Illinois Baptist Disaster Relief (IBDR) volunteers were in Taylorville one day after an EF-3 tornado damaged 500 structures there. The Dec. 1 storms, rare this late in the year, affected several central Illinois communities. The most severe damage was in Christian County, where at least 26 people were injured. Disaster Relief teams mobilized to Taylorville […]
Illinois Churches
IBSA churches meet challenging mission field with ‘Pioneering Spirit’
A milestone anniversary for Illinois set the foundation for IBSA’s Annual Meeting Nov. 7-8 at First Baptist Church in Maryville. The state’s bicentennial—and a visit from its most famous resident—highlighted the 112th annual gathering of Southern Baptists in Illinois. The meeting also focused on four “Pioneering Spirit” challenges churches have embraced over the past year […]
‘Growing pains’ and the gospel
Acts 15 finds the early church in the middle of a major dispute. Some leaders were teaching that the Old Testament law of circumcision was required for salvation. The line they drew separated Jews from Gentiles, and diluted the new covenant established by Christ’s death on the cross. The leaders were feeling superior, because they […]
Prayer at the center of Ministers’ Wives’ meeting
Mary Mohler spoke Nov. 7 to about 50 women meeting in Maryville for an annual gathering of IBSA ministers’ wives. Mohler, whose husband is president of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, focused her first session on engaging the privilege of prayer. In the second session, she led ministers’ wives in an extended time of corporate and […]
Work in progress: The future of local Baptist associations
Every organization that exists for a significant amount of time will eventually be confronted with the need to renew its passion, reimagine its impact, and re-engineer its purpose. The local Baptist association, now more than 300 years old, is no exception. This summer, a national study committee completed the most recent research on associations, presenting […]
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