Most Tuesday nights this winter, our family heads across town to watch our 6-year-old play on her first-ever basketball team. With only a handful of games under her belt so far, it’s still unclear what Lucy’s specialty is on the court. Her hands are a little small yet to dribble easily, and the lowered hoop […]
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A ‘real’ welcome
Even before Ali* and his family escaped Afghanistan in August 2021, Brad and Leslie Lovin were planning a reunion with their friends. Ali had served as Brad’s translator for a year when he was deployed with the U.S. Army in 2011. Eventually the Muslim translator immigrated to the U.S. Last year, as Ali and his […]
Ministering to immigrants
Jared Pryer of Ten Mile Baptist Church once expressed to me a burden that God laid on his heart. He explained the overwhelming need of ministering to hundreds of migrant workers who would travel to Southern Illinois and work for three months, before heading back to their home countries. They would come, work, and go […]
Midwest advance
Late last year, Illinois Baptists celebrated the 50-year anniversary of relocating the IBSA staff and building to Springfield from Carbondale. It was a difficult decision at the time, to move further from where most of IBSA’s current churches were located, and toward the mostly unreached mission field of central and northern Illinois. But Illinois Baptists […]
Dreams lost, assurance found in tornado-ravaged Kentucky
(Editor’s note: Brent Cloyd made two trips to Kentucky after the December tornado that left 77 people dead, serving with the Disaster Relief team from Greater Wabash Baptist Association. There he found hurt, hope, and promises from God holding fast. He offered these reflections.) The churches of our association were generous in their efforts to […]
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