One-in-ten IBSA churches is looking for a pastor. As populations shift away from smaller towns and the numbers responding to a call to ministry decline, it’s harder to find a pastor. And it often takes longer. “Who will go for us?” is not only a question from Isaiah’s time. It’s very real today. That’s why […]
Illinois Baptists welcome new AMSs and pastors
Bob Burton’s retirement was brief. Three months after his departure from the North American Mission Board (NAMB), Burton has been called as Associational Mission Strategist for Salem South Baptist Association. He succeeds Kevin Carrothers and will start work Sept. 1. Burton served with NAMB 21 years in various positions, often working with local Baptist associations […]
Precedents ‘piling up’
An Indianapolis Catholic High School was within its rights in dismissing a guidance counselor who was in a same-sex marriage, a federal appeals court ruled in July. The counselor, Michelle Fitzgerald, was a 14-year employee, but the school’s awareness of her relationship only happened a year ago. The court decided that her position was ministerial […]
MIO 2023: Each church healthy
With nearly 9 million people who do not have a personal relationship with Jesus, Illinois is a mission field. But this is not an unreached mission field. God has had missionaries in the fertile ground of the state for over 200 years. They planted churches here, first along the mighty rivers that served as pioneer […]
Court sides with Christian web designer
A High Court ruling preserving the right of a Christian web designer to refuse same-sex wedding business is “one of celebration and a milestone in the fight to preserve these precious freedoms,” retired judge Phil Ginn said. The 6-3 U.S. Supreme Court decision in favor of Lorie Smith, owner of Creative 303 in Colorado, was […]
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