The Illinois Baptist State Association will join two lawsuits involving religious liberty issues for the purpose of protecting Southern Baptist churches in the state. The IBSA Board of Directors voted to participate in the litigation in its fall meeting Sept. 10. One case involves zoning regulations that prohibit churches and church plants from being located […]
Religious Liberty
Chicago park rules called unconstitutional
A law firm specializing in defending religious liberty says Chicago authorities are suppressing free speech in the city’s Millennium Park. Mauck & Baker reported a Wheaton College student was sharing the gospel in March near Cloud Gate (a large stainless steel sculpture commonly known as “The Bean”), when a park authority said the student’s actions […]
Legal victory for ministerial housing allowance
The legal challenge to the constitutionality of the ministerial housing allowance is over—for now. The Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) announced June 14 it would not appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court its March judicial loss, thus concluding its latest effort to gain nullification of the allowance that is part of a 65-year-old federal law. […]
Changes predicted to state laws including marijuana legalization
Springfield | Gov. JB Pritzker and the Democrat majority leading the Illinois General Assembly have on their legislative agenda moral issues that evangelicals and conservative voters will likely want to watch. According to Concerned Christian Ministries, 1,000 bills have been proposed to date, among them bills expanding health care, mental health instruction, and teaching of […]
Trending: Faith in peril
Editor’s note: Each year, the Illinois Baptist team explores the trends that shaped 2018, and forecasts their effect on the coming year. Christians remain one of the most persecuted religious groups in the world, according to watchdog group Open Doors. On average, 255 are killed every month, 160 are imprisoned, 104 are abducted, and 66 […]
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