IBSA eConnection

August 31, 2011

Welcome to IBSA eConnection, a weekly electronic newsletter designed to provide Illinois Baptists with relevant, useful information and resources. We pray it enriches your ministry and helps your church to grow and minister.

IBSA Church Photo Contest

The Illinois Baptist State Association is calling on photographers across the state to capture the unique structures where we worship. We plan to display some of the best photos in the Illinois Baptist, as a celebration of the variety of churches that together make up IBSA. We will also display others at IBSA.org. Find out how to enter.

IBSA Church Library Conference September 23-24

Does your church have its own library or is it interested in starting one? The IBSA Library Conference will have plenty of ideas and resources for both. This year's conference also features a "behind the stacks" tour of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library. Find out how you can register.

Illinois Mission Offering changes student lives for Christ

The Illinois Mission Offering (IMO) helps make possible campus ministries, conferences and camps that change lives for Christ. Worship Leader Matt Trembly (right) is one example of a a person whose life was changed at Super Summer. Watch the "Changing Lives of Students" IMO video and three others now.

Keep up with IBSA on facebook

Receive up-to-the-minute information about IBSA activities and resources, plus provide feedback by visiting us on facebook. Like us at facebook.com/IllinoisBaptist.

Five major trends for churches

Discerning future trends can be difficult if not risky. If we miss a trend, we risk missing opportunities because we had our resources directed elsewhere. Read more at LifeWay.com.

Churches in financial crisis