On the shore of Lake Michigan on a Sunday in June, Jeff Bi compared his life to a car. When he was in the driver’s seat, said Bi, a student at the University of Chicago, the side mirrors were gone and the doors were off the hinges. But giving the wheel to Jesus, he said, […]
Evangelism
The day this ‘one’ came to Jesus
Justin was sitting in the hospital waiting room while his 8-year-old daughter was having open heart surgery. That was two-and-a-half years ago, when I first talked with him about spiritual things. And that’s when he became the “one” I was praying for. Not long after that. Justin met me for breakfast at a local restaurant. […]
Churches celebrate baptism and new life, as Annual Church Profiles testify to continuing challenges
One weekend every month, leaders at Vale Church move a mobile baptistry into the lobby of the church’s Bloomington building. “Baptism weekend,” held the fourth weekend of most months, is a time of church-wide celebration, said adult ministries pastor Nolan Recker. “Personal is powerful,” Recker said, and the church’s baptism weekends highlight personal stories of […]
Midwest Leadership Summit: Churches urged to reach the next generation
“College students still think they can change the world.” That’s part of what makes campuses such strategic mission fields, collegiate ministry leaders said at the Midwest Leadership Summit in Springfield Jan. 21-23. Many students are at the beginning of what one sociologist has called “the defining decade.” Young people in their 20s want to make […]
Youth Encounter tells students, ‘You are not alone’
Students across Illinois are seeking to live for Jesus each day, said John Howard, pastor of Second Baptist Church in Marion. Youth Encounter, IBSA’s annual one-day student event, is a reminder that they’re not taking the journey alone. Howard organized the last of three Youth Encounter sites for 2019 at First Baptist Church in O’Fallon […]
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