Last month the IBSA Board of Directors’ Executive Director Search Committee completed an eight-month process of considering the future needs of the IBSA organization, and screening and interviewing candidates to succeed me in the role of Executive Director. I’ve been praying for them throughout that time, as I’m sure many others have. On December 9, […]
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Family reunion
As I was preparing for my first IBSA Annual Meeting as Executive Director almost 20 years ago, I remember one long-time staff remember exclaiming, “I just love the Annual Meeting! It’s like a big family reunion.” Having just moved back to Illinois three months earlier, I didn’t yet share his enthusiasm. I was still meeting […]
A new posture
I was a church planter for only about three years. Like many planters, I was co-vocational. I have said many times that those three years were among the most difficult, and yet most spiritually rewarding of my life. They forever changed my perspective, not just on how churches get started, but on how church should […]
Company ready
Throughout my childhood and teenage years, we lived next door to the church where my dad was pastor. The upside was that I could always roll out of bed and still get to church in less than two minutes. But on the downside, it seemed we always had to be ready for company. Living in […]
How ‘what’ and ‘why’ unify
The 2025 Southern Baptist Convention is behind us, and with it the meetings, reports, motions, and actions that pleased some and disappointed others. I know that many church members and even pastors rarely or never attend an SBC in person. That was true for me until I was almost 40, so I appreciate the reality […]
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