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During pandemic, IBSA stays connected through online gatherings

March 19, 2020 By Meredith Flynn

Luke Henry webinar

The first webinar in IBSA’s Church Helps series dropped March 19 to help church leaders navigate the Coronavirus pandemic. Church Helps is also the name of the webpage created to share resources and encouragement as churches seek to do the work of ministry in a uncertain times. The webinars will livestream at IBSA.org/church-helps on Tuesdays […]

Church destroyed in fire

August 7, 2018 By Meredith Flynn

For the second time in two weeks, an historic Southern Baptist church building in Marion County was damaged by fire. On July 15, the sanctuary of Zion Hill Baptist Church in Centralia was destroyed in a fire caused by a lightning strike. Read…

Thanks, Dorothy

July 26, 2018 By Meredith Flynn

Had you seen her surrounded by friends and well-wishers at a ladies’ tea in Dallas, it would have been hard to imagine Dorothy Patterson had just lived through a very difficult few months. The former first lady of Southwestern Seminary’s presence there is telling about her legacy in Southern Baptist life. For those watching over […]

Task force report clarifies Baptist position on evangelism

July 5, 2018 By Meredith Flynn

Taking the gospel to the world is a critical task—one that will require Baptists to work together, reported a task force appointed by outgoing SBC President Steve Gaines. The group, named by Gaines at last year’s annual meeting, presented their report in Dallas, where it was adopted by messengers. Before the vote, the task force […]

Laying the groundwork

June 6, 2018 By Meredith Flynn

It was on a mission trip to Haiti that Sara Harriss saw and heard things that would change her family forever. Harriss, then a high schooler, went to Haiti with an IBSA student mission team two years after a massive earthquake devastated the country. The team stayed at an orphanage in Port-au-Prince. The plight of […]

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