Some state lawmakers are calling for an investigation of the Illinois Family Institute (IFI) after the conservative lobbying group made online posts comparing members of the Illinois General Assembly who support the Reproductive Health Act to Nazis. At least two lobbyists have left their employment with IFI due to the controversy. A social media post […]
Floyd elected Executive Committee president
The Southern Baptist Executive Committee voted 68-1 to elect Ronnie Floyd Executive Committee president Tuesday, April 2 in Dallas, Texas. Floyd, who is pastor of Cross Baptist Church in northwest Arkansas, immediately tweeted, “We asked the Lord for a declarative showing … Based on your call, I will be, this coming Sunday, resigning from’ Cross […]
Abortion bill stalled, sent back to committee
A bill to expand abortion practices in Illinois is stalled in committee, due in part to a large pro-life rally at the Capitol rotunda last month. A March 20 pro-life rally and march at the Illinois Capitol protested The Reproductive Health Act, SB 1942 and HB 2495, which would repeal the 1975 Illinois Abortion Law, […]
IBSA Board unanimously supports ‘Statement of Principles on Abuse’
Meeting for the first time in 2019, the IBSA Board of Directors reviewed and passed a “Statement of Principles Concerning Sexual Abuse” on March 26 at the IBSA Building. Recent news coverage by the Houston Chronicle and other media outlets has revealed hundreds of cases of abuse by Southern Baptist ministers and volunteers. Following the […]
Reporter’s Notebook: ‘Never give up!’
Protect life! Save the Babies! Pro-Life, Pro-Woman! Protestors bearing signs poured into the Illinois Capitol’s rotunda for a pro-life rally March 20. An estimated 3,600 of them turned out, so many that security shut down admission due to safety fears as lines of people waiting to get in formed outside. The unusually high turnout was […]
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