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Coalminer’s daughter
SBC pres (& Cards fan) to visit Illinois P. 2
Political guidance
Prayer bus
News journal of the Illinois Baptist State Association
MARCH 1, 2024 Vol. 118 No. 3
Sandy Wisdom-Martin P. 10
REMEMBRANCE
Henry Blackaby Experiencing God author
Cheryl Dorsey P. 9
Andrew Walker P. 15
Doorstep diaspora
mission
P. 4
SBC NEWS
Under scrutiny Did ‘Resurgence’ work? P. 6
IBSA CHURCHES
Growing healthier 2023 tallies show improvement P. 11
FOR THE PASTOR
Emerson’s 6 reasons He knows why you’re tired P. 15
Nonprofit Organization U.S. POSTAGE PAID Peoria, Illinois Permit No. 325
IMB’s plan for people groups right here. PLUS: Prayer tour sees opportunities in Evanston (above) Awakening among migrants in Uptown. P 7-9
SBC EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Jeff Iorg nomination is a game-changer Nashville, Tenn. | If Southern Baptists believed in the “Hail Mary” pass—that long bomb to the endzone that, if caught, just might save the game—this would be ours. Jeff Iorg will be nominated to head the beleaguered SBC Executive Committee after two and one-half years without a permanent President and CEO. The surprise announcement came March 1, a week after the EC Search Committee promised yet another candidate and asked EC Trustees to set March 21 as the date for a special-called meeting in the Dallas metroplex. And it came one month after another candidate, later revealed as Georgia Baptist Convention Executive P. 3
How Easter saved my faith
Tabletalk with Ben Jones P. 13