Wide search leads to Illinoisan Carmi | After a year-long search for a new leader for Baptist Children’s Home and Family Services, the Board of Trustees elected a man with deep Illinois roots as Executive Director. Kevin Carrothers is well known to Illinois Baptists as a pastor, Associational Mission Strategist, and leader in the state […]
A first-time ministry to migrant workers is very fruitful
One of the migrant workers lingered for a few minutes after the meal. Juan Carlos wanted to talk with a pastor. “My hometown was attacked,” he said, holding out a cell phone. “My parents escaped,” the young man said in Spanish, “but my wife and children are trapped there, and my brothers are missing.” The […]
IBSA Annual Meeting and Pastors Conference videos now online
If you missed the November 1-3 IBSA Annual Meeting and Pastors Conference or simply wanted another opportunity to hear a speaker’s message, you can watch it anytime via video recordings available online. All Annual Meeting and Pastors Conference session videos have been posted to the 2022 IBSA Annual Meeting and Pastors Conference Vimeo site at […]
News Stories
Fall events build teen disciples
Hundreds of students gathered for discipleship events led by IBSA this fall. Youth Encounter (YE), IBSA’s annual one-day student event, featured a clear presentation of the gospel and practical evangelism training for teens. YE was staged at Tabernacle Baptist Church in Decatur and Cornerstone Church in Marion. “We really saw God move,” IBSA’s Kevin Jones said. […]
Chicago church hosts Lottie meeting
The Chicago Golden Light Chinese Baptist Church honored the pioneering work of Southern Baptist missionary Lottie Moon with an online conference reaching more than 1,000 churches and homes worldwide. The conference in late September recognized Moon’s contribution in catalyzing missions to China. Evan Liu, pastor of Chicago Golden Light and Asian Studies professor at Midwestern […]
Executive Committee presidential search team set to interview finalists
The team tasked with finding the new president and CEO of the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee has narrowed the field to seven candidates and is in the process of interviewing them, said search team chairman Adron Robinson. “We’re grateful for what the Lord has been doing,” Robinson, pastor of Hillcrest Baptist Church in Country […]
BCHFS employee sentenced
A former staff member of the Baptist Children’s Home and Family Services was sentenced to 22 years in prison Nov. 3 in White County Circuit Court. Daniel W. Lanning pled guilty to two counts of criminal sexual assault of a minor ages 13-17. He was arrested in April on four counts involving a teenager in […]
Encouraging Words
My weepy witness
I was horrified at the tears filling my eyes. It was the last day of Vacation Bible School at Chatham Baptist Church and I had stopped on our way out to thank my daughter’s teacher. But what I’d intended as a breezy thank-you turned awkward as I was hit with the full weight of my […]
Cloyd: Why a doctor’s warning still rings in my heart
My wife, Jeanette, has walked with a slight limp for as long as I have known her. She has had joint issues that required her to exercise caution when moving about. For years, some degree of numbness has been present in her hands and feet. Earlier attempts to identify and correct these matters were not […]