Drive-in church: One-time trend sees resurgence amid pandemic As several state governments tried to stop the spread of Coronavirus with stay-at-home and shelter-in-place orders, churches went online and, in some cases, back to a 1950s trend. Drive-in worship was promoted as the church of the future, Christianity Today reports. The trend didn’t really take hold […]
Churches worship from home amid pandemic
Across Illinois, churches gathered for a different kind of worship March 22. Hours after a statewide stay-at-home order went into effect, church members attended Sunday services in their living rooms. Many pastors preached from home, or via pre-recorded sermons posted online. Chance and Ginger Newingham worshiped with three of their children and their live-in grandma, […]
Priority Conference goes online
IBSA’s Priority Women’s Conference will not meet in-person April 24-25 as scheduled. Due to the continued impact of the Coronavirus pandemic, the conference will now be delivered online and available for participation from home or in small groups. “We’re not canceling; we’re just changing the format,” said IBSA’s Carmen Halsey, director of leadership development. Halsey […]
The Briefing: Churches respond to Coronavirus threat
Congregations strive to be the church, when the church can’t be together As Coronavirus shuttered many in-person gatherings indefinitely, church leaders mobilized quickly to keep their congregations on track and on mission to meet needs in their community. Across Illinois, IBSA church leaders are communicating with their congregations about ways to respond to immediate needs. […]
How to be the church, when the church can’t be together
As Coronavirus shuttered most in-person gatherings indefinitely, church leaders mobilized quickly to keep their congregations on track and on mission to meet needs in their community. But how does ministry happen when even medium-sized gatherings are discouraged? Across Illinois, IBSA church leaders are communicating with their congregations about ways to respond to immediate needs. Many […]
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