From the Executive Office

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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It is a joy to hear on a regular basis from people all over the state of Indiana. What do I hear? This year hardly a week has gone by that someone has not told me about people trusting Jesus as savior and following Christ in believer’s baptism. Four at this church, two at that […]

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I am sitting right now in our beautiful Welcome Center at Highland Lakes Camp anticipating what God is going to do this week in the hearts and lives of ten SCBI pastors. Understand that we have been doing this pastors retreat called The High Impact Leader Lab (HILL) for the past five years. This is […]

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There are so many things that are spinning around us today – political issues, the Mueller report, sexual abuse in the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) headlines, announcements of SBC leadership positions being filled, just to name a few. However, as I write this today, I want to remind you that something much more important than […]

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The 2018 annual meeting of the State Convention of Baptists in Indiana was held at Highland Lakes Baptist Camp. We heard passionate sermons from our convention President Bruce Reynolds and from Alan Scott who presented the annual sermon. Both of these men shared their hearts for Indiana Baptists being all that God desires us to […]

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In the last issue of the Indiana Baptist Magazine, I talked about the shoulders that we stand on as we work to help Jesus build His church in Indiana. There have been great leaders across the board in our churches, our committees, teams and staff. We need to celebrate these lives and their commitment to […]

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