By Lisa Hansler (Photos by Annie Marek-Barta) “Are you sitting down?” was the question I heard spoken over the phone by the doctor who had done my biopsy. The words that followed were ones…
By Nicole Kerr We thought we had moved past this season. After four and a half years, three miscarriages, multiple prescriptions, several trips to a specialist, and countless tears, we finally had…
By Kelley Mast The workplace can often feel like a cutthroat battlefield thinly veiled by Monday morning handshakes and grinning “how are ya’s.” How do we get ahead in that environment? How do…
Benjamin and Angie Sharkey did not set out in life to plant a church; that had never been their desire. But a few years ago they felt God leading them to do just…
In this episode of “Better Roads,” Randall converses with Luke Harden, a Des Moines Police Department detective, about the opportunities and challenges of serving in law enforcement today. Hear how Luke…
The purpose of Open Bible Churches’ Unity Commission is to lovingly encourage and assist Open Bible ministers and, by extension, churches to be sensitized to the continued reality of racial bias and discrimination. The Unity Commission desires to…
Members of Spirit of Life, an Open Bible church in Kearney, Nebraska, held a mortgage burning celebration on the church’s property Wednesday, September 30, 2020. The ministry of Spirit of Life traces its roots…
By Rich Kopp One of the great blessings of the Church Planters Academy of West Africa is the development of leaders who will not only fill the role we as outside missionaries fill in their countries but will also exceed our…
Por Lisa Hansler (Fotos por Annie Marek-Barta) «¿Está sentada?», fue la pregunta que escuché por teléfono del médico que me había hecho la biopsia. Las palabras a continuación fueron las que nunca esperé escuchar: «Tiene cáncer de mama y se ha propagado al menos a uno de sus ganglios…