God blessed our Pure in Heart Conference yesterday with about 200 men, women, and teens in the main sessions. Interweaving fascinating illustrations and his personal life story, Pastor Kell’s message will be a tremendous help and challenge to any believer. Because we as believers died with Christ and have His indwelling Spirit (Romans 6-8), we can say “no” to sin and yield the members of our bodies to glorify God. He also wisely advised parent about having a plan to protect their children ..read more

It is a joy that ABBA CARE, which began in Winchester, has opened a branch in Martinsburg to minister to mothers, babies, and families. They are an IBC-supported mission agency that upholds the sanctity of life and spreads the Gospel of Jesus Christ. For more information and for prayer requests, see their website at http://abbacare.org ..read more

IBC is looking forward to Guest Speaker Garrett Kell for our church-wide Pure in Heart Conference on Saturday morning, August 24. Today, Garrett is Lead Pastor at Del Ray Baptist Church in Alexandria VA and a nationally known author and speaker. Twenty years ago, Garrett was a VA Tech student from Berkeley Springs that God saved out of a sinful lifestyle. He and other newly born-again friends were used by God to bring many others to Christ in their hometown through meetings dubbed “Christ Nights ..read more

Happy New Year! The next two Sundays, I am excited to preach messages on God’s love for His church and the importance of church membership. It’s my burden that God’s people love and enjoy the church as He does. Last summer, the magazine of IFCA, International published an article that I wrote on the uniqueness of the Church. I am posting it here as a way of sharing my heart.  ..read more

Last week was a big week of service for IBC’s Impact Youth Ministry department under the leadership of Pastor John Rickman. A nice breakfast of Chik-fil-a breakfast minis, juices, Black Dog coffee, fruit, and granola bars was served to eleven different schools ..read more

Starting Easter Sunday and continuing into the future, our first worship service will start at 9:00 AM instead of 9:15. It’s only a 15-minute difference; but you might be surprised how much thought, discussion, and prayer went into this decision by our pastors, volunteers, and elders ..read more

Pray for our summer ministry outreaches coming up soon—June 12-16 Teen Week and July 9-13 Kids Week. And, pray as week in and week out the Gospel is shared through IBC’s weekly ministries and especially through our people who witness in their daily lives ..read more

Grief and joy often go together in the Christian life. “As sorrowful yet always rejoicing,” wrote Paul in 2 Corinthians 6:10. That is our experience as an IBC family this week, as we grieve but celebrate the homegoing of three long term members, Bill Shingleton on Monday, Mary Dugan of Wednesday, and Grace Hanshew today ..read more

The Apostle John describes a beautiful vision of what worship will look like in heaven, writing, “After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude that no one could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb…” Have you ever thought about how one of the “languages” represented in heaven will be American Sign Language? There will be people praising God with a loud voice in heaven who used to talk with their hands on earth ..read more

Today in both services, Marc Hagley, leader of our Pastor Prayer Partner Team, will invite men to consider joining this important ministry. I would not want to be a pastor without the prayers of the flock. I believe that my survival in ministry and certainly, any fruit from it, is due to people’s prayers. Thank you, all of you who pray ..read more