The number of visitors to online Illinois Baptist media has more than doubled during the Illinois stay-at-home order, and in some cases, traffic has increased more than 500%. To accommodate the staff time needed to produce extra news reports and online resources for the local church’s Coronavirus response, the Illinois Baptist newspaper will adopt a […]
Monumental: Before we take up the cross, we should consider the cost.
Rounding the bend where I-57 meets I-70 at Effingham, there rises on the east side of the highway the largest cross you may ever have seen. In fact, it’s the largest cross in the United States. Bud Althoff wanted it to be so. The Effingham resident had seen a similar cross while passing through Groom, […]
Rural resurgence: Millennials are leaving the city
Millennials are leaving the cities and finding “home” in small towns and rural areas. That’s the latest trend reported by recent research. The young adults, born from 1981 to 1996, are no longer finding urban centers and metro areas attractive. Why? They’re looking for community and opportunity. 30,000 Millennials left metro areas in 2018, the […]
2020 national convention promises collision of ideas
The growing fractures underlying evangelicalism run beneath Southern Baptists as well. And in today’s political and cultural environment, they appear to be widening. If a task force appointed by the SBC Executive Committee to study actions of the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission is the flash point, then the Orlando Convention could witness the broader […]
When dads cry
In a recent IBSA chapel when Nate Adams told the story his son’s coming home after a season away from God, there were sniffles. When he invited others to share stories of their own children who had returned, there were tears. And as expected, from my back-row seat, I could see our dear friend Pat […]
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