Springfield | Association leaders from around Illinois gathered at the IBSA building August 5-6 to talk shop and collaborate on ministry. Leo Endel, Executive Director of the Minnesota-Wisconsin Baptist Convention shared how he leads churches and associations through a fairly simple planning process to set goals and redirect future ministry activities. Associational Mission Strategists (AMS) […]
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Church sees more than 20 accept Christ during summer mission trip
More than 20 people accepted Christ when seven members of First Baptist Church in Anna visited Mexico on a summer mission trip last month. The seven-member team was led by Pastor Lupé Lopez and his wife, Yadira. “Our mission trip was to the city of Santiago Papasquiaro, Durango, Mexico,” Lopez wrote in an email. According […]
Church’s VBS competition brings lemonade before slime
Mt. Vernon, IL | The boys and girls at one Illinois Baptist church’s Vacation Bible School (VBS) enjoyed a little friendly competition raising offering funds through the sweetness of lemonade and cookies before bringing on the goo. The gooey, sticky, greenness of slime. Whoever raised the most funds would win the privilege of “sliming” their […]
Molen honored for seven decades of ministry
“Seventy years was quite an honor for me—God has been so good!” Family, friends, and church members gathered Sunday, June 2, at Bunker Hill Baptist Church to honor J. Darrell Molen’s 70 years in ministry. “I met Darrell back in 1986 shortly after I began my first pastorate,” said Cliff Woodman, IBSA Zone 6 Consultant […]
Patoka pastor’s family enjoys pint-size race day in Indy
Indianapolis | People packed tightly around the roped racetrack in the SBC Indy exhibit hall to watch, as brightly painted pinewood derby cars were placed shoulder to shoulder atop the incline track. This was the national Royal Ambassadors Derby Race held following the WMU Missions Celebration on Sunday, June 9. Xander Tallman, age 9, from […]
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