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Former editor dies at 61

August 8, 2022 By Illinois Baptist Staff

Illinois Baptist

Former newspaper editor Michael Leathers died August 3 at Springfield Memorial Hospital. He was 61. Leathers served as editor of the Illinois Baptist 1999-2002, and was currently a media and public relations consultant for Memorial Health Systems. He was a native of Mt. Vernon and a graduate of Judson College. He is survived by his […]

IBSA affiliation notice

July 29, 2022 By Illinois Baptist Staff

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Churches wishing to apply for affiliation with the Illinois Baptist State Association must submit an application for membership by September 20. To request an affiliation packet, visit www.IBSA.org/membership. For more information, email Barb Troeger or call her at (217) 391-3107.

Next Step: Letting the Word do the work in Atwood

July 13, 2022 By Ben Jones

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When Pastor Woody White reached out to IBSA’s Fran Trascritti, his focus was on helping leadership function more efficiently as a team at First Baptist Church of Atwood. But through the consulting process, he also gained the clarity about discipleship that is changing the church. “I call us a big church in a small town,” […]

Pastor’s teen daughters, sister killed in collision

July 10, 2022 By Illinois Baptist Staff

Broughton Sisters

Two teenage daughters of an Illinois Baptist pastor and the pastor’s sister were killed in a head-on collision with a tractor-trailer near Breckenmeyer in Clinton County on Friday. The girls, 17-year-old Savanna Grace Broughton and 15-year-old Brooke-Lynn Kay Broughton, are the daughters of Scott and Amanda Broughton. He is the pastor of First Baptist Church […]

BFI scholarships top $100,000

June 23, 2022 By Lisa Misner

Reagan Webb with BFI Board chair David Grove at the award's dinner.

Scholarship recipients from as far south as Anna, up to Hoffman Estates, and communities in-between gathered in Springfield for the first Baptist Foundation of Illinois Scholarship Dinner. BFI awarded a record $101,750 to 49 college and seminary scholarships for the 2022-23 academic year. Reagan Webb, a member of Logan Street Baptist Church in Mt. Vernon, […]

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