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Teach your kids to worship Fresh Ideas from Diana Davis P. 13
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News journal of the Illinois Baptist State Association
AUGUST 10, 2015
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Vol. 109 No. 11
SPECIAL PLANNING SECTION P. 7-10
SOUTHERN BAPTISTS
A call to St. Louis World
Pastor still in Iranian prison Abedini’s lawyers urge rejection of nuclear deal
Global attention focused on the case of Saeed Abedini, a Inside: Survey finds most Christian pastor imprisoned in Iran since 2012, after PresiAmerican evangelicals dent Barack Obama and support Israel other world leaders struck a nuclear deal with the country in mid-July. Abedini’s advocates in the U.S. objected that the deal, which includes the lifting of economic sanctions against Iran, was reached without securing his release. P. 3
2016 SBC meeting set for Gateway City, June 14-15 P. 3
ILLINOIS
A new strategy for Youth Encounter Student conference moves to October P. 4
TABLE TALK
Modern-day preaching Do we still need to hear it? NATHAN CARTER P. 13