The 2025 Mission Illinois theme emphasizes the importance of Illinois Baptists engaging their home-state mission field. The offering and week of prayer, held annually each September, set a statewide goal of $350,000 which is used to invest in churches and leaders throughout the state, equipping them to meet needs and become missionaries to their own […]
Churches welcome new pastors
Jeremy Montgomery is the new pastor at Bethel Baptist Church in Bourbonnais. A recent graduate of New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary with a degree in Church Ministry and Biblical Studies, the Little Rock native has served in ministry positions for six years. He is married to Sara, a labor and delivery nurse originally from the […]
RA Pinewood Derby entertains all ages
Thomas Howard, age 11, from Casey was a competitor in the Royal Ambassadors (RA) Pinewood Derby race at the Southern Baptist Convention in Dallas, an annual race of hand crafted model cars sponsored by the Woman’s Missionary Union (WMU). At the SBC exhibit hall kids, SBC entity heads, and state WMU directors all battled it […]
SBC 2025: Back where we started
Dallas | Messengers to the 2025 Southern Baptist Convention Annual Meeting in Dallas June 10-11 arrived at the probability that motions from the floor on women and the pastorate, financial transparency, and the fate of the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission would dominate the discussion. In the business sessions, they did. But in the end, […]
‘Together’ in Ephesians: Priority platforms team teaching on unity
The “All-Illinois teaching team” rose to the challenge at the Priority Women’s Conference that so excited organizer Carmen Halsey-Menghini. This was the first year that she slated four keynote speakers all from Illinois. Some of these women were schooled in leadership through their engagement with Illinois Baptist Women. Others are products of SBC seminaries, Disaster […]
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