IBSA News

Illinois Baptist State Newspaper

Mission

Sallateeska baptism demonstrates SBC connections

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(Ed. Note—In our July issue, we reported that Illinois’s very own Sandy Wisdom-Martin told the story of her brother’s recent baptism during her WMU presentation at the Southern Baptist Convention meeting in Anaheim. We thought we you would appreciate this longer account that shows God’s fingerprints through multiple SBC connections. It’s too good to miss.) […]

A first-time ministry to migrant workers is very fruitful

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One of the migrant workers lingered for a few minutes after the meal. Juan Carlos wanted to talk with a pastor. “My hometown was attacked,” he said, holding out a cell phone. “My parents escaped,” the young man said in Spanish, “but my wife and children are trapped there, and my brothers are missing.” The […]

FIRST-PERSON: A once-feared tribe now spreads the Gospel

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Only a few decades ago, the Bugkalot people were one of the fiercest tribes in the Philippines, known for beheading their enemies. No outsider who contacted the tribe survived, and the people around them lived terrified of them. Then, in the 1950s, the Gospel slowly took root in the tribe after some of the leaders […]

Missions commitment links Ukrainian refugees with Illinois church

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Donn and Joni Schaefer had organized mission trips to Russia ten times since 2008. They taught English in Siberia as a way to open discussions about the gospel. But when the invasion of Ukraine shut down trips into Russia for Americans, the Schaefers looked for other avenues to use their unique skills. The Illinois couple […]