Marion | The needs of busy and discouraged pastors addressed in the Pastors Conference dovetailed with a new ministry emphasis introduced at the opening of the state convention’s 117th IBSA Annual Meeting November 8-9. “We believe that healthy pastors are needed for healthy churches,” IBSA Executive Director Nate Adams said to messengers at Cornerstone Church […]
Ten Mile Church to honor mission trip crash victim, praying for three injured
McLeansboro | A funeral is set for Friday, Nov. 17 in McLeansboro for Randy Stover, a retired contractor who was killed in a one-car crash Nov. 9 in Phoenix that involved a mission team from the Illinois church. Three others were seriously injured and remain hospitalized in Arizona pending more surgeries. A team of seven […]
Hamson named Bi-vo pastor of the year
Marion | Jeremy Hamson, pastor of Belle Rive Missionary Baptist Church, was named 2023 Bivocational Pastor of the Year at the IBSA Pastors Conference November 7. Hamson was selected by the state’s Associational Mission Strategists after nominations were received from local Baptist associations across Illinois. “Diamonds have four C’s,” Bob Burton, AMS of Salem South […]
Bombed Gaza hospital formerly ‘Baptist’
The Gaza City hospital that suffered a deadly blast Oct. 17 in the Israeli-Hamas war is formerly Southern Baptist, an International Mission Board (IMB) spokesperson confirmed to Baptist Press. Early Palestinian reports claimed Israeli Defense Forces were responsible for the blast causing 500 deaths. However, western intelligence sources reported the blast was caused by an […]
Headed to Marion
The IBSA Annual Meeting will be held at Cornerstone Church in Marion November 8-9. It will be preceded by the IBSA Pastors Conference, starting at 1 p.m. on November 7. Church health is the theme of the Thrive’23 meeting. IBSA Executive Director Nate Adams will also speak on the new “FOR the Pastor” emphasis, which […]
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