Leaders from 17 churches gathered March 1 in Champaign for the first Multiply Illinois Hub meeting. The 38 men and women who met at New City Church adjacent to the University of Illinois campus learned about opportunities and strategies to help create a church planting movement across the state. They also built connections with other […]
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Statehouse bills attract attention
Illinois lawmakers have filed nearly 6,500 bills in the 103rd Illinois General Assembly spring session. As the session continues into March, bills involving same-sex marriage, equitable restrooms, and non-profit board demographics continue to make their way through committees. Here are four more bills of particular interest to Baptists in the state: HB 0001 creates the […]
IMB tops 1,200 in missionary pipeline
At the first of March, the International Mission Board counted more than 1,200 candidates in the missionary application process. This is a significant milestone for Southern Baptists, as the number of missionary candidates in 2019 was 300. “The IMB missionary candidate pipeline has now quadrupled over the past four years. Praise the Lord!” IMB President […]
‘New day’ at BCHFS with new staff and new direction
Kevin Carrothers is spending lots of time getting to know the staff at Baptist Children’s Home and Family Services—but he isn’t the only one. Of 33 staff members at BCHFS, 22 are either new employees or new in their current positions within the last year. “There’s a big learning curve for people like myself who […]
Statehouse bills to watch
Lawmakers filed 6,421 bills in the 103rd Illinois General Assembly spring session. Five bills are of interest to Illinois Baptists: SB 1909, the Deceptive Practices of Limited Services Pregnancy Centers Act. This bill would allow pregnancy resource centers to be fined $50,000 by the State Attorney General for not offering clients abortion-related information about and […]