The Nominations Committee will soon draft a slate of candidates for at least 30 elected positions in IBSA leadership. Organizers emphasize the important role committee members play in IBSA. In addition to IBSA’s six committees, the Nominating Committee will recommend people to serve on the Association’s three boards: IBSA, the Baptist Foundation of Illinois (BFI), […]
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‘Tears and grief’: Iowa church gathers for prayer after deadly shooting
(Editor’s note: In March, a collegiate ministry group, The Salt Company, from Cornerstone Church traveled to Bloomington to help plant a church among Illinois State University students.) A church in Ames, Iowa, is grieving after a gunman fatally shot two female victims and then himself in the church parking lot Thursday night (June 2). “We’re […]
Sunday’s Coming: A pastoral response to the SBC abuse investigation
Within short time of the surprising and disappointing accounts released in the SBC’s investigation of handling abuse claims within the denomination, this question came up: What will I say on Sunday? Pastors are already fielding questions from friends and church members, people both outside and inside Southern Baptist life. Beyond the usual queries that follow […]
EC ‘secret’ abuse database released, some Illinois connections reported
The SBC Executive Committee (EC) leadership has released the secretly held database of abuse claims and convictions revealed in the Guidepost Solutions investigation of the EC’s handling of sexual abuse allegations in the denomination. There are 585 names on the list dating back to August 2008. “This list is being made public for the first […]
Banding together for Bibles
“Everyone agreed—it was worth the time and effort to make Bibles available to anyone who needed or wanted one,” Pastor Brian Fuller said. Fuller spent much of the 1980’s and 90’s as a Contemporary Christian music (CCM) artist. Now as pastor of First Baptist Church of Woodlawn, Fuller recently picked up a mic again for […]
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