Decatur | Carmen Halsey-Menghini opened Priority 2026 Friday (April 24) with a challenge to women in churches across Illinois: step into people’s pain, see them as individuals, and use lived experience to bring hope where it is most needed. Speaking to the more than 600 women gathered at multiple sites across the state, Halsey-Menghini framed […]
State bills of interest to Illinois Baptists
A total of 11,623 pieces of legislation have been introduced into the 104th Illinois General Assembly (2025-26), which includes bills submitted this month. Only a fraction will be signed into law. In 2025, over 460 bills were passed and went into effect on January 1 of this year. Some rise to the top as of particular interest […]
IBDR wraps up Kankakee tornado response
Kankakee, IL | After 10 days on the ground in Kankakee, Illinois Baptist Disaster Relief (IBDR) volunteers have wrapped up their work following an EF3 tornado that struck the area March 10. Forty-three volunteers completed 36 jobs in the wake of the storm, which left a path of destruction and killed two people after crossing […]
Journey Church begins recovery as IBDR begins serving in Kankakee
Kankakee | Nearly a week after an EF3 tornado struck Journey Church of Kankakee County, Church Treasurer Rachel Thill said she feels, “God’s inexplicable peace about the situation. We shouldn’t have any peace, but we do.” The church, which lost two thirds of its roof and received significant structural damage from the March 10 tornado, […]
Campers on Mission lose two of their own
Farina | “We’re all just one big family” is how Karen Mowers, Illinois Campers on Mission (COM) Secretary, described the volunteer evangelism ministry. That family suffered a major blow when it lost two of its members to a tragic car accident just before a major spring planning meeting. James Rentfrow, 76, and his wife, Catherine, […]
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