Chicago | With less than two weeks remaining before Christmas and two days before the start of Hanukkah, there was no big announcement or splashy public signing. Illinois Governor JB Pritzker simply tweeted a few statements from his X account on December 12, 2025, in explanation of his reasoning for signing Senate Bill 1950, the […]
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Wisdom-Martin plans retirement for 2027
Birmingham | Illinois’ very own Sandy Wisdom-Martin will step down as head of the Woman’s Missionary Union (WMU) in January 2027. She gave the National WMU Board a year’s notice to conduct a search for her successor as executive director-treasurer and plan the transition for the post she has held since 2016. “Faithfulness in this […]
Annual Church Needs Survey seeks input
The 2025 IBSA Church Needs Survey is now seeking input from pastors, ministry staff, and volunteer leaders from cooperating churches. The short survey, conducted every fall, provides valuable insight into the ministry help and missional opportunities churches value most from their state network. The results, released in late winter alongside statewide Annual Church Profile results, […]
Nine churches welcomed by IBSA
Springfield, IL | Nine newly cooperating churches were welcomed into the Illinois Baptist State Baptist Association on Tuesday evening at the November 4-5, 2025 Annual Meeting by the 381 registered messengers and 111 visitors who were present. In the months and weeks prior to the meeting, their leaders completed paperwork to become “cooperating churches” and […]
Giving Tuesday
Did God impact your life at Lake Sallateeska or Streator Baptist Camp? Would you give so a student can experience that same move of God in his or her young life? This year, for Giving Tuesday, we’re asking you to SEND A STUDENT TO CAMP. For as little as $40 you can help a child […]