Executive Board Chairman, Executive Director, the staff team reports and […]
Jim Shields | Aug 04, 2020
Don’t worry, no strained attempts at poetry this time… So, here it is August, and the camp season that never began is officially over. Now we begin Retreat and Conference season! As of this writing (July 24), COVID is still very much a factor. The CDC and ISDH and the governor have continually readjusted and […]
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Bob Weeks | Jun 30, 2020
Now that the Covid-19 restrictions have been decreased, most of our SCBI churches have begun to meet in person once again. I heard it put this way, “We’re getting back to normal!” Sure, we can get back to normal – but should we?
Tags: Bob Weeks | Posted in Church & Leader Development, Featured
Bob Weeks | May 03, 2020
When I first heard that we were to ‘hunker down” due to COVID-19, I welcomed it. I thought it would be like a snow day, unplanned time to spend with my family. It comes unexpectedly and leaves quickly. Boy, was I wrong.
Posted in Church & Leader Development, Featured, May Newsletter, SCBI
Rick Hillard | Feb 04, 2020
Henry Martyn was a missionary to India and Persia in the early 1800s. He died of the plaque in the Tokat region of Turkey, but not before translating much of the Scriptures into the languages of several people groups. He once said, “The spirit of Christ is the spirit of missions. The nearer we get […]
Tags: Rick Hillard | Posted in Committed Cooperation, Featured
Bob Weeks | Jan 03, 2020
You have had them. Those moments when you recognize something monumental is taking place. It was just such a moment that took place around a table of pastors as they interacted with a question I posed to them. “What are we doing that is stopping our church from growing? If Jesus meant it when he said “I will build my church,” and I think He did, then is it possible we are doing things that are standing in the way of that?”
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| Dec 05, 2019
By Catherine Finch PENGLAI, China (BP) — The name, “Lottie Moon,” is known by Southern Baptists far and wide. From the Woman’s Missionary Union’s Lottie Moon Christmas Offering to movies, books and documentaries detailing her life of service, Lottie Moon is often hailed as a “missionary hero.” Lottie Moon’s legacy will now be preserved beyond […]
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Jim Shields | Nov 06, 2019
What an exciting time to be involved in all that is happening at your camp and conference center, Highland Lakes! The camp season is over (we saw an increase of 11 percent in attendance over last year!),
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