Springfield | The spring session of the Illinois General Assembly passed multiple bills that conflict with the biblical values of Illinois Baptists. Some were signed into law by Gov. J.B. Pritzker in late June: – HB 4834, the Prescription Monitoring Program, removed testosterone, estrogen, mifepristone and misoprostol from the Illinois Prescription Monitoring Program. The law […]
Illinois Disaster Relief operates multiple sites after record tornadoes
Jefferson County, IL | Bob Burton watched from the front porch of his Mount Vernon home as a large funnel cloud formed less than a half-mile away. Soon, reports would begin coming in of a tornado striking nearby towns on what had been a lazy Father’s Day afternoon. Minutes later, Burton, Salem South associational mission […]
Callout to Streator: Town hit, camp unharmed
Streator | Illinois Baptist Disaster Relief (IBDR) teams deployed to Streator and Washburn following two EF3 tornadoes that ripped through the north central Illinois communities on June 11. Streator Baptist Camp, which lies a few miles northwest of Streator was not impacted by the tornado. “Most of the work in Streator will involve debris removal,” […]
SBC: 11 resolutions address antisemitism, political violence, online worship, more
Orlando | Over the course of the two-day SBC Annual Meeting, messengers adopted a full slate of resolutions ranging from expressing appreciation for the host city to rejecting a societal surge in antisemitism. The 11 resolutions were released June 1 by the SBC Resolutions Committee to give messengers time to review them before the June […]
Pastor’s wife, EMT, trombone player—and a whole lot more
Decatur | Marian Blankenship knows how to tell a good story. And at age 92, she has a lot of good stories to tell. Still active, she teaches a Sunday school class and until recently played the trombone in her church’s praise band. Marian grew up in the central Illinois village of Heyworth, where her […]
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