When the ends of the earth move in next door, differences in language, religion, customs, and culture can quickly build walls between people who have the gospel and people who need to hear it. Four leaders join in a special roundtable discussion about the cultural idols we all have, why the church seems to be last to change, and how to be a good neighbor. Read…
Missions
Ill. missions experience ignites a fire for the gospel at home
It took a trip to Bangladesh to remind Gail Faulkner of what she’d lost by living for 10 years in the comfort of the United States. “Without realizing it, I had become comfortable and apathetic,” said the former IMB missionary, who served with her husband, Chip, in South America and the Caribbean before moving to Bethalto, where he pastors First Baptist Church. Read…
Summer sends Illinois mission teams to serve the global church
Each year, thousands of missions volunteers from Illinois go somewhere – near or far – to intentionally share the gospel and serve with fellow Christians. This summer, they were in Brazil, Honduras, Italy, and Hungary, and many places in between. Read…
Q&A: Sandy Wisdom-Martin elected to lead National WMU
The news spread quickly among Illinois Southern Baptists that one of their own was named to serve as executive director/treasurer of Woman’s Missionary Union. Sandy Wisdom-Martin, an Illinois native who grew up near the small town of Marissa, was unanimously elected by the WMU executive board at a special-called meeting July 29-30 in Birmingham, Ala. Read…
Ready for Rio
With the Olympic Games set to kick off Aug. 5, Southern Baptist volunteers will be in South America to share the gospel both with local residents and with the thousands of visitors from across the globe. “There exists no greater opportunity to reach people from over 200 nations in 30 days than the Olympic Games,” […]