Messengers welcomed 13 new churches to the Illinois Baptist State Association, heard about additional plans to prevent sexual abuse and the impact of the COVID-19
The new head of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, Brent Leatherwood, recognized the deep difficulties in fighting abortion in Illinois. In
“Why would you live in Chicago?” It’s a question Sean and Lydia Stevenson are regularly asked. For those familiar with Chicago, and by extension, Illinois, it’s a reasonable question.
Donn and Joni Schaefer had organized missions trips to Russia 10 times since 2008. They taught English in Siberia as a way to open discussions
An Illinois Baptist pastor’s sister and two teenage daughters were killed in a head-on collision with a tractor-trailer near Beckemeyer in Clinton County on Friday
Within a short time of the surprising and disappointing accounts released in the SBC’s investigation of handling abuse claims within the denomination, this question came
“I expected in 2021 there would be a massive flood back into the church because they had spent much of 2020 watching online,” said Ronnie
One Illinois church has found another way to honor veterans, first responders and military. After First Baptist Grayville’s pastor, David Smith, and his family cleaned
As nearly 1,000 church leaders from the Midwest convened in Illinois, Southern Baptist Convention President Ed Litton praised organizers and those in attendance for the
“I would not be where I am today were it not for the people who discipled me when I was in college,” said Tyler Baggett, associate
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