Profiles

Q&A: Gloria Wolfe, BIC Leader and Chaplain of Roller Derby Team

We’re privileged to welcome Gloria Wolfe, chaplain of the Dirt Road Dears, with us today. Gloria has led ministry for more than 20 years at Jemison Valley Church, Westfield, Pennsylvania, with her husband, Gary, who now leads there as shepherding pastor…

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Engaging Islam, On Its Own Terms

Apologetics course through Jay Smith’s veins. His theological lineage includes Francis Schaeffer. The theologian discipled Jay’s missionary parents, who, in turn, discipled Ravi Zacharias, the globally renowned, Indian-born Christian apologist. But rhetoric, he argues, is also in the DNA of India…

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Pastor Profile: Luke Embree

Hitchhiking across the United States at 18, Luke posed a question to the Creator of the universe. He had been about to head West on Route 50 — the highway slicing America’s midsection — when he’d been struck by the majesty of the Appalachian Mountains…

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The Pastor of the Future? Exploring Bivocational Ministry in the BIC

When I finally get through to Jose Acosta, he is shopping at Lowe’s. “Is this still an OK time to talk?” “Sure,” Jose — a general contractor — responds. “I’m just trying to find a door for a home I’m working on.” I quickly discover Jose is adept at multitasking…

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Conversation with Co-Pastoral Team: Dave Fulmer and Todd Harmon

Today, we’d like to introduce you to Dave Fulmer and Todd Harmon, two friends who began co-pastoring Summit View BIC Church, New Holland, Pennsylvania, in 2018. “Todd and Dave have been incredible in building a culture based on their joint vision for the church: all of life in and with Jesus…

News

Update: Cyclone Idai Relief in Mozambique, Malawi

Thank you for your prayers and financial support for our brothers and sisters suffering from the devastation of Cyclone Idai. The cyclone — which struck Southeast Africa in March — is the second most calamitous storm in that region on record…

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Fourth-Generation Farmer to Deploy to Southern Africa

In Central Kansas, the name Bathurst is synonymous with excellence in farming. Estol Bathurst hails from a farming dynasty, his great-grandfather having arrived in Abilene, Kansas, in the late 1800s to establish a general store, partially supplying it through farming his own land…

Resources

Leaning into the Restlessness of Good Friday

The women who had come with him from Galilee followed, and they saw the tomb and how his body was laid. Luke 23:55, NRSV Good Friday can be a confusing space for a people oriented toward redemption. We are tempted to pay quick tribute to Good Friday only as a necessary stepping stone to Easter…

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Grace Holland: Legacy of Prayer

Each week for almost 20 years, Grace Holland has encouraged the BIC community in prayer. As author of two prayer publications influencing the life of the denomination — the Prayer Focus and the Cutting Edge — Grace…

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Conversation with C.F.: Moving to the Center of Arab America

We’d like to introduce you to C.F.*, a participant in our Missionary Development Program! This summer, she will be moving to the Detroit suburb of Dearborn, Michigan, to learn Arabic in the city with the highest concentration of Arab Americans in the United States…

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Hold the Desserts: A Lenten Reflection

46 days. 1,104 hours. 66,240 minutes. 397,4400 seconds. This is how long I am fasting from desserts and sweets. The fast began on Wednesday — Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent. Lent is observed in many Christian traditions over the course of the six weeks leading up to Easter…

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Hope for a Relationship with a Sex Addict

Just this week, a couple of Christian guys told me about being found out while “watching porn.” The reason I heard about it was not that they felt bad about doing it. But because they got an email the next day saying that they had been filmed through the porn site…