Illinois Baptist pastor Nathan Carter will be part of a panel discussion on the rights of churches Sept. 25 in Chicago. The discussion will focus on the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA), a law designed to protect churches dealing with land usage and zoning issues. Carter and his church, Immanuel Baptist, are […]
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Illinois Disaster Relief heading to N.C.
Two teams of Illinois Baptist Disaster Relief volunteers left the state Wednesday, September 19 to serve in Lumberton, N.C. The town of 3,000 has become a virtual island due flooding caused by rains from Hurricane Florence. The teams – an incident command team based out of Wayne City and an assessor and chaplaincy team from […]
IBSA Board honors Barnard at September meeting
The Sept. 11 meeting of the IBSA Board of Directors wasn’t an average board meeting. The usual business took place—budgets were discussed, and new officers were voted in. But something else happened: Sandy Barnard, executive administrative assistant, was honored for serving IBSA and its churches for 33 years. Barnard, who will retire in January 2019, […]
Platt to step down from IMB; Meador named interim president
Richmond, Va. | After receiving the resignation of Dr. David Platt, IMB president, to be effective at the Sept. 27, 2018, trustee meeting, the Executive Committee of the board of trustees of the International Mission Board voted in a special meeting Sept. 13 to approve Dr. Clyde Meador as interim president starting Sept. 27, subject […]
Abortion draws spotlight at Kavanaugh hearings
Abortion drew the spotlight Sept. 4 as the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee’s confirmation hearings opened for judge Brett Kavanaugh, President Trump’s nominee to replace retiring Justice Anthony Kennedy on the Supreme Court. The Judiciary Committee’s top Democrat, Dianne Feinstein of California, expressed concern about Kavanaugh’s seeming willingness to restrict abortion rights, and more than 30 […]
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