Updated 2/6/19 Springfield | Surrounded by state officials and Planned Parenthood representatives, Governor J.B. Pritzker signed an executive order Jan. 22 to enforce a law directing state employee health insurance plans to include abortion services. Pritzker’s order directs the Department of Central Management Services to review all state employee health insurance plans for any barriers […]
Trending: New justices differ on key issues
Editor’s note: Each year, the Illinois Baptist team explores the trends that shaped 2018, and forecasts their effect on the coming year. In a year that saw a vicious, partisan fight over a U.S. Supreme Court nominee with a pro-life record, many were surprised by that new justice’s decision in a life-related case. The Court […]
Trending: Is Pence courting evangelicals?
Editor’s note: Each year, the Illinois Baptist team explores the trends that shaped 2018, and forecasts their effect on the coming year. With the first Trump term at its midpoint, several questions face evangelicals: How do they view the president now, in light of increasing scrutiny over his ethical and legal behaviors and the pending […]
Teams wrap up work in states hit by hurricanes
Just before tornados swept across central Illinois, Disaster Relief volunteers from the state completed a long season of hurricane relief in Florida and North Carolina. Illinois Baptist Disaster Relief (IBDR) volunteers put thousands of miles on the road traveling south and east in the wake of Hurricanes Florence and Michael. “Illinois saw key partnerships develop […]
Celebrating 100 years
“A pioneer is someone who has the courage to step out on faith and do what seems impossible,” said Denny Hydrick, executive director of Baptist Children’s Home and Family Services (BCHFS), at the IBSA Annual Meeting Nov. 7. One hundred years ago, three men in Carmi founded the Baptist Children’s Orphanage, which would grow into […]
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