Converge Heartland Director of Church Planting Steve Krier challenges all of us to reignite the passion for gospel service in the hearts of our youth, inviting them to consider if God is calling them to ministry.

Converge is a movement that is relationally devoted to one another. These valuable relationships compel us to visit our church plants throughout the Heartland District. I am blessed to meet with the North Dakota planters throughout the year, and I also make an annual trek to see our other planters “Down South.” It is a joy for me to connect with them and hear about God’s kingdom work.

Church planting has been a part of the American fabric from the beginning of our nation. One of the first things settlers would do in a new land was to establish a place to worship and give thanks to the Lord.

Harvest Plains Church in Casselton, ND, reached a significant milestone by installing its first elders. Having local, biblically qualified elders is crucial to the sustainability and long-term health of a church.

Capital Campaigns are commonplace in churches for building projects and reducing debt. What you don’t see all that often is a church participating in a debt reduction campaign to invest their resources for Kingdom advancement outside of the four walls of their church. However, that is what Bethel Baptist Church in Brookings, SD, is doing.