Culture & Perspectives + Impact Downward Mobility I live in a neighborhood that, to the world outside it, is virtually invisible. Places like my neighborhood in East Dayton are almost never depicted in TV shows or in movies — if they are, they are represented as alien places into which the… Read On Published July 20, 2017
Culture & Perspectives + Impact My Neighbor, the Enemy “The colossal misunderstanding of our time is the assumption that insight will work with people who are unmotivated to change. Communication does not depend on syntax, or eloquence, or rhetoric, or articulation but on the emotional context in… Read On Published June 28, 2017
Profiles Missionary Pioneering Ministry into Her 10th Decade On May 20, 2017, BIC U.S. missionary Mim Stern celebrated her 90th birthday. Serving cross-culturally for more than 60 years, Mim continues doing incarnational ministry, ministering to — and living among — international students in Philadelphia… Read On Published June 20, 2017
Profiles Meet Silk W. In America, more than 70 percent of the population identify as Christian. In Thailand, however, less than 1 percent make the same claim. And it’s into this context that Silk W. has chosen to dedicate her life and ministry. Since 2009, Silk has… Read On Published October 26, 2016
Director of BIC U.S. Shared Services and CEO of the BIC Foundation to Retire We regret to announce that Rick Snyder — director of BIC U.S. shared services and CEO of the BIC Foundation — is retiring, the anticipated date for his departure later this summer. While sad to leave the BIC U.S… Read On Published June 20, 2017
National Director Agrees to Second Term Leading the BIC U.S. On behalf of the General Conference Board (GCB), Wanda Heise, chairperson, is pleased to announce that Alan Robinson, national director of the BIC U.S… Read On Published March 23, 2017
Donors Pledge $1.4 Million Matching Grant for Ministry Campaign We are thrilled to announce that donors (who wish to remain anonymous) have committed to giving $1.4 million in matching funds for the Honor the Past: Build the Future campaign. If matched dollar for dollar over the next three years, the pledge should eliminate the BIC Pension Fund deficit: the ministry campaign’s first goal… Read On Published March 22, 2017
