Updated October 9, 2019 With a very large abortion clinic set to open in Metro East, Illinois is becoming a destination for women from neighboring states with stricter abortion laws. The opening, expected in October, is causing controversy in Fairview Heights, where it was built in secret. Fairview Heights Mayor Mark Kupsky told the Belleville […]
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Attorneys share best practices for abuse prevention
Sexual abuse prevention experts Kimberlee Norris and Gregory Love spoke to Southern Baptist ministry leaders gathered in Dallas Oct. 3-5 for a conference designed to help churches navigate the abuse crisis. The attorneys, also a married couple, founded the MinistrySafe child safety system after decades of litigating sexual abuse cases. Norris and Love train churches […]
IBSA Pastors’ Conference offers worship, preaching, training
The 2019 IBSA Pastors’ Conference kicks off Tuesday, Nov. 5, at Cornerstone Church in Marion. The meeting’s theme of revival and renewal will be explored in six sermons and multiple breakout sessions led by local and national leaders. Psalm 143:11 will set the stage for the Pastors’ Conference: “For your name’s sake, Lord, let me […]
Churches urged to prevent abuse, care well for survivors
The Caring Well Conference began in Dallas Oct. 3, bringing together more than 1,300 Southern Baptists watching online to mourn sexual abuse, work toward its prevention, and pursue strategies to care well for survivors in the church. Russell Moore opened the conference with the sobering story of a 1960s church bombing. When 16th Street Baptist […]
Nov. 6-7 Annual Meeting to encourage clearer vision for ministry
Two years after committing to embrace the pioneering spirit of their Baptist forebears, modern Illinois Baptists will look to the future at this year’s IBSA Annual Meeting at Cornerstone Church. The two-day gathering Nov. 6-7 will focus on the strategies and spirit needed to move forward in uncertain times and a challenging focus. Churches and […]
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