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Sanchez discusses Constitutional amendment on office of pastor

June 30, 2023 By Brandon Porter, Baptist Press

Texas pastor Juan Sanchez provided an amendment to Law's original motion. Both Sanchez' amendment and then Law's amended motion were adopted by messengers. The motion received the two-thirds vote required to be considered again next year. Another two-thirds vote will lead to a change in the SBC's constitution. Photo by Sonya Singh

Texas pastor Juan Sanchez believes Southern Baptists can walk and chew gum at the same. Sanchez led the way for messengers at the 2023 SBC Annual Meeting to affirm the first reading of an amendment to the SBC Constitution that would include a statement saying only men can serve in the role of pastor or […]

Lifeway targets next-gen, non-South states with new resources

June 28, 2023 By Illinois Baptist Staff

Ben Mandrell

Ben Mandrell has said publicly and repeatedly that as pastor of an SBC church in metro Denver, he did not use Lifeway resources for his discipleship ministry. The teaching materials of the time were born out of deep South culture and presumed biblical literacy on the part of the student. That wasn’t the case in […]

Quiet campaign with loud outcome

June 27, 2023 By Eric Reed

Bart Barber

Before the convention started, few people were making predictions about the outcome of the presidential election. Certainly, the word “landslide” was not in the ether, because so many things about the annual gathering were uncertain—starting with the presidency. Incumbent Bart Barber was being challenged after serving only the first year of a customary two terms […]

Resolutions confront today’s culture

June 26, 2023 By Illinois Baptist Staff

Messengers approved all nine resolutions presented to them by the SBC Resolutions Committee. They included such topics as the Great Commission impact of women, God’s sole lordship over human conscience, the confessional heritage of the office of bishop/elder/pastor, care and support for pastors and ministry leaders, and the importance of revitalizing and replanting churches. Three […]

WMU report: Celebrating 135 years making disciples

June 21, 2023 By Lisa Misner

Sandy Wisdom-Martin

Even before the convention started in New Orleans, Woman’s Missionary Union (WMU) was celebrating 135 years of ministry. They marked the anniversary with stories of a believer’s hope in Christ and heard from SBC missionaries at WMU’s annual Missions Celebration held at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. Before the meetings began Sandy Wisdom-Martin, WMU executive […]

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After another leadership failure, forgive? Yes. Forget? Maybe later.

Eric Reed

My cousin Holly’s house burned down in July. The family and their dog were saved, but they lost everything. Literally everything, except her grandmother’s ancient roasting pan just big enough for a 12-pound turkey and a diamond ring. Everything else in their rural home was gone in under an hour. The irony was that my […]

Nate Adams

Positive purpose

Nate Adams

Without question, more of my time and passion is invested in encouraging churches to give to missions through the Cooperative Program than through any designated offering, including our own state missions offering. I believe that’s as it should be. Yet both the CP and designated offerings have vital, important purposes. My conviction is that the […]

What personal missions commitment looks like

Meredith Flynn

“Your partnership is needed now.” That sentence jumped out as I looked over this year’s Mission Illinois Offering materials. This time of year always reminds me of the things that unite Illinois Baptists: the shared prayer that more people will come to know Jesus; the shared burden for our communities in need of transformation; and […]

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Newsmakers Interview with Bart Barber, Part 3

Eric Reed

Southern Baptist Convention President Bart Barber is featured in the September issue of the Illinois Baptist. An hour-long interview focused on key issues including women in pastoral ministry and “friendly cooperation.” Editor Eric Reed asked Barber to look ahead to the 2024 SBC in Indianapolis. They discussed the role of social media in our Baptist […]

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SBC EC votes at September 2023 meeting

Recap of this week’s SBC Exec Comm meeting

The Baptist Paper

While the anticipated next step regarding who will temporarily lead the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee in the interim period changed mid-way through the trustees’ meeting this week, trustee chair Philip Robertson plans to begin a new search right away. Recently retired Kentucky pastor Dan Summerlin provided this statement yesterday afternoon (Sept. 19) after alerting […]

Barber recalls ‘bold’ Southern Baptists, urges cooperation amid trials

Quick look at SBC Exec Comm agenda, Sept. 18-19

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Metro East church plant hosts multiplication meeting

Metro East church plant hosts multiplication meeting

Ben Jones

Pastors and church leaders from around the Metro East area gathered in Collinsville May 17 for the second Multiply Illinois Hub. These quarterly regional events are designed to encourage and equip those interested in church multiplication. Heights Community Church, planted in 2016, hosted the gathering in their newly renovated home. With the St. Louis skyline […]

Sallateeska baptism demonstrates SBC connections

A first-time ministry to migrant workers is very fruitful

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