Tag: john horn

This has been a challenging year for many of our Pastors, so during October’s Pastor Appreciation Month, we want to express gratitude for them in a variety of ways… First, we are encouraging our SCBI church leaders to do something special during Pastor Appreciation Month to honor the man of God who faithfully serves your […]

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Missions is the heartbeat of God and of who we are as Indiana Baptists! SCBI will offer its annual Missions Lifeline event on Saturday, August 21 (8:30 am-3:30 pm) at Calvary Baptist Church in Greenfield. It’s designed for Pastors, mission-minded church members and children. The purpose is to help your church continue to pursue reaching […]

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As your new Interim Team Leader for Church and Leader Development, I work a lot with church revitalization in our State.  One of the best books I’ve read on this subject in the last year is Reclaimed Church by Pastor Bill Henard.  He defines church revitalization as the spiritual “process by which the church learns […]

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There is some good news for the church from a February 2019 LifeWay Research study done for Exponential Resources[1] (a movement providing ideas and solutions for the accelerated multiplication of healthy, reproducing churches)! In their 2015 book, Becoming a Level 5IVE Multiplying Church[2], Exponential leaders Todd Wilson and Dave Ferguson identified five kinds of churches […]

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