Wednesday, August 13, 2014
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 The MIO Kits are in the mailLast week, volunteers packed Mission Illinois Offering (MIO) Kits for Illinois Baptist churches. This week, the Kits are being mailed to churches. MIO is our once-a-year opportunity to give especially to missionaries and ministries advancing the Gospel right here in Illinois. Watch for your Kit to arrive soon. Check out the 2014 MIO videos at Vimeo.com/IBSA. |
 2 questions that might improve your church's ministry
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 Frank Page to hold Chicago area listening session Dr. Frank Page, president of the SBC Executive Committee, invites Chicago area pastors to a luncheon and "listening session," August 20 at Broadview Missionary Baptist Church. After a brief "state of the convention" type report, Dr. Page would like to hear pastors share about the current issues and pressing challenges they face. Find out more at IBSA.org. |
 'Worship Matters' Tri-State Music Conference
IBSA is partnering with the Indiana and Kentucky Baptist Conventions to host the Tri-State Music Conference September 6 at Northwoods Church in Evansville, Indiana. Register at IBSA.org.
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News from the Illinois Baptist
 The high cost of following the Nazarene
An unfamiliar symbol began showing up on social media pages late last month. The curved line under a single dot is the Arabic letter "Nun," reportedly used by militants in Iraq to mark the homes of Christians in the country.
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 10 reasons bivocational ministry matters
Chuck Lawless shares how some pastors are beginning to embrace as their primary calling the role of bivocational minister. Learn more at ThomRainer.com.
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 How to best respond to a crisis We all hope to avoid those days of crisis on the team, but it helps to have a paradigm of how we should respond if or when it ever comes. Learn what to do at ChurchLeaders.com. |
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