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Next Step Stories: Slow and steady like an oak tree

June 9, 2022 By Ben Jones

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“God’s doing good things, but it’s like growing an oak tree. It’s slow.” Pastor Noah Lee is quick to connect imagery from nature and farming to the local church. It fits well the rural context of Tremont Baptist Church not far from Peoria. It also finds good company in the Gospels, where Jesus often taught […]

IBSA releases response to SATF recommendations for Baptist State Conventions

June 9, 2022 By Illinois Baptist Staff

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The SBC Sexual Abuse Task Force released a list of recommendations for Baptist State Conventions June 1 and then revised them on June 8. The Illinois Baptist State Association (IBSA) has released a statement in response to the recommendations which appears below. Illinois Baptist State Association Response to SBC Sex Abuse Task Force Recommendations for […]

Illinois couple to be commissioned by IMB at SBC

June 8, 2022 By Illinois Baptist Staff

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A couple from Illinois will be among 58 people commissioned by the International Mission Board (IMB) at next week’s Southern Baptist Convention meeting in Anaheim, California. The couple cannot be named because of the security level of the place where they will serve, but for public records they will be known as Lyle and Melody […]

IBSA leadership nominations sought

June 6, 2022 By Illinois Baptist Staff

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The Nominations Committee will soon draft a slate of candidates for at least 30 elected positions in IBSA leadership. Organizers emphasize the important role committee members play in IBSA. In addition to IBSA’s six committees, the Nominating Committee will recommend people to serve on the Association’s three boards: IBSA, the Baptist Foundation of Illinois (BFI), […]

‘Tears and grief’: Iowa church gathers for prayer after deadly shooting

June 3, 2022 By The Baptist Paper

Pastor Mark Vance leads a prayer service Friday morning (June 3) at Cornerstone Church, Ames, Iowa. (Screenshot TBP)

(Editor’s note: In March, a collegiate ministry group, The Salt Company, from Cornerstone Church traveled to Bloomington to help plant a church among Illinois State University students.) A church in Ames, Iowa, is grieving after a gunman fatally shot two female victims and then himself in the church parking lot Thursday night (June 2). “We’re […]

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