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Illinois Leadership Summit goes online

December 4, 2020 By Illinois Baptist Staff

Challenges presented by the pandemic are proving to be growth opportunities for IBSA conferences and leadership events. Because of limitations on attendance in a single location, the 2021 Illinois Leadership Summit will be available online for the first time.

Future Focus: Leading Your Church Beyond COVID-19 will be the theme of the event on Jan. 19-20. Guest speaker will be Dave Rhodes, a leadership expert, coach, and co-founder of Future Church Co., an organization designed to “help the church embody the movement that Jesus founded.” Rhodes is also pastor of discipleship and movement initiatives at Grace Fellowship Church in Atlanta.

More than 20 Illinois pastors and ministry practitioners will also lead several breakout sessions in four ministry tracks.

Held annually at the IBSA building in Springfield, the Illinois Leadership Summit has hosted more than 200 pastors and church leaders each year since 2015.

The sessions will be shown for smaller groups at hub locations across Illinois, hosted by IBSA’s zone consultants, and available online to watch live or to view afterward.

For more information or to register for the 2021 ILS, contact AubreyKrol@IBSA.org, or visit IBSA.org/ILS2021.

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