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The role of a mediator

December 1, 2016 By Sylvan Knobloch

When a church faces conflict, reconciliation often requires a mediator—faciliators that have been trained to help individuals in the church who are caught up in conflict. When is it best to invite a mediator to help? When both parties acknowledge they are stuck and request help. Read…

New role, same plan

October 13, 2016 By Mike Young

After finding out what their God-given abilities are, each person can be led to the job/ministry where they can be most fulfilled and effective. Even when facing unfamiliar circumstances, effective leaders know the people they’re leading, and guide them to use their own gifts, talents, skills, and abilities. Read…

Choices for the spiritual leader

September 25, 2016 By Stephen Williams

As spiritual leaders, it is a no-brainer that we need disciplined guidance from Jesus through prayer and Bible study. If this is going to happen, a spiritual leader must be intentional about four life choices: time, interests, place, energy. Leaders, choose wisely in these areas. Your ability to lead with God’s wisdom and guidance depends on how you prioritize time spent in prayer and reading his Word. Read…

Know your neighborhood

September 14, 2016 By Van Kicklighter

The only constant in this world is change, it’s been said. And it’s true. As people committed to reaching people with the Good News of Jesus, how can we make sense of this? Here are four simple steps that can help our churches to this end: know the fact, know the people, know the community, know what really matters. Read…

Leading from the inside

September 2, 2016 By John Yi

My wife, Gloria, and I have been foster parents since 2012. It wasn’t until the truth of God’s Word – to care for the defenseless and helpless – was clothed in our action that we had a real voice to speak into the lives of both believers and the lost. We must lead from within. Read…

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Abuse in the SBC

Former Illinois pastor accused; two relationships occurred in youth ministry in 2002

Illinois Baptist Staff

Former Illinois pastor Wes Feltner is accused by two women of abusive relationships, one of them sexual, when he was their youth minister in Indiana 17 years ago. The charges came to light as Feltner is lead candidate for the pastorate of First Baptist Church of Clarksville, Tennessee. The story was reported by the Clarksville […]

Longtime Chicago pastor resigns; sexual abuse prior to ministry among reasons

Illinois Baptist Staff

Charles Lyons resigned as pastor of Armitage Baptist Church in Chicago following what church leaders called a “corrective leave of absence” that began in October 2018. Read…

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Our family’s Christmas miracle

Nate Adams

If you have children still at home, or perhaps grandchildren for whom you care, you may have experienced occasions when they didn’t want to go to church. As frustrating as that can be, the feeling of disappointment and concern reaches a new level when those children are adults. That’s where we found ourselves as parents […]

Pat’s Playbook: Time to evaluate

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Christians targeted: Global trend is growing

Illinois Baptist Staff

Regaining consciousness after attackers left him for dead in his house church in eastern India, Pastor Basant Kumar Paul proclaimed he no longer fears persecution and is certain of his heavenly home. “My physical body might be weak, but my spirit is very strong, it will not break with persecution,” Morning Star News quoted Paul […]

Bloom where you’re planted: Ministers’ wives meet in Marion

Pregnancy clinic planned

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All who wander are not lost

IMB.org

Peter Station* lives his life chasing after cows, camels, and gers—large, round, felt tents that seem to move more than they sit still. His country in East Asia has more than a million nomadic people scattered across a land mass about half the size of the U.S. To say they’re hard to find is an […]

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