Wednesday, August 27, 2014
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Breaking news
 David Platt elected president of Southern Baptist International Mission Board Trustees of the Southern Baptist International Mission Board have elected David Platt to succeed Tom Elliff as the agency's president. More than 4,800 missionaries serve around the world through the IMB, the world's largest evangelical, denominational missions agency. Read more at IB2news.org.
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News from the Illinois Baptist
Church planters, volunteers work together on 'Serving Across Illinois' day
On August 16, church planters in Chicagoland and northwest Illinois partnered with missions volunteers for a "Serving Across Illinois" focus day. Teams helped planters prepare for back-to-school season with landscaping projects, community celebrations, and other outreach events. Check out our 'Serving Across Illinois' slideshow at IB2news.org.
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 Mission Illinois Offering: We can do it together
The Mission Illinois Offering and Week of Prayer is coming in September. Encourage your church to pray and give. An estimated 8 million out of 13 millions Illinoisans do not yet know Christ. Missions in Illinois is our responsibility. If we don't do it here, who will? To order additional materials visit IBSA.org/mio or e-mail MissionIllinois@IBSA.org.
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 7 traits of pastors who lead breakout churches
A study of breakout churches found that it didn't matter if the pastor was new to the church or had served during its decline, each of the pastors had intentionally adopted seven specific traits which proved key to the churches' turnaround. Find out what those traits are at ThomRainer.com.
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