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Virtual meeting focused on leading toward racial unity

February 5, 2021 By Meredith Flynn

Feb. 4 Town Hall

Three past presidents of the Illinois Baptist State Association joined current president Sammy Simmons and IBSA Executive Director Nate Adams for a virtual town hall meeting Feb. 4 on how pastors can encourage unity in their congregations and contexts in times of racial tension. Kevin Carrothers, Adron Robinson, Don Sharp, and Simmons fielded questions from […]

Task force issues report on ERLC

February 3, 2021 By Illinois Baptist Staff

Nashville, Tenn. | A task force appointed last year by the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee to study past and current actions of the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission released its report Feb. 1. Tasked with determining whether the ERLC’s actions have had negative impact on giving through the Cooperative Program, the group elicited feedback […]

Student ministry coordinator mourned

January 28, 2021 By Illinois Baptist Staff

Leah Bening

Leah Bening, longtime international coordinator at the Baptist Collegiate Ministry (BCM) Center at Southern Illinois University-Carbondale, died January 19. She was engaged in student ministry leadership for over three decades. Bening was a member of Christ Church in Carbondale. “I worked with her for the last five years and she was very encouraging to me,” […]

‘Priority’ speakers announced

January 27, 2021 By Illinois Baptist Staff

Abide - Priority 2021

Three speakers will lead this spring’s Illinois Baptist Women Priority conference. Evangelist and teacher Anne Graham Lotz, inspirational speaker Betsy Bolick, and women’s leader Missie Branch will focus on “Abide: God’s Spirit in Me,” which is the theme for the April event.  Lotz is the daughter of renowned preacher Billy Graham and the author of […]

SBC leaders address race debate

January 27, 2021 By Illinois Baptist Staff

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Nashville, Tenn. | The presidents of six Southern Baptist seminaries and officers of the National African American Fellowship (NAAF) met in January following weeks of tension over race relations and a statement released by the seminary presidents. The virtual conversation was convened by SBC Executive Committee President Ronnie Floyd after the seminary presidents declared Critical […]

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