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Religious freedom protections inadequate in Respect for Marriage Act

December 9, 2022 By Illinois Baptist Staff

Even as the U.S. Congress was working out differences in versions of the Respect for Marriage Act (RMA) passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives, religious liberty advocates said the law to enshrine same-sex marriage was doing little to protect the rights of churches and institutions that hold a traditional, biblical view of […]

Chicago church hosts Lottie meeting

November 11, 2022 By Illinois Baptist Staff

Screenshot from an online meeting hosted by the Chicago Golden Light Chinese Baptist Church honoring the pioneering work of Southern Baptist missionary Lottie Moon.

The Chicago Golden Light Chinese Baptist Church honored the pioneering work of Southern Baptist missionary Lottie Moon with an online conference reaching more than 1,000 churches and homes worldwide. The conference in late September recognized Moon’s contribution in catalyzing missions to China. Evan Liu, pastor of Chicago Golden Light and Asian Studies professor at Midwestern […]

BCHFS employee sentenced

November 9, 2022 By Illinois Baptist Staff

A former staff member of the Baptist Children’s Home and Family Services was sentenced to 22 years in prison Nov. 3 in White County Circuit Court. Daniel W. Lanning pled guilty to two counts of criminal sexual assault of a minor ages 13-17. He was arrested in April on four counts involving a teenager in […]

Illinois aids hurricane recovery

October 26, 2022 By Illinois Baptist Staff

Southern Baptist Disaster Relief volunteers have prepared nearly 500,000 meals in response to Hurricane Ian since the storm made landfall in early October. (NAMB Photo)

Southern Baptist Disaster Relief volunteers prepared more than 700,000 meals in the first three weeks after Hurricane Ian slammed the Florida coastline with category 4 winds and water. With no electricity or potable water around Fort Myers, the situation grew desperate for people trapped there. And Southern Baptists responded quickly. Eleven churches immediately opened their […]

Annual Meeting Mission Project: Filling the buckets

October 11, 2022 By Illinois Baptist Staff

Buckets of Blessings

“Baptists like to collect things,” one missionary said, “because we’re good at it.” A special mission project leading up to the Annual Meeting will be an opportunity to prove it. Buckets of Blessings will provide special supplies and food items for four ministries dear to Illinois Baptists. “Often our churches desire to help, but are […]

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Meredith Flynn

Spectators or participants?

Meredith Flynn

My church is in a season of refocusing on prayer. Every Sunday before the sermon, we break into small groups and pray together. One of the goals of this emphasis, our pastor has said, is to move from being spectators of prayer to participants in it. Last season, the football team I have followed and […]

Nate Adams

Good new days

Nate Adams

We all have “good old days” in our lives. They may be the days when we felt most successful or appreciated, or when things were done the way we agreed with or liked, or when those we respected were in charge. Most of us have good old days in our churches too. Days when our […]

How we can speak to men in the abortion conversation

Justin Mullins

As a pastor, father and follower of Christ, I have often found myself with a heavy heart when I think and pray about abortion. I’m saddened. I’m sickened. I’m burdened for the life of preborn children who are precious in the sight of God. And I have a deep conviction that there’s more that I […]

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Study shows Hispanic churches are young, vibrant, and growing

Lifeway Research

A new survey of Hispanic churches shows their attenders are younger and more evangelistic than at other Protestant churches—and there are more of them in worship on any given Sunday. Together with two dozen other religious organizations, Lifeway Research polled 692 pastors of churches that are at least 50% Hispanic for the largest survey of […]

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Hunt sues SBC, EC and Guidepost

Brandon Porter, Baptist Press

Longtime pastor and former SBC President Johnny Hunt has filed suit against the SBC, the SBC Executive Committee (EC) and Guidepost Solutions. The suit seeks unspecified damages related to allegations of defamation and the invasion of privacy based on accusations made against Hunt in the 2022 Guidepost report stemming from an investigation into the alleged […]

SBC aids largest people displacement in history

Stetzer leaves Wheaton to lead Biola’s theology school

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Sallateeska baptism demonstrates SBC connections

Baptist Press

(Ed. Note—In our July issue, we reported that Illinois’s very own Sandy Wisdom-Martin told the story of her brother’s recent baptism during her WMU presentation at the Southern Baptist Convention meeting in Anaheim. We thought we you would appreciate this longer account that shows God’s fingerprints through multiple SBC connections. It’s too good to miss.) […]

A first-time ministry to migrant workers is very fruitful

FIRST-PERSON: A once-feared tribe now spreads the Gospel

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