Fill your boxes to the top with items our Send Chicago partners can use in their ministries and bring them to the Annual Meeting in Orland Park. If the mission project seems familiar, it is. Previously featuring multi-colored five-gallon buckets, the collection is now called “Blessing Boxes.” The switch is because square boxes are more […]
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IBSA Annual Meeting: Amendments to be read, vote set
Springfield | When messengers take up business during Session 3 of the IBSA Annual Meeting Nov. 13, they will be asked to approve considerable updates to the constitutions of all three Association entities—Illinois Baptist State Association, Baptist Children’s Home and Family Services, and Baptist Foundation of Illinois (IBSA, BCHFS, and BFI). Proposed changes to entity […]
IBDR feed team heading to Baton Rouge, other teams on standby
Illinois Baptist Disaster Relief (IBDR) feeding team volunteers were called to serve in the Baton Rouge, Louisiana area late September 10 in anticipation of Hurricane Francine’s expected landfall late in the day on September 11. Volunteers will serve in coordination with Missouri Baptist Disaster Relief volunteers to support a Salvation Army feeding mission. Tom Clore, […]
Finding new ways to mobilize church networks
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) […]
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 […]
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