A nurse won her case against Winnebago County after being forced out of her job for refusing to refer women to abortion facilities or to provide abortifacients due to her religious beliefs. Pediatric Nurse Sandra Rojas served 18 years with the Winnebago County Health Department before the county adopted a requirement that nurses “undergo training […]
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Illinois bills to watch
HB 5162: In 2015, Gov. Bruce Rauner signed into law a bill that banned the use of conversion therapy with LGBT minors by all licensed mental health providers. Clergy were exempted from the law. Now House Bill 5162 has been introduced which would prohibit any institution—public, religious, non-profit—where conversion therapy takes place from receiving public […]
Illinoisan on new EC search team
Chicago area pastor Adron Robinson will repeat as a member of the search team charged with finding the next head of the SBC Executive Committee. Robinson was among seven people elected at the Feb. 22 EC board meeting. EC Chair Rolland Slade is the only other person on the search team who also served during […]
Jackson honored for 35 years at IBSA
An IBSA staff member celebrated 35 years at the Association in January. Kendra Lynch Jackson joined the staff January 5, 1987, not long after graduating from high school. She began her career as part-time afternoon receptionist. After working two years in that position, she was promoted to the role of ministry assistant in the financial […]
Litton eyes Anaheim with reconciliation on agenda
Southern Baptist Convention President Ed Litton has his eyes on Anaheim and his mind on racial reconciliation. The southern California city is best known as the home of Disneyland, but it will also be the site of the SBC Annual Meeting June 12-15, 2022. Litton is planning to address what he called “the stains” on […]
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