A little more than a year ago, a main sewer line backed up into the basement of the IBSA building here in Springfield. Though the primary blockage turned out to be well outside our building, the plumbers also discovered a break in a secondary line. It was directly beneath the section of basement where IBSA’s […]
On mission again
Recently I was invited to speak to a local association of churches on “The Biblical Basis of Missions.” These mostly rural and small-town churches collectively give more than 10% of their undesignated offerings to missions through the Cooperative Program and have done so for many years. So, every day they now support more than 3,600 […]
Midwest advance
Late last year, Illinois Baptists celebrated the 50-year anniversary of relocating the IBSA staff and building to Springfield from Carbondale. It was a difficult decision at the time, to move further from where most of IBSA’s current churches were located, and toward the mostly unreached mission field of central and northern Illinois. But Illinois Baptists […]
A message from Nate Adams
As 2021 draws to a close, I want to sincerely thank you and your church for its gifts through the Cooperative Program this year. I believe there truly is no better investment of your church’s mission giving than the Cooperative Program. I couldn’t begin to list all the mission and ministry that your church, along […]
Christmas conversations
In this heavily commercialized time of year, advertisements constantly call for our attention, from Halloween to Thanksgiving and on through Christmas. There’s always something to sell, it seems, whether candy and costumes, turkey and travel, or presents and poinsettias. One major retailer’s Christmas television commercial has especially caught my eye this season. It doesn’t feature […]
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