Illinois Baptist Children’s Home and Family Services will celebrate a milestone anniversary at the IBSA Annual Meeting in Maryville. The agency dedicated to serving children and families turns 100 this year. To celebrate the anniversary, BCHFS will host a reception Tuesday, Nov. 6, following the IBSA Pastors’ Conference evening session. BCHFS began in 1918 as […]
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What must we report: The church and #MeToo
It happens every day. Women and children, and sometimes men, are victims of physical, sexual, mental, and other types of abuse. Many are too afraid or embarrassed to seek help. Some won’t even admit to themselves what is happening. Others turn to pastors and church leaders for help. But pastors and church leaders don’t always […]
Students meet Jesus at Youth Encounter
Almost 100 people put their faith in Jesus last week at Youth Encounter events across Illinois. For the first time ever, IBSA’s annual youth evangelism event will be held in five different locations in Illinois. Youth Encounter 2018 launched last week with events in Decatur, Marion, and two locations in Chicagoland. This year’s final Youth […]
Christian students stand out on day of prayer
Before the school day started Sept. 26, tens of thousands of students across the country gathered around flag poles and lamp posts and in common areas on school grounds with one purpose: to pray. See You at the Pole (SYATP), an annual call to prayer for students since 1990, is an opportunity for young people […]
Disaster Relief teams offer aid after Florence
Shortly after Hurricane Florence made landfall in mid-September, Southern Baptist Disaster Relief volunteers arrived in the Carolinas to help homeowners start the recovery process. In Lumberton, a small North Carolina town made a virtual island by flood waters, the National Guard used high-water vehicles to deliver supplies and hot meals prepared by Disaster Relief volunteers. […]
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