Two associations of Christian communicators announced their annual awards in April, including several honors for Illinois Baptist media. The Baptist Communicators Association (BCA) honored the Illinois Baptist newspaper with a first-place award for newspaper front page (designed by Kris Kell), as well as second place awards in newspaper design and the overall newspaper category. The […]
New missionaries celebrate Easter in hard-hit Madrid
In 2019, Caleb and Carina Beaty moved from Bloomington, Ill., to Madrid, Spain, to serve as missionaries with the International Mission Board. Below, Caleb describes how a song sung at their commissioning service last year still resonates today, as the family is confined to their apartment amid the Coronavirus pandemic: On June 11, 2019, my […]
Illinois Baptist, 99, back home after COVID-19
Jane Draper returned to her home April 8 after nearly spending two weeks in a Springfield hospital with COVID-19. The 99-year-old, a member of Pasfield Southern Baptist Church in Springfield, was greeted by around 20 family members and neighbors, the Springfield State Journal-Register reported. Draper made her return in a T-shirt that read “With God’s […]
IBSA cancels events through June
The Illinois Baptist State Association (IBSA) has canceled summer events requiring in-person participation through the month of June. This includes summer camps at Lake Sallateeska and Streator Baptist Camps, and the Super Summer leadership development week for students that was planned at Eastern Illinois University. “We love our summer camps and activities, in fact, our […]
IBSA pastor dies in Chicago area, wife hospitalized
Isaac Siprian, pastor of First Baptist Church of Elk Grove Village, died April 7. He and his wife, Petra, had previously tested positive for COVID-19, according to a report from the Fox Valley Baptist Association. Petra Siprian is still hospitalized but out of ICU, a family member said in an email update shared with IBSA. […]
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