“As a child from my small church in southern Illinois I traveled around the world each week. I was taught missions. I was taught to pray,” said Sandy Wisdom-Martin, national WMU executive director, as she described her missions education in a report to messengers at the Southern Baptist Convention June 16 in Nashville. Wisdom-Martin was […]
Here’s how others reported the Convention
Throughout the SBC Annual Meeting many of the speakers and messengers at the microphones commented, “the world is watching what we do here.” Indeed, the world, mainly through the eyes of the media, was watching the actions of the Convention as proceedings took place. Here’s a look at the wrap-up coverage of some major media […]
Media writes a narrative before the Convention
As the June 15-16 Annual Meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) in Nashville, Tenn. approached, news media across the country brought their interpretations of Southern Baptists and a frame for the nation to view it through. Here’s a snapshot of the main points as covered by a few: Secret recordings, leaked letters: Explosive secrets […]
Group plans challenge to Culturally Responsive Teaching Standards
After its passage earlier this year, opponents of the state’s Culturally Responsive Teaching and Leading Standards (CRTLS) pledged to find a way to overturn the standards or stop them from taking effect. That effort began when Ralph Rivera, a lobbyist for Illinois Right to Life Action and the Pro-Family Alliance, told a House legislative committee […]
Push continues to repeal Parental Notice of Abortion
Proponents of an act to repeal the parental notice of abortion hope to get the bill out of committee and to the floor for a vote before the end of the Illinois General Assembly’s spring session May 31. The Act would repeal current state law requiring women under age 18 to notify one parent, legal […]
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