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BF&M Article II: An expansive, yet precise view of God

March 11, 2025 By Illinois Baptist Staff

BF&M 2000

The Baptist Faith & Message has always expressed our belief that God is three-in-one. But the brief five lines found in Article II of the 1925 BF&M gave only the most basic explanation of the Three. Attributes and activities of each were sprinkled throughout the other 24 articles (now condensed to 18). But beginning with […]

Update: MIO sees new participants, but comes up short of goal

March 4, 2025 By Illinois Baptist Staff

Mission Illinois Offering

Across Illinois | Receipts for the 2024 Mission Illinois Offering (MIO) totaled $307,486.41, below the goal of $350,000, and 6.8% below the 2023 total. The annual offering, collected by churches throughout the state each September, provides a financial boost for missions and ministry here in Illinois. A total of 312 churches submitted MIO giving with […]

‘Bubble zone’ removed, Court declines to hear challenge

February 27, 2025 By Illinois Baptist Staff

Pregnancy ultrasound

The city of Carbondale repealed a law forbidding pro-life advocates within 100 feet of abortion clinics in late February. At the same time, the U.S. Supreme court declined to hear a challenge to the law brought by Coalition Life which could have clarified the issue nationally. In a dissent, Justice Clarence Thomas regretted the lost […]

Nate Adams announces retirement plans

February 27, 2025 By Illinois Baptist Staff

Nate Adams

Springfield | During the February 24-25 meetings of IBSA Board Committees, Executive Director Nate Adams shared with Board leadership his desire to begin working with the full Board on a timeline for retirement as Executive Director. Adams has served IBSA since March 2006. Adams said that during past discussions, Board leadership had asked for at […]

SBC: Illinoisans to take on roles at Dallas annual meeting

February 25, 2025 By Illinois Baptist Staff

SBC25 Dallas

Nashville, Tenn. | Four Illinoisans have been nominated for posts in Southern Baptist leadership ahead of the 2025 annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention. SBC President Clint Pressley has named Jacksonville native Andrew Walker to chair the Resolutions Committee. He will guide preparation of the denomination’s statements about theology and culture for presentation to […]

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SBC25 Dallas

7 BOLOs for the Dallas Convention

Eric Reed

If the Southern Baptist Convention meeting in Dallas June 10-11 proves to be a rowdy rodeo, we will “be on the lookout” for these issues. 1. The long arm of the Law Amendment. The open letter to SBC churches on a method to resurrect the Law Amendment virtually guarantees that someone will try it. Asked […]

Nate Adams

Between summits

Nate Adams

Those who know me or who have been reading this column for a while know that I am on a bit of a quest to climb as many of Colorado’s 14,000-foot mountains as possible. My oldest son, Caleb, and I have summited 37 “fourteeners” together, some with other family members. My wife, Beth, would be […]

Turning volunteers’ no’s into enthusiastic yes’s

Daniel Kim

In the third week of my internship, I was assigned to tear down chairs and tables after an event in our gym. Coming from a smaller church, I assumed I could handle it on my own—until I saw eight tables and 150 chairs that needed to be cleared. After three grueling hours, one thought kept […]

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SBC 2025: Back where we started

Illinois Baptist Staff

Dallas | Messengers to the 2025 Southern Baptist Convention Annual Meeting in Dallas June 10-11 arrived at the probability that motions from the floor on women and the pastorate, financial transparency, and the fate of the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission would dominate the discussion. In the business sessions, they did. But in the end, […]

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Pressley reelected

SBC: New and familiar faces elected

Lisa Misner

Dallas | Clint Pressley was reelected to a second one-year term as president of the Southern Baptist Convention on the first day of the Annual Meeting in Dallas June 10. And his new first vice president is an evangelist familiar to many because of triumph over significant disabilities. One candidate elected without opposition was presented […]

Jennifer Lyell dies after brief illness

HLGU opposes mandate

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Mission

“While we have not yet arrived at the destination we envision, I believe we are clearly headed in the right direction,” said IMB President Paul Chitwood to trustees in the May 22 plenary session. IMB Photo

IMB trustees appoint new missionaries, elect first woman chair

Leslie Caldwell

Richmond | International Mission Board trustees approved 65 fully funded missionaries for appointment during their May 21-22 meeting near Richmond, Virginia. The missionaries approved for appointment will be recognized during a Sending Celebration on Tuesday, June 10, at 10:08 a.m. CDT in conjunction with the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting in Dallas. The event will […]

Metro East church plant hosts multiplication meeting

Sallateeska baptism demonstrates SBC connections

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