As IBSA facilities plan phased reopening Springfield | IBSA camps are following the guidelines presented in the “Reopen Illinois” plan. When regions 2 and 5 are allowed to enter phase 3 (presumably in June), the camps will be opened to groups no more than 10 with special restrictions, though larger June camps have already been […]
Churches prepare to go back
One-third of pastors say they could hold services in May Barna reports 37% of U.S. pastors feel they’d be able to host a church service in their usual building or location this month. A larger share—46%—are looking at June to return after several weeks of social distancing due to the COVID-19 pandemic. And 16% say […]
IBSA publications honored
Two associations of Christian communicators announced their annual awards in April, including several honors for Illinois Baptist media. The Baptist Communicators Association (BCA) honored the Illinois Baptist newspaper with a first-place award for newspaper front page (designed by Kris Kell), as well as second place awards in newspaper design and the overall newspaper category. The […]
New missionaries celebrate Easter in hard-hit Madrid
In 2019, Caleb and Carina Beaty moved from Bloomington, Ill., to Madrid, Spain, to serve as missionaries with the International Mission Board. Below, Caleb describes how a song sung at their commissioning service last year still resonates today, as the family is confined to their apartment amid the Coronavirus pandemic: On June 11, 2019, my […]
Illinois Baptist, 99, back home after COVID-19
Jane Draper returned to her home April 8 after nearly spending two weeks in a Springfield hospital with COVID-19. The 99-year-old, a member of Pasfield Southern Baptist Church in Springfield, was greeted by around 20 family members and neighbors, the Springfield State Journal-Register reported. Draper made her return in a T-shirt that read “With God’s […]
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