IBSA’s Priority Women’s Conference will not meet in-person April 24-25 as scheduled. Due to the continued impact of the Coronavirus pandemic, the conference will now be delivered online and available for participation from home or in small groups. “We’re not canceling; we’re just changing the format,” said IBSA’s Carmen Halsey, director of leadership development. Halsey […]
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IBSA works from home, but the work continues
Springfield | Ministry teams and missionaries of the Illinois Baptist State Association (IBSA) are taking their work on the road, in an effort to combat spread of the COVID-19 (Coronavirus). In keeping with requests from Illinois state health officials and Governor J. B. Pritzker to stay at home if possible, IBSA has enabled all personnel […]
COVID-19 causes IBSA event postponements
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, IBSA is postponing until further notice all of its events through March 31 including: Children’s Ministry Day, March 21 VBS Clinic at Chatham Baptist, March 28 Training Night at Journey Church in Peoria, March 17 and Emmanuel Baptist in Carlinville, March 31. In addition, all church group visits to IBSA […]
Travel on hold as virus spreads
IBSA has postponed three international mission trips in response to COVID-19 pandemic. Trips to Jamaica, Asia, and London have been delayed until later in the summer in hopes the virus will decline with warmer temperatures, said Brad Lovin, IBSA’s administrative director of mobilization. “These decisions are meant to ensure we steward resources and time well […]
Churches respond to Coronavirus threat
Some are already calling it “the new normal,” but doing ministry in a time of social distancing, cancelled group meetings, and intentional isolation is hardly normal. Church leaders awoke to this reality Sunday, March 15, after health officials announced the first confirmed cases of COVID-19 (Coronavirus) outside the Chicago metro area, and urged limits on […]
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