“You give of your time, you give of your talent, you give of your treasure to come serve people who need someone who has not forgotten them,” Doyle told volunteers serving in Watseka this spring. “Thank you for doing that.” Illinois Baptist aid teams are currently serving in Iowa following several tornadoes July 20. Disaster […]
Big season for religious liberty
Before the end of their 2017-18 term, the U.S. Supreme Court turned in several decisions cheered by religious liberty advocates. Some were familiar, marked by names that have been in the headlines the past few years. Jack Phillips, a baker who refused to design and decorate a cake for a same-sex wedding, found favor with […]
No girls allowed?
Editor’s note: In the ongoing conversation in the Southern Baptist Convention about the role of women in churches, our perception is that many people are using similar language and Scripture passages, but reaching different conclusions. Here is how one Illinois pastor is dealing with the issue in his church. My young daughter was heartbroken. Her […]
Teams respond after storms in Illinois, Iowa
Illinois Baptist Disaster Relief teams have served at both ends of the state and in Iowa this summer, helping homeowners recover from flooding and destructive storms. Dennis Felix, pastor of First Baptist Church in Prairie Du Rocher, led a team of nine volunteers to Rockford during the first week of July. Much of the flood […]
The SBC’s continuing #metoo moment
Former missionary charged with sexual assault Mark Aderholt, a former International Mission Board missionary and associate executive director of the South Carolina Baptist Convention, was arrested July 3 on charges of sexual assault of a child under 17. The charges stem from alleged incidents in 1997, when Aderholt was a student at Southwestern Seminary. He […]