There’s a box of worries in my closet. It’s part of a resolution I made when fears over the continuing pandemic, national unrest, and regular day-to-day concerns crowded in to the point that it was difficult to concentrate on anything else. I decided to put my worries in a box. When one threatened to consume […]
WRAP-UP: Illinois meeting celebrates churches thriving in challenging season
Donna Samuels feeds hungry people in St. Louis five times a week. The ministry leader from New Bethel Missionary Baptist Church in East St. Louis received some valuable help from Illinois Baptist Disaster Relief volunteers, who have partnered with her over the past two years to provide for communities in need. “They have become like […]
IBSA Annual Meeting celebrates churches thriving in challenging season
Donna Samuels feeds hungry people in St. Louis five times a week. The ministry leader from New Bethel Missionary Baptist Church in East St. Louis received some valuable help from Illinois Baptist Disaster Relief volunteers, who have partnered with her over the past two years to provide for communities in need. “They have become like […]
‘Comfort and command’: Pastors’ Conference wraps up study of 7 churches
A dead church that thought it was alive. A small church commended for its faithfulness. And a lukewarm church characterized by affluence and apathy. The Spirit’s words to Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea have relevance for churches now, three preachers said on the second day of the IBSA Pastors’ Conference in Springfield. Jonathan Davis, pastor of […]
Revelation’s 7 churches focus of IBSA Pastors’ Conference
Words of encouragement and warning to churches in Revelation 2-3 are the foundation for the 2021 IBSA Pastors’ Conference. The Nov. 2-3 meeting features six preachers teaching sequentially through the seven churches. Day one highlighted the churches at Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, and Thyatira. The conference at the Crowne Plaza in Springfield concludes Wednesday with the […]
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