“Seventy years was quite an honor for me—God has been so good!” Family, friends, and church members gathered Sunday, June 2, at Bunker Hill Baptist Church to honor J. Darrell Molen’s 70 years in ministry. “I met Darrell back in 1986 shortly after I began my first pastorate,” said Cliff Woodman, IBSA Zone 6 Consultant […]
New poll shows IVF split
As Southern Baptists were considering a resolution critical of in vitro fertilization (IVF), a new poll by Gallup was tallied that shows a split among American adults on the morality of the process which results in destruction of unimplanted embryos. Gallup found 82% said the process was “morally acceptable” while 10% said it was “morally […]
Pressler dead at 94
Retired Texas judge Paul Pressler, a key figure in the conservative resurgence within the Southern Baptist Convention beginning in the 1970s, died June 7 at age 94. Pressler was revered by many in the denomination for leading the charge, with W. A. Criswell and others, to establish inerrancy as a biblical doctrine in SBC seminaries, […]
Guatemala pastors line up for training
Brotherhood. This was the lesson being taught in Jalapa, Guatemala, said IBSA Mission Director Shannon Ford. Four Illinois Baptist pastors joined Ford in April for a weeklong trip to the Central American country. Practical ministry training for Guatemalan pastors was the goal, but Ford said the trip to sparked a renewed sense of the importance […]
Gardner retires
Joe Gardner, Associational Mission Strategist at Metro Peoria Baptist Association for 26 years, retired after serving for 44 years in ministry in May. Gardner has also served as an IBSA Zone Consultant for Region 5, which covers Metro Peoria and the Quad Cities area, since 2015. He and his wife, Becky, are planning to move […]
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