Southern Baptist Disaster Relief volunteers prepared more than 700,000 meals in the first three weeks after Hurricane Ian slammed the Florida coastline with category 4 winds and water. With no electricity or potable water around Fort Myers, the situation grew desperate for people trapped there. And Southern Baptists responded quickly. Eleven churches immediately opened their […]
Annual Meeting Mission Project: Filling the buckets
“Baptists like to collect things,” one missionary said, “because we’re good at it.” A special mission project leading up to the Annual Meeting will be an opportunity to prove it. Buckets of Blessings will provide special supplies and food items for four ministries dear to Illinois Baptists. “Often our churches desire to help, but are […]
Pastors Conference promises joy
Just a few minutes in Belafae Johnson’s presence is an encounter with joy. The church planter from Mascoutah is excited about his church in the Metro East community. He finds joy in the work of the pastor. And he wants his brothers in ministry to have the same opportunity. “I’m truly excited about having the […]
What really connects us
Standing outside a replica of an 1920s era filling station near the State Fairgrounds in Springfield, Nate Adams muses on the Mother Road that connected Illinoisans for most of the previous century. “Route 66 carried westbound travelers from Chicago all the way to California,” he said. “You can still find historic sites and nostalgia all […]
Ex-pastor sentenced on grooming charge
Former pastor Joseph M. Krol was sentenced to 24 months probation in Macon County Court Friday, Sept. 30 after he pled guilty to a single charge of grooming a minor. Three other charges brought at the time of his arrest were dropped. Krol, 38, was arrested Oct. 15, 2021, at his home in Dawson after […]
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