Marion | Have you ever had a PLUM party? Have you ever heard of a PLUM party? In the IBSA Annual Meeting’s Annual Sermon Josh Crisp, pastor of First Baptist Church in Bethalto, introduced what was an unfamiliar term to some but turned out to be a very familiar concept most. Crisp explained that in […]
Dilbeck: Ministry has eternal consequences
Marion | “Get focused and stay focused because your ministry has eternal consequences. You’re dealing with the souls of men and women,” Hance Dilbeck urged pastors attending the 2023 IBSA Annual Meeting. The President and CEO of Guidestone Financial Resources delivered the Wednesday evening message from passages in 1 Timothy chapters 3 and 4, “Paul […]
‘For the Pastor’ focus unveiled at Annual Meeting
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. “We believe that healthy pastors are needed for healthy churches,” IBSA Executive Director Nate Adams told messengers at Cornerstone Church in Marion November […]
Illinois loses giant in missions and ministry
Jack M. Shelby, 87, a giant in Illinois missions and ministry, died October 19, 2023. With his wife Avah, whom he married in 1959, Shelby served the former Foreign Mission Board, now International Mission Board (IMB), from 1968-1999 in Europe and Asia before returning home to Illinois, where he joined the Illinois Baptist State Association […]
‘But not here’: Illinois’ cry one year after Roe ended
“A new and vibrant culture of life is being established in our nation after decades of death caused by Roe v. Wade,” the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission’s Brent Leatherwood said at the one-year anniversary of overturning Roe in June. “That is worth celebrating.” Culture of life? In other states perhaps, but not here. Not […]
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