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Prayer begets evangelism; New task force to explore baptisms decline, ERLC complaints fail to materialize at Annual Meeting

July 11, 2017 By Eric Reed

After another year of baptism declines and a decade of shrinking SBC church membership, SBC President Steve Gaines announced plans for a year-long study on evangelism in the denomination. Read…

Communicating with the next generation

June 29, 2017 By Kayla Rinker

Gen-Z, those born between 1995 and the present, has its own language and way of communicating. How can we connect? Read…

Feeding the family ;‘Generational discipleship’ sets the table for a new approach to family ministry.

June 23, 2017 By Kayla Rinker

“Ministers need to de-emphasize themselves as the spiritual leader and be intentional about how they can set mom and dad up for wins,” author, Ron Hunter said Read…

Teen walks for freedom: 300-mile journey spotlights human trafficking

June 13, 2017 By Lisa Misner

Lindsey Yoder is walking from her home in Arthur to Nashville, Tennessee to draw attention to the problem of human trafficking.

Rural Illinois | “Sometimes putting one foot in front of another is a lot harder than it sounds.” That’s especially true for 14-year-old Lindsey Yoder who is walking 15 miles a day along the dusty back roads of Illinois—from her home in Arthur to Nashville, Tennessee—in a quest to raise awareness about human trafficking. She […]

South to Southwest: A desert vacation kindles this family’s call to Arizona

June 5, 2017 By Baptist Press

“I never considered planting a church,” Josh Jennings said. Yet, from 2011 to 2013, God began to impress upon the Jennings’ hearts that he was calling them to Arizona, sometimes in unusual ways. Read…

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Michael Awbrey

Calming an anxious generation

Michael Awbrey

You have probably heard some of the troubling statistics about teens and young adults. The data points are piling up like symptoms for a very ill patient. Since 2010, Anxiety is up 139% among 18–25-year-olds. Depression is up 145% among girls and 161% among boys. Self-harm emergency room visits are up almost 200% for girls […]

Nate Adams

Thank You

Nate Adams

These are the final few paragraphs I will write to my Illinois Baptist family as IBSA’s Executive Director, and I want to express gratitude for so many things. Thank you for welcoming my family and me back to Illinois after almost nine years at the North American Mission Board in Georgia. As I’ve written and […]

Love note: Now I can say we’re time-tested

Meredith Flynn

A few nights ago, I woke up to the sound of wind howling outside our windows. Tree branches bowed and scraped against the side of the house. A loose shutter thumped rhythmically and loudly enough to wake two of the four of us inside. “At least this house can weather the storm,” I thought as […]

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Calming an anxious generation

Michael Awbrey

You have probably heard some of the troubling statistics about teens and young adults. The data points are piling up like symptoms for a very ill patient. Since 2010, Anxiety is up 139% among 18–25-year-olds. Depression is up 145% among girls and 161% among boys. Self-harm emergency room visits are up almost 200% for girls […]

News

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Chicagoland’s Gaiter, Shannon honor civil rights icons and mentors

Illinois Baptist Staff

Chicagoland | Two pastors from IBSA network churches recently honored leaders in the civil rights movement who served as mentors and role models. Pastor Maurice Gaiter of Empowerment Community Church in Chicago’s Austin neighborhood was invited to pray at a remembrance service for Rev. Jesse Jackson, who died Feb. 17 at age 84. “He gave […]

State Department urges Americans to leave 14 Middle Eastern countries

Group of SBC leaders caught amid Iran attacks now headed back to U.S.

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Mission

“While we have not yet arrived at the destination we envision, I believe we are clearly headed in the right direction,” said IMB President Paul Chitwood to trustees in the May 22 plenary session. IMB Photo

IMB trustees appoint new missionaries, elect first woman chair

Leslie Caldwell

Richmond | International Mission Board trustees approved 65 fully funded missionaries for appointment during their May 21-22 meeting near Richmond, Virginia. The missionaries approved for appointment will be recognized during a Sending Celebration on Tuesday, June 10, at 10:08 a.m. CDT in conjunction with the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting in Dallas. The event will […]

Metro East church plant hosts multiplication meeting

Sallateeska baptism demonstrates SBC connections

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