“Are you sitting down?” When adoption specialist Regina Thompson called Jennifer Money in October 2019, she knew what she had to say was potentially life-changing. Money and her husband, Daniel, had recently adopted a little boy after years of struggling through an often difficult process. Now, Thompson and Baptist Children’s Home and Family Services had […]
Here for the long haul: Missionaries stay committed to difficult field
Uganda | When the COVID-19 pandemic shut down much of the world, residents of remote islands in Lake Victoria got the latest news from the village loudspeaker. One pastor seized the opportunity to preach over that loudspeaker twice a week, to around 700 people within earshot. A Muslim man who heard the sermons told the […]
Illinois Disaster Relief delivers $1.5 million in food and goods
Editor’s note: This story was updated Feb. 2 with additional information and statistics from 2020. Across Illinois | Just as the semi-truck full of food pulled into the parking lot at Second Baptist Church, the skies opened up, said Pastor Chris Sedabres. Even as the rain poured down, people came to the church to receive […]
Churches navigate COVID spike
Illinois congregations in familiar territory as new mitigations take effect Increases in testing positivity rates and hospitalizations triggered Tier 3 Resurgence Mitigations Nov. 20, closing indoor dining, theaters, and museums. Churches were not mentioned specifically in the mitigations, but congregations across Illinois again weighed competing priorities in deciding whether to stay open for in-person worship […]
Virtual worship returns amid surge in COVID cases
Springfield | Just head of the holidays, churches are again weighing whether to stay open for in-person services as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to affect communities across Illinois. Gov. J.B. Pritzker renewed some statewide restrictions after confirmed and probable cases of the virus surged across the state. Increases in testing positivity rates and hospitalizations triggered Tier […]
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