We adopted our dog Willy as a scraggly shelter puppy eight years ago. Our veterinarian looked him over during his first visit and said, “This little guy looks like he was made out of spare parts.” Willy was never very coordinated, and one eye didn’t work very well, if at all. At 17 months, when […]
Pro-life rally in Springfield; legal win for ministers’ housing allowance
Pro-life organizations urge advocates to visit lawmakers this week As Illinois lawmakers consider abortion legislation one lobbyist called “more extreme than New York’s,” pro-life advocates will be in Springfield Wednesday, March 20, for a “Lobby Day” and rally outside the Capitol. Court finds in favor of ministers’ housing allowance The U.S. Court of Appeals for […]
The Briefing: How to spot a ‘spiritually vibrant’ household
Who’s at your table? A new Barna study found one-fourth of households with practicing Christians are “spiritually vibrant,” meaning families pray and read the Bible together, talk about God regularly, and open their doors to non-family guests. They also eat together, researchers found—63% of vibrant households eat breakfast together, and 75% share dinner. College dean […]
Slideshow: Kids serve across Illinois on annual Children’s Missions Day
Soggy weather didn’t deter hundreds of missions volunteers from serving through hands-on projects March 9. IBSA’s annual Children’s Missions Day mobilized kids at 11 sites around the state, where they baked cookies, made blankets, and prepared cards and goodie baskets for people in their communities. In some places, the young missionaries visited nursing homes or […]
Response to abuse spurs debate over Baptist process, polity
The Southern Baptist Convention’s continuing struggle to respond to hundreds of cases of sexual abuse is raising big questions about the denomination’s structure and governance. On Feb. 23, the Southern Baptist Executive Committee’s bylaws workgroup responded to a request from SBC President J.D. Greear to look at whether 10 churches mentioned in a Houston Chronicle […]
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