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Nominees sought

May 30, 2025 By Illinois Baptist Staff

The Nominations Committee will soon draft a slate of candidates for at least 30 elected positions in IBSA leadership. In addition to IBSA’s six committees, the Nominating Committee will recommend people to serve on the Association’s three boards: IBSA, Baptist Foundation of Illinois (BFI), and Baptist Children’s Home and Family Services (BCHFS). The deadline to […]

Awbrey named to SBC’s Dallas Team

May 19, 2025 By Illinois Baptist Staff

Victoria Awbrey

Victoria Awbrey returns to the Registration Committee for the 2025 Annual Meeting in June. She was one of 26 members appointed by SBC President Clint Pressley. The registration committee is called “to supervise the registration of messengers, to oversee the operations of the registration desk, and to rule upon any questions which may arise in […]

Newton retires from Woodland

May 1, 2025 By Illinois Baptist Staff

Joel and Cheryl Newton

Joel Newton retired as pastor of Woodland Baptist Church in Peoria at the end of March. The church hosted a celebration for Newton and his wife, Cheryl, their children Emily and James, and their families were on hand for the event. IBSA Executive Director Nate Adams had previously presented Newton a plaque during a worship […]

Priority relocates

April 25, 2025 By Illinois Baptist Staff

Carmen Halsey-Menghini (left) and Tammy Butler

Springfield | Significant vandalism to the elevators and sprinkler system forced the temporary closure of the Wyndham Springfield City Centre March 28, which was scheduled to host the IBSA annual women’s conference, Priority April 25-26. The Wyndham cancelled all its events for the month. IBSA Leadership Director Carmen Halsey-Menghini and her team shifted into high […]

Bledsoe joins team

April 15, 2025 By Illinois Baptist Staff

Josh Bledsoe (left) with Scott Foshie

Springfield | Josh Bledsoe, pastor of Calvary Baptist Church in Monticello, has been named IBSA Church Health Director. With this new full-time role, Bledsoe will provide additional capacity for IBSA’s Health Team to help churches experience revitalization. He began his new position on April 15. “We are thankful that God has provided Josh to serve […]

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SBC25 Dallas

7 BOLOs for the Dallas Convention

Eric Reed

If the Southern Baptist Convention meeting in Dallas June 10-11 proves to be a rowdy rodeo, we will “be on the lookout” for these issues. 1. The long arm of the Law Amendment. The open letter to SBC churches on a method to resurrect the Law Amendment virtually guarantees that someone will try it. Asked […]

Nate Adams

Between summits

Nate Adams

Those who know me or who have been reading this column for a while know that I am on a bit of a quest to climb as many of Colorado’s 14,000-foot mountains as possible. My oldest son, Caleb, and I have summited 37 “fourteeners” together, some with other family members. My wife, Beth, would be […]

Turning volunteers’ no’s into enthusiastic yes’s

Daniel Kim

In the third week of my internship, I was assigned to tear down chairs and tables after an event in our gym. Coming from a smaller church, I assumed I could handle it on my own—until I saw eight tables and 150 chairs that needed to be cleared. After three grueling hours, one thought kept […]

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SBC 2025: Back where we started

Illinois Baptist Staff

Dallas | Messengers to the 2025 Southern Baptist Convention Annual Meeting in Dallas June 10-11 arrived at the probability that motions from the floor on women and the pastorate, financial transparency, and the fate of the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission would dominate the discussion. In the business sessions, they did. But in the end, […]

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Pressley reelected

SBC: New and familiar faces elected

Lisa Misner

Dallas | Clint Pressley was reelected to a second one-year term as president of the Southern Baptist Convention on the first day of the Annual Meeting in Dallas June 10. And his new first vice president is an evangelist familiar to many because of triumph over significant disabilities. One candidate elected without opposition was presented […]

Jennifer Lyell dies after brief illness

HLGU opposes mandate

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Mission

“While we have not yet arrived at the destination we envision, I believe we are clearly headed in the right direction,” said IMB President Paul Chitwood to trustees in the May 22 plenary session. IMB Photo

IMB trustees appoint new missionaries, elect first woman chair

Leslie Caldwell

Richmond | International Mission Board trustees approved 65 fully funded missionaries for appointment during their May 21-22 meeting near Richmond, Virginia. The missionaries approved for appointment will be recognized during a Sending Celebration on Tuesday, June 10, at 10:08 a.m. CDT in conjunction with the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting in Dallas. The event will […]

Metro East church plant hosts multiplication meeting

Sallateeska baptism demonstrates SBC connections

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