From the Executive Office

A lot has happened since last month. As a people we are now living under a government ordered stay at home order. We have ceased to physically meet as the body of Christ. As I have seen many people post, “our idols have all been put on the shelf, our sports idols, entertainment idols, travel […]

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Churches helping churches and churches coming alongside churches. These are two key values that we work with at your State Convention office. The overarching goal of the Mile Markers 2025 Vision is that we would choose to cooperate together by churches helping churches. No matter which of the eight Markers you work on, we all […]

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This is the heartbeat of the “Mile Marker 2025” emphasis. How can we help each other for the sake of the gospel and His kingdom? There are many ways to do this (you can see the first four below). My prayer is that even though we have designated eight possible ways, that each believer, each […]

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By Dr. Steve McNeil August of 2018, the state convention Executive Board approved a seven-year plan to strengthen our churches, associations and state convention. During the 2019 year, we emphasized the first two components of this strategy, evangelism and revitalization. For 2020 we will be emphasizing equipping and the Cooperative Program. There are of course […]

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“It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year” is a popular Christmas song written in 1963 by Edward Pola and George Wyle. It was recorded and released that year by pop singer Andy Williams for his first Christmas album, The Andy Williams Christmas Album. Most Christmas specials, musicals and plays will have this wonderful song […]

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Do you ever find yourself having an “aha moment?” I had one during the State Convention this year. I was talking to one of our pastors and it hit me. Our SCBI family is 445 churches that have the opportunity to meet together one time each year.

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Convention Theme: Encourage Pastors – “Encourage each other daily” (Heb 3:13) The theme for this year’s SCBI convention is part of a three-year emphasis to remind us of our purpose which states, “The State Convention of Baptists in Indiana exists to, Exalt Jesus (2018), Encourage Pastors (2019) and to Equip Churches (2020).” We are all influenced […]

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By Steve McNeil The months of September and October are important to us as Southern Baptists. September is the month when our local associations begin having their annual meetings. It is the month that we as cooperating churches emphasize our work at churches around the state through the State Mission Offering (SMO) and many of […]

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By Dr. Steve McNeil The Lord has led me along an interesting path over the years. I was born into a Mormon family. This became my first spiritual, religious experience. In high school, the Lord saw fit to put me into experiences where this religious background was tested. Ultimately in my early 20’s that background […]

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The 2019 emphasis in our Mile Markers 2025 vision has been pointing us toward Evangelism and Revitalization. I mentioned last month that hardly a week goes by that I do not hear stories of people coming to Christ and following Him in believers’ baptism. We rejoice in those stories.

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