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Report confirms misconduct by Zacharias

January 5, 2021 By Illinois Baptist Staff

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Late apologist’s ministry ‘heartbroken’ after investigation supports allegations Preliminary reports from an independent investigator indicate late evangelical leader Ravi Zacharias engaged in sexual misconduct, his ministry said in December. Zacharias, a renowned author and speaker, died in May 2020. After his death, Christianity Today reported three women who worked at day spas co-owned by Zacharias […]

Summit to focus on ministry post-COVID

January 4, 2021 By Illinois Baptist Staff

Registration is now open for IBSA’s premier leadership event. The Jan. 19-20 Illinois Leadership Summit will be offered online for the first time, and also at 18 satellite locations around the state. (Go to IBSA.org/ILS2021 for the list of locations.) Future Focus: Leading Your Church Beyond COVID-19 is the theme of the summit, which will […]

IBSA adds to Mobilization Team

December 31, 2020 By Illinois Baptist Staff

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Scott Harris will join the IBSA staff Jan. 1 as evangelism director and administrative director of mobilization. Harris and his wife, Teresa, will relocate to Springfield from Georgia, where he pastored Hopewell Baptist Church in Gainesville. Harris was mentored by Bobby Welch, developer of the F.A.I.T.H. evangelism strategy used in many Southern Baptist churches. IBSA’s […]

2021 Forecast: Hope for the year ahead

December 30, 2020 By Illinois Baptist Staff

Editor’s note: For the January 1 issue of the Illinois Baptist, pastors and leaders from IBSA shared their thoughts on the challenges and opportunities facing the church in 2021. You’ll see them here every Wednesday this month. Rayden Hollis, pastor, Red Hill Church, Edwardsville A recent “Thanksgiving Song” by musician Ben Rector sums up 2020 […]

COVID Christmas means new plans for churches

December 22, 2020 By Illinois Baptist Staff

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Amid COVID restrictions, church delivers ‘Christmas Eve in a box’ Harvest Church in Eugene, Ore., will hold an online-only Christmas Eve service this year due to surging COVID-19 cases. But the church is helping families and their neighbors worship together by delivering Christmas Eve in a box. Harvest handed out 200 boxes with candles, chocolates, […]

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Praying to satisfy a deeper hunger

Doug Munton

Editor’s note: Pastor Doug Munton posted this column on his website just as the first COVID-19 restrictions were implemented. Now, many months later, it seems an even more vital word as we contemplate life after the pandemic. Personal revival is a challenge in isolation; now our churches—and we ourselves—need a fresh wind of the Spirit […]

‘Sanctity’ beyond the unborn

Eric Reed

Ahead of each January issue, our editorial team asks, “How will we report on ‘sanctity’ this year?” The Sunday before the anniversary of the 1973 decision legalizing abortion in the United States is observed as Sanctity of Human Life on the SBC calendar. This year it falls on January 17. For many Southern Baptists, that […]

Start fresh with family worship

John Yi

Before my wife, Gloria, and I even married, we vowed to establish a rock-solid family tradition of daily devotions together. But after almost 25 years of marriage and building a family, we could count on a single hand the longest streak of consecutive days when every member had come together for family worship or devotions […]

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Are you weary? Run on.

Aubrey Krol

We set up a makeshift pulpit in our dining room. With the camera balanced on cardboard boxes and books, my husband preached while I served as executive producer—a role I gained overnight. Immediately after his sermon, I taught children’s church via video conference from a desk in our bedroom. I also held an open invitation […]

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Anne Graham Lotz to speak at Priority Women’s Conference

Eric Reed

Evangelist and teacher Anne Graham Lotz will be the keynote speaker at Priority, an annual conference of Illinois Baptist Women to be held at the Bank of Springfield Center in Springfield April 23-24. Lotz is the daughter of renown preacher Billy Graham, and the author of 19 books, including “Jesus in Me.” “Anne will help […]

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Food giveaways launch holiday season for Illinois Disaster Relief

Meredith Flynn

Just as the semitruck full of food pulled into the parking lot at Second Baptist Church in Granite City, the skies opened up, said Pastor Chris Sedabres. But even as the rain poured down, people came to the church to receive free groceries and supplies. And many of them stayed to help, Sedabres said. “We […]

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