“The cities of Illinois are our greatest challenge,” said Van Kicklighter, IBSA’s associate executive director for church planting. It’s an incredible challenge, he said, to engage millions upon millions of people, and their neighborhoods, people groups, languages and cultures. Read…
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Keith Stanford, Former IBSA staffer remembered for ‘pastoral spirit’
Keith Stanford, who pastored several Illinois churches and served on the IBSA staff, died September 24 at the age of 86. “Keith was a thoughtful, effective, and leading pastor in Illinois, and then a wonderful servant of pastors through his role here at IBSA,” said Nate Adams. Read…
IBSA board meeting Achievements, aspirations reported
IBSA Executive Director Nate Adams encouraged the board to invite their fellow church members to attend the IBSA Annual Meeting and Pastors’ Conference November 1-3 in Broadview, a suburb of Chicago. The theme of this year’s conference is “Cross Culture,” which will explore the multitude of cultures and gospel opportunities available not only in Chicagoland, but also the rest of Illinois. Read…
Summer campers dive deep: 34 students start ‘journey of faith’
Camp Director Scott Slone came upon a conversation between two junior-highers during a devotional time at Sallateeska, IBSA’s camp facility in southern Illinois. One of the students looked up and said, “Man, this is intense,” Slone remembered. “It was a defining moment for me as I watched this young man process what it truly means to be a disciple of Christ,” said Scott Slone, who pastors First Baptist Church, Elkville. Read…
Q&A: Sandy Wisdom-Martin elected to lead National WMU
The news spread quickly among Illinois Southern Baptists that one of their own was named to serve as executive director/treasurer of Woman’s Missionary Union. Sandy Wisdom-Martin, an Illinois native who grew up near the small town of Marissa, was unanimously elected by the WMU executive board at a special-called meeting July 29-30 in Birmingham, Ala. Read…