Guests at the IBSA Annual Meeting and Pastors’ Conference were invited to join several “vision tours” to different Chicagoland neighborhoods and communities, where they met church planters in various stages of the planting process. Read…
Church Planting
Big day for church starts; Three congregations launched September 18
“September 18 in the Metro region is a very special day. I am so grateful for what God is doing here and [for] the faithfulness of the planters. And I can only imagine the impact these churches will have immediately and for eternity.” Read…
Planters take urban challenge
“The cities of Illinois are our greatest challenge,” said Van Kicklighter, IBSA’s associate executive director for church planting. It’s an incredible challenge, he said, to engage millions upon millions of people, and their neighborhoods, people groups, languages and cultures. Read…
Teens serve new churches
In July, IBSA and Judson University held the third-annual ChicaGO Week, a mission experience for students that partners them with leaders planting new churches in the city and its suburbs. Being a pastor of a yet-to-be established or newly-established church is a different beast, said Danny Walls, “and it’s a cool thing to get to hang out and hear their heart and their vision and see what God’s doing through them. It’s pretty awesome.” Read…