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Missionary shares how you can pray for Ukraine

March 4, 2022 By Lisa Misner

Missionary shares how you can pray for Ukraine

Updated March 9, 2022 Many are watching the news coming out of Ukraine in horror and wondering how they can help those living in a war zone and others who’ve become refugees. Joy*, an International Mission Board missionary to Ukraine, has shared a list of prayer requests explaining how you and your church can pray […]

100-day rooftop campout extended indefinitely

February 28, 2022 By Lisa Misner

Pastor Corey Brooks

“’I can’t come down,’ not until I get the word from God to leave my post up here.” After 100 days of camping on the roof of a replica of the new community center his church is helping to build on Chicago’s south side, Corey Brooks found himself echoing the words of Nehemiah who worked […]

Illinois bills to watch 

February 28, 2022 By Lisa Misner

Illinois state flag

HB 5162: In 2015, Gov. Bruce Rauner signed into law a bill that banned the use of conversion therapy with LGBT minors by all licensed mental health providers. Clergy were exempted from the law. Now House Bill 5162 has been introduced which would prohibit any institution—public, religious, non-profit—where conversion therapy takes place from receiving public […]

Jackson honored for 35 years at IBSA

February 7, 2022 By Lisa Misner

Kendra Jackson celebrates 35 years at IBSA.

An IBSA staff member celebrated 35 years at the Association in January. Kendra Lynch Jackson joined the staff January 5, 1987, not long after graduating from high school. She began her career as part-time afternoon receptionist. After working two years in that position, she was promoted to the role of ministry assistant in the financial […]

What will happen if the Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade?

January 12, 2022 By Lisa Misner

“We cannot change what we’re not willing to confront. We have to do everything in love and have a gentle spirit.” That’s the only way Christians can end abortion according to Angela Michael, Executive Director of Small Victories Pregnancy Outreach. But Michael, like many pro-life advocates, is waiting for a ruling from the U.S. Supreme […]

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Dinosaurs

We need to talk about the dinosaurs

Chris Turner

I just wanted to know when dinosaurs lived. That’s it. That was the most profound biblical mystery swirling in my head when I began seminary. I landed in the survey class of a professor considered one of the Southern Baptist Convention’s foremost Old Testament scholars at the time. Surely, he’d know about dinosaurs. About 15 […]

Ill person

A response to physician-assisted suicide

Jeremy Bell

(Editor’s note: Illinois Governor JB Pritzker is considering signing SB 1950, a bill passed Oct. 31 as House Floor Amendment No. 2 to the Sanitary Food Preparation Act by the state senate, that would allow physicians to help terminally ill patients end their lives. If he does, Illinois will join 11 states and the District […]

A place of genuine thanksgiving: Journaling God’s goodness

Tammie Emerson

(Editor’s note: This column was originally published on November 23, 2022. We liked it so much, we’re sharing it again.) Many years ago, I was in a Bible study where an author discussed the spiritual practice of rehearsing our trust in God’s faithfulness. There haven’t been many learning moments in my life that were as […]

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Foshie elected as next IBSA Executive Director

Eric Reed

Springfield | Dr. Scott Foshie was elected to serve as the 12th Executive Director of the Illinois Baptist State Association by the IBSA Board of Directors meeting in Springfield December 9. Foshie will succeed Nate Adams, who will retire April 1 after 20 years’ service. Foshie will serve as Executive Director Elect until then, allowing […]

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Church Needs Survey

Annual Church Needs Survey seeks input

Illinois Baptist Staff

The 2025 IBSA Church Needs Survey is now seeking input from pastors, ministry staff, and volunteer leaders from cooperating churches. The short survey, conducted every fall, provides valuable insight into the ministry help and missional opportunities churches value most from their state network. The results, released in late winter alongside statewide Annual Church Profile results, […]

Nine churches welcomed by IBSA

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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 […]

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