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Is your church safe?

June 13, 2019 By Illinois Baptist Staff

Caring Well Challenge 8 Steps

The American church is facing an abuse crisis. Is your church doing all it can to be safe for survivors and safe from abuse? Southern Baptists are committed to making our churches safe from abuse and a healthy environment for survivors of abuse. The Caring Well Challenge was announced at the SBC Annual Meeting in […]

Pastors’ Conference a call to character ‘from above’

June 12, 2019 By Baptist Press

Birmingham, Ala. | Whether in suffering or dealing with a social media firestorm, lean into the godly character that the Holy Spirit is fashioning in your heart — that was the core challenge of the 2019 Southern Baptist Pastors’ Conference June 9-10 at the Birmingham-Jefferson Convention Complex in Birmingham, Ala. The worked their way through […]

Baptist votes signal strong stand on abuse

June 11, 2019 By Meredith Flynn

Southern Baptists meeting in Birmingham voted to amend the denomination’s governing documents in ways they hope will help prevent sexual abuse and aid churches in caring for survivors. Voters (called “messengers” at the SBC’s annual meeting) approved an amendment to the SBC Constitution that would deem a church operating in a manner “inconsistent with the […]

Acteens celebrate 50

June 11, 2019 By Baptist Press

Illinois leaders key to founding and continuing ministry Illinois’ very own Evelyn Tully was honored at the 50th anniversary celebration for the founding of Acteens. The event was held at national Woman’s Missionary Union headquarters in Birmingham ahead of the Southern Baptist Convention meeting. Tully was the first national director of the WMU’s missions organization […]

Panel addresses abuse and the SBC

June 11, 2019 By Meredith Flynn

Following the release of a 52-page report on sexual abuse and the Southern Baptist Convention, survivors and advocates in Birmingham discussed the path to prevention and caring well for survivors. “One of the things God is doing is shaking a sense of invulnerability,” said Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC) President Russell Moore, referring to […]

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Meredith Flynn

Spectators or participants?

Meredith Flynn

My church is in a season of refocusing on prayer. Every Sunday before the sermon, we break into small groups and pray together. One of the goals of this emphasis, our pastor has said, is to move from being spectators of prayer to participants in it. Last season, the football team I have followed and […]

Nate Adams

Good new days

Nate Adams

We all have “good old days” in our lives. They may be the days when we felt most successful or appreciated, or when things were done the way we agreed with or liked, or when those we respected were in charge. Most of us have good old days in our churches too. Days when our […]

How we can speak to men in the abortion conversation

Justin Mullins

As a pastor, father and follower of Christ, I have often found myself with a heavy heart when I think and pray about abortion. I’m saddened. I’m sickened. I’m burdened for the life of preborn children who are precious in the sight of God. And I have a deep conviction that there’s more that I […]

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Study shows Hispanic churches are young, vibrant, and growing

Lifeway Research

A new survey of Hispanic churches shows their attenders are younger and more evangelistic than at other Protestant churches—and there are more of them in worship on any given Sunday. Together with two dozen other religious organizations, Lifeway Research polled 692 pastors of churches that are at least 50% Hispanic for the largest survey of […]

News

Hunt sues SBC, EC and Guidepost

Brandon Porter, Baptist Press

Longtime pastor and former SBC President Johnny Hunt has filed suit against the SBC, the SBC Executive Committee (EC) and Guidepost Solutions. The suit seeks unspecified damages related to allegations of defamation and the invasion of privacy based on accusations made against Hunt in the 2022 Guidepost report stemming from an investigation into the alleged […]

SBC aids largest people displacement in history

Stetzer leaves Wheaton to lead Biola’s theology school

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Mission

Sallateeska baptism demonstrates SBC connections

Baptist Press

(Ed. Note—In our July issue, we reported that Illinois’s very own Sandy Wisdom-Martin told the story of her brother’s recent baptism during her WMU presentation at the Southern Baptist Convention meeting in Anaheim. We thought we you would appreciate this longer account that shows God’s fingerprints through multiple SBC connections. It’s too good to miss.) […]

A first-time ministry to migrant workers is very fruitful

FIRST-PERSON: A once-feared tribe now spreads the Gospel

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