It was a sea of yellow shirts at the funeral for Wayne Laechelt as Illinois Baptist Disaster Relief (IBDR) volunteers gathered at Crosspointe Church in Oswego to honor their friend May 20. Laechelt, 67, died tragically when a tree that he and a co-worker were removing from the property at Streator Baptist Camp fell on […]
Tragic accident claims life of Disaster Relief volunteer
An Illinois Baptist Disaster Relief (IBDR) volunteer working at Streator Baptist Camp Tuesday, May 9, was killed when a tree he was cutting down fell on him. Wayne Laechelt of Sugar Grove was working with a fellow IBDR volunteer to cut the tree when it fell across his path. Laechelt was treated on the scene […]
SBC 2023: Messengers could plot a different course in New Orleans
Planners for the 2023 Southern Baptist Convention expected this would be among the better attended annual meetings in the past decade. With 15,726 messengers registered in Nashville in 2021 and 8,133 messengers in Anaheim in 2022, organizers chose to move the convention from Charlotte, North Carolina to New Orleans which offered more meeting space and […]
Preaching after suicide
The call about Bill’s death came as a surprise. A year or so after his wife died, Bill seemed to be doing well, publicly, at least. He talked a little about how quiet his house was and how much he missed his wife of more than 50 years, even though their last decade was mostly […]
Disaster Relief called out after Illinois tornadoes
As 57 tornadoes raked across the nation’s midsection on Friday, March 31, Illinois Baptist Disaster Relief (IBDR) readied for callout to assist possible victims. Then as the sun rose Saturday and damage assessments began in central and southern Illinois, IBDR notified its 400 trained volunteers that they will be called to Robinson on the southern […]
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