Challenges presented by the pandemic are proving to be growth opportunities for IBSA conferences and leadership events. Because of limitations on attendance in a single location, the 2021 Illinois Leadership Summit will be available online for the first time. Future Focus: Leading Your Church Beyond COVID-19 will be the theme of the event on Jan. […]
Leader Development
Teens celebrate AWSOM in an unusual year
Jacksonville | Tie-dye, popcorn, friendship bracelets, pizza, karaoke, ice cream, sardines (the game, not the food), and of course, solid Bible teaching. Oh, and no sleep. In this year of social-distance, it was essential. And it was definitely AWSOM. This was my first year as a chaperone for the teen girls’ conference IBSA hosts each […]
Heard from the kids lately?
The first time I recall feeling old I was only 34. I was the pastor, and the youth minister, a decade younger, had let me know by some word or look that I was not in touch with what the students were thinking on a particular issue. That may be when I realized that keeping […]
Lifting our shields of faith, together
I love being in a room where I’m meeting women in our IBSA family. As I talk to them and learn more about their stories, I start to get a sense of their scars—those things that have cut deeply, caused trauma, and left a mark. We all have multiple scars, and in those rooms, I […]
Life in the ‘virtual fishbowl’
Before 2020, church leaders were already living in a fishbowl, Jamie Aten wrote recently for Facts & Trends. The Wheaton College professor said that “it’s common for pastors to feel like their every word and action are under observation, being scrutinized, and regularly being judged by onlookers.” But the virtual revolution sparked by the COVID-19 […]
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