Nashville, Tenn. | A June 17, 2025 trial date has been set for Johnny Hunt’s defamation lawsuit against the Southern Baptist Convention. Hunt, a former SBC president and executive vice president of the North American Mission Board (NAMB) contends his reputation and earning capability were damaged by claims in a study on sexual abuse in […]
Historian Dillow remembered
Orland Park | Baptist pastor and historian Myron Dillow was honored posthumously at the IBSA Annual Meeting in November. He was the author of a definitive work on Illinois Baptist history, Harvesttime on the Prairie: 1796-1996. It recounted in detail the first 200 years of Baptist presence and missions in Illinois. “On a few occasions, […]
Newsmakers: Scott Foshie, ERLC Board Chair
Illinois’s own Scott Foshie was elected board chair of the SBC’s Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission in September. He was tapped after the previous chair, Kevin Smith, resigned. Smith had tried to dismiss ERLC President and CEO Brent Leatherwood. Smith had operated without board approval, and a clarifying announcement to that effect was issued the […]
IBSA Annual Meeting: New IBSA churches
Multiple churches have expressed their desire to unite with the Illinois Baptist State Association. Their leaders have completed paperwork to become “cooperating churches” and have provided information to the IBSA Credentials Committee on their congregation, including their adherence to the Baptist Faith and Message, planned financial support for Cooperative Program, and evidence of democratic processes […]
Book of Reports now online
The digital version of the 2024 IBSA Book of Reports is available online for review in advance of the November 12-13 Annual Meeting at Ashburn Baptist Church in Orland Park. It contains the Constitution Committee Report with changes up for their first and second readings, resolutions brought by the Resolutions and Christian Life Committee, plus […]