A student camp week was moved from Lake Sallateeska Baptist Camp to Streator Baptist Camp during the week of July 19, after Covid-19 cases were reported following a summer camp at IBSA’s southern Illinois facility near Pinckneyville the previous week. A local association that partnered with IBSA for their camp had confirmed cases of the […]
SIU BSU reunion Sept. 23-24
Friends and classmates from the Baptist Student Union at Southern Illinois University will gather Sept. 23-24 for their 28th annual reunion. Canceled last year due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the reunion is an opportunity to celebrate the lasting impact of campus ministry. The gathering started informally 35 years ago when some of the former classmates […]
What would Jesus resolve?
There was a moment in the Southern Baptist Convention in Nashville that caught the attention of messengers in the hall and watchers online, not because of its verbal content, but for its optics, as they say. The presiding officer recognized microphone number three. A voice began his introduction, a pastor from Florida. When his image […]
‘Great Commission Baptists’ frequent refrain in Greear’s final message as SBC President
J.D. Greear’s unexpected three-year presidency was marked by significant challenges, including reports of sexual abuse in the SBC and tensions over race within the convention. Greear spoke about those issues in his final sermon to the Convention, but he was also able to point to some accomplishments. He charged that messengers not drop the ball […]
Baptists convene in Nashville
Executive Committee declines motion for expanded investigation Meeting in Nashville June 14, the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee voted not to consider a proposed motion for a separate task force and expanded investigation into its handling of sexual abuse in SBC churches. But messengers to the convention could consider action related to the investigation when […]
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