From the Executive Office

The SCBI wants to set the environment for every church to be active in missions in our state and globally.  We need to fuel the IMB pipeline with more missionary candidates, and we need to actively reach people in our state and beyond with the gospel of Jesus Christ.  The Hoosier Heartbeat for Missions is […]

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We all desire and long for Revelation 7:9-10: “After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude that no one could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands, and crying out with a […]

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Early this year, the Administrative Committee of our Executive Board agreed to contract with The Useful Group to lead a rebranding project for our state convention. It is finished and will be revealed on Monday, July 11. You’ll see a new logo but there is so much more that goes into a rebranding effort like […]

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Here’s the hopeful big news:  The SCBI will enter children’s services by licensing families to foster and adopt children.  A lot of moving pieces have to come together to make that happen. But we’re moving them. I’ve shared my desire with our Executive Board, and while no official decisions have been made yet, there seems […]

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Quick note: Over the last few months, I have been explaining various parts of our new strategy in these Indiana Baptist articles. The first article in this series appeared a few months ago. Additionally, we’ll make a concerted effort when it is fully developed to go around the state and explain it to our churches […]

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Quick note: Over the last few months, I have been explaining various parts of our new strategy in these Indiana Baptist articles. The first article in this series appeared a few months ago. Additionally, we’ll make a concerted effort when it is fully developed to go around the state and explain it to our churches […]

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Quick note: Over the next few months, I will be explaining various parts of our new strategy in these Indiana Baptist articles. The first article in this series appeared in January. The second appeared in February. Additionally, we’ll make a concerted effort when it is fully developed to go around the state and explain it […]

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Quick note: Over the next few months, I will be explaining various parts of our new strategy in these Indiana Baptist articles. The first article in this series appeared last month. Additionally, we’ll make a concerted effort when it is fully developed to go around the state and explain it to our churches for clarity. […]

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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: Over the next few months, I will be explaining […]

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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 said to Zechariah, Joseph, Mary, and […]

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