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During the weekend of Friday October 21st through Sunday October 23rd, members of Launch Campus Ministry at Purdue University were blessed with the opportunity to attend our annual Fall Retreat at Highland Lake Baptist Camp. Under the Direction of Will & Risha Evans, Launch members were given the chance to study together, pray, and bond […]

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Twenty Indiana University (IUS) Christian Student Fellowship (CSF) students spent their fall break attending the Fall Retreat at Mt. St. Francis on October 17-18, 2022. The overall CSF theme of 2022-23 is “GO” based on Acts 1:8. The retreat was entitled “GO WITH THE GOSPEL” with an overall theme of evangelism. Campus Ministers Chris and […]

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The Baptist Foundation of Indiana exists to support the work of the churches of our State Convention.  What better way to stand alongside our churches than to encourage and elevate the training of her pastors? You might think that the Foundation uses OUR money to give scholarships.  That would be wrong.  BFI has no money […]

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SCBI appreciates and cares about our bi-vocational pastors and their families!  This year we will host our second annual Bi-vocational Pastors and Wives Retreat on March 24-25 at Highland Lakes Camp.  The theme of the event will be “Encouraged and Strengthened for the Mission.”  Our guest speakers will be Terry and Kelly Thompson. Terry served […]

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Studying your community demographics is a good way to understand what’s happening in your community, what the needs are, and how you can minister to them to share the Gospel.  SCBI has new free Missioninsite demographics available now for our churches! To request your community demographics, determine the address site that you want to study […]

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Bill and Mildred lived in a small two-bedroom home that was built sometime in the early 1950’s. It was surrounded by overflowing flower boxes filled with bright blooms that somehow drew attention that the house could use some paint and a bit of repair. They had a yard sale. Not just a once or twice-a-year […]

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John Horn’s interview with Rose Bear from First Southern Baptist Church, Terre Haute John: How did God lead you to get involved with international students and refugee ministries? Rose: When I first came to Terre Haute I started a program with the help of our church to minister to the wives of international students at […]

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“Today is a new day for Indiana Baptist!”, says Butch Porter, the new State Director of Indiana Disaster Relief.  This sentiment is being echoed throughout our state as God begins to bring renewed energy and excitement to various ministries within the State Convention of Baptists in Indiana (SCBI). One of those ministries experiencing revitalization is […]

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In the words of the great theologian Robert Allen Zimmerman,[1] “The Times, They Are a-Changin’.” Of course, that is nothing new. The times have always been a-changin’. However, in today’s world, the changes are coming at a rate of speed never before experienced. Today we see change coming at the speed of, well, the internet. […]

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It is that time of year…. the seasons are changing, the leaves are changing/have changed, the air is brisk and begins to make you thankful to have a Highland Lakes sweatshirt on (available as a wonderful Christmas gift…but that’s another season yet to come). There are so many things to be thankful for; and it is “good to give thanks to the Lord.”

Your team at Highland Lakes is thankful for the opportunity that the Lord gives us to provide a resource that helps others discover, develop, and deploy a transformed life in Christ. But you already knew that. We are thankful to see His “faithful love in the morning and (His) faithfulness at night.” And…we are thankful that Rick Porter does not know how to play the ten-stringed harp or lyre.

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