Six pastors shared their congregations’ plans to reopen after the COVID-19 pandemic, acknowledging the road back to church will be a long one for most churchgoers. The Illinois Baptist State Association assembled the pastors for a virtual town hall meeting May 14 on how churches are preparing to return amid Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s “Restore Illinois” […]
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Attorney advises church volunteers to take mandated reporter training
Illinois | Changes passed in 2019 to the Illinois Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act and made law this year have left church leaders confused over who is required to complete mandated reported training. Prior to the changes, within churches, only pastors were mandated reporters required to complete online training provided by the Illinois Department […]
State reopening plans a concern for religious liberty, churches
Editor’s note: Updated May 13 with court ruling. Illinois Baptist pastors are expressing concern that governmental restrictions on reopening the economy might unduly impact churches. In Illinois and in other states, some churches have launched legal challenges to shelter-in-place orders they say are unfair to places of worship. IBSA Executive Director Nate Adams said many […]
Disaster Relief adapts ministry amid pandemic
Springfield | Disaster Relief volunteers are used to running toward danger or its direct aftermath. “With this COVID-19 response, it’s very difficult to find ways that we can run to that danger,” said Butch Porter, state director for Illinois Baptist Disaster Relief (IBDR). This season traditionally finds volunteers on the road, traveling throughout the state […]
Priority Conference grows online
Almost 1,100 people registered for IBSA’s annual Priority Women’s Conference April 24-25. Registration for the meeting, which became a virtual event due to the Coronavirus pandemic, topped last year’s attendance by more than 300. Registrants represented at least 185 churches, 22 states, and seven countries. The Priority conference, renamed Priority Now for 2020, focused on […]
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