Eight people from Salem Baptist Church in Shelbyville, Kentucky, took a week-long missions trip in June to serve alongside Victory Baptist Church of Malad City, Idaho.
Focused on sharing the gospel, the group conducted a “beach reach” event at Bear Lake State Park, served Christian cowboys at a rodeo Bible camp, operated cattle shoots for team roping events at a rodeo and helped Victory Baptist with a community cookout in a city park, the Utah-Idaho Southern Baptist Convention reported.
Sarah Crowther spent part of her summer vacation from college exploring Porto, the second-largest city in Portugal, which has been described as “a vibrant European city [where] tradition fuels creativity.”
“Struggling associations need intervention from outside the association. Their director or strategist may easily burn out and need personal support,” writes George Bullard.
“Whatever the reason we are putting off a specific task, it likely comes down to a sense of being overwhelmed — that we aren’t sure where to start or we dread the actions required,” writes Jennifer Rash.
The IBSA student missions event, held annually in late July, provides middle and high school students one week of rotating service opportunities alongside Illinois Baptist church plants and Christ-centered non-profits in Chicago.
