Tampico, Ill., native Ben Mandrell was installed as the 10th president of LifeWay Christian Resources and its predecessor, the Baptist Sunday School Board, in a ceremony at the publisher’s headquarters Aug. 26. Mandrell, most recently founding pastor of Storyline Fellowship Church in Arvada, Col., pointed to the cultural challenges faced by Southern Baptists’ main purveyor […]
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Hurricane Dorian: Baptists move to respond
Hurricane Dorian made landfall Friday (Sept. 6) in northeast North Carolina as a Category 1 storm at Cape Hatteras as first responders in the Bahamas still worked to reach survivors after the storm’s devastating visit to those islands. Southern Baptists are working to serve both fronts. As the storm traveled up the east coast, flash […]
Illinois influx? Not everyone is leaving the state
Three Illinois counties are among the top 40 locations in the nation where young people are moving. American mobility is at its lowest level since 1999. In 2017, the latest reporting year, 32.4 million people moved. Younger people, more footloose than the rest of the population, made up a big chunk of those relocations. You […]
Associational leaders talk partnership, revitalization at annual meeting
At their annual roundtable meeting this month, leaders of local Baptist associations in Illinois learned what churches around the country value most from their own associations. They also discussed revitalization, an urgent need at a time when many churches across the country are plateaued or declining. Revitalization is one of three key areas in which […]
Statement on Structure and Staffing Changes at IBSA
IBSA to focus on church revitalization in 2020 Restructure of staff will focus on three key areas The process of preparing IBSA’s 2020 strategy and budget has led to some structure and staffing adjustments for the coming year. These adjustments are necessary in order to fund a new and much-needed church health and revitalization strategy, with […]
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