Tag: john horn

In 2001, Jimi and Carla Staton started New Life Fellowship Church with two other couples in Huntington, Indiana.  This young church had to move locations five times in the first ten years.  During their fifth year as a congregation, they opened a soup kitchen in the church basement. Now in 2023, the church has experienced […]

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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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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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This is the question raised by Pastor Bruce Miller in his book entitled, Your Church in Rhythm. Based on a study of the biblical words for time, “chronos” and “kairos,” as well as the principle of timeliness in Ecclesiastes 3:1-8, the author argues that church leaders shouldn’t search for an approach to ministry that is […]

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According to an August 2022 article from the Burmese American Community Institute, there are approximately 317,000 Burmese currently living in the United States: 40,000 in Indiana; 27,000 in Indianapolis (one of the largest Burmese populations in our nation); 10,000 in Fort Wayne; and others living in South Bend, Logansport, and Bloomington.  Southern Baptists have recognized […]

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On July 17, Iglesia Bautista en Oak Hill and Pastor Leonid Marsan celebrated their third anniversary as a church. The congregation began in July 2019 with 16 members, and now has an average attendance of 40.  In addition, the church offers a Bible Training Center to equip their leaders, and to train other Hispanic church […]

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In his June 27 article about “Making Campus Connections” in Outreach Magazine, Pastor David Worcester outlined seven key reasons for reaching college students in your State, and he spells it with the acrostic C.O.L.L.E.G.E… Crossroads—During their years in college, students are making major decisions in all areas of their lives. If someone is there to […]

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The 1988 song by Bobby McFerrin won three Grammys. It was entitled, “Don’t Worry, Be Happy,” and it swept our country because we’re all struggling to overcome anxiety and experience true joy in life. Over the last two years, anxiety has become an even greater problem in our nation.  We all know the effects of […]

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It’s March Madness season in Indiana. In the current NCAA Men’s College Basketball Tournament, we’ve seen some highly ranked teams suffer defeat, while we’ve also seen some low-ranked teams like the St. Peter’s University Peacocks achieve great success. Why do some teams excel, and others underachieve? I agree with those leadership experts who say team […]

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