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Chicago mayor backs ‘bubble zones’

August 1, 2023 By Illinois Baptist Staff

American, Illinois, and Chicago flags

Recently elected Chicago mayor Brandon Johnson released a plan in July endorsing 50-foot bubble zones around abortion clinics to prevent pro-life advocates from sharing information. The City already has an ordinance in place to stop sidewalk counselors from distributing literature. Johnson cites compassion, care, and safety for women seeking abortion. Students for Life Action calls […]

Governor signs 100s of bills, but not pregnancy center act

July 14, 2023 By Lisa Misner

Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker at a bill signing in June. (Facebook Live screenshot)

Springfield | Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker has signed into law 240 of the 655 bills passed by the Illinois General Assembly in the spring legislative session, but not SB 1909, titled the Deceptive Practices of Limited Services Pregnancy Centers Act. Unless it is vetoed by Pritzker within 60 days of being sent to him for […]

ADF defends boy who declared ‘only two genders’

May 23, 2023 By Lisa Misner

Liam Morrison

A 12-year-old boy was sent home from school for wearing a T-shirt with a phrase that school officials told him made some other students feel “unsafe.” What was the phrase? “There are only two genders.” Liam Morrison, a student at Nichols Middle School in Middleborough, Mass., was pulled out of class by the school’s principal […]

IBSA partner leads battle on abortion pills

April 12, 2023 By Lisa Misner

Alliance Defending Freedom

Two courts have issued conflicting rulings on the use of chemical abortion pills. The argument, initiated by IBSA ministry partner Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF), is likely to go quickly to the U.S. Supreme Court. A federal court in Texas on April 7 halted the Food and Drug Administration’s approval of the chemical abortion drugs including […]

Study shows Hispanic churches are young, vibrant, and growing

March 24, 2023 By Lifeway Research

Effective Evangelism

A new survey of Hispanic churches shows their attenders are younger and more evangelistic than at other Protestant churches—and there are more of them in worship on any given Sunday. Together with two dozen other religious organizations, Lifeway Research polled 692 pastors of churches that are at least 50% Hispanic for the largest survey of […]

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Featured Columns

After another leadership failure, forgive? Yes. Forget? Maybe later.

Eric Reed

My cousin Holly’s house burned down in July. The family and their dog were saved, but they lost everything. Literally everything, except her grandmother’s ancient roasting pan just big enough for a 12-pound turkey and a diamond ring. Everything else in their rural home was gone in under an hour. The irony was that my […]

Nate Adams

Positive purpose

Nate Adams

Without question, more of my time and passion is invested in encouraging churches to give to missions through the Cooperative Program than through any designated offering, including our own state missions offering. I believe that’s as it should be. Yet both the CP and designated offerings have vital, important purposes. My conviction is that the […]

What personal missions commitment looks like

Meredith Flynn

“Your partnership is needed now.” That sentence jumped out as I looked over this year’s Mission Illinois Offering materials. This time of year always reminds me of the things that unite Illinois Baptists: the shared prayer that more people will come to know Jesus; the shared burden for our communities in need of transformation; and […]

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Newsmakers Interview with Bart Barber, Part 3

Eric Reed

Southern Baptist Convention President Bart Barber is featured in the September issue of the Illinois Baptist. An hour-long interview focused on key issues including women in pastoral ministry and “friendly cooperation.” Editor Eric Reed asked Barber to look ahead to the 2024 SBC in Indianapolis. They discussed the role of social media in our Baptist […]

News

SBC EC votes at September 2023 meeting

Recap of this week’s SBC Exec Comm meeting

The Baptist Paper

While the anticipated next step regarding who will temporarily lead the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee in the interim period changed mid-way through the trustees’ meeting this week, trustee chair Philip Robertson plans to begin a new search right away. Recently retired Kentucky pastor Dan Summerlin provided this statement yesterday afternoon (Sept. 19) after alerting […]

Barber recalls ‘bold’ Southern Baptists, urges cooperation amid trials

Quick look at SBC Exec Comm agenda, Sept. 18-19

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Mission

Metro East church plant hosts multiplication meeting

Metro East church plant hosts multiplication meeting

Ben Jones

Pastors and church leaders from around the Metro East area gathered in Collinsville May 17 for the second Multiply Illinois Hub. These quarterly regional events are designed to encourage and equip those interested in church multiplication. Heights Community Church, planted in 2016, hosted the gathering in their newly renovated home. With the St. Louis skyline […]

Sallateeska baptism demonstrates SBC connections

A first-time ministry to migrant workers is very fruitful

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