Illinois Baptist
What I’m learning about what I don’t know Table Talk with Carrie Campbell
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Giving season INSIDE Pages 5-7
Encouraging women
How to pray for state missions Busy summer for gospel sharing
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News journal of the Illinois Baptist State Association
BACK TO SCHOOL
Vol. 112 No. 11
Churches ready families for fall with shoes, haircuts, and prayer
Off to a good start
AUGUST 27, 2018
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Illinois | First Baptist Church of Bethalto’s “Backpack Blessing” started as a way to bless students and families headed back to school. It turned into a worship service dedicated to sending kids, teachers, and administrators into the new school covered in prayer. Before the Aug. 5 morning worship service, students brought in their backpacks, which were then filled with school supplies and parenting resources provided by the church. Most important, though, was the prayer time, said FBC Bethalto associate pastor Tim Drury. During the service,
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CHURCH & CULTURE
How do we pay for it?
Professor schools church in biblical worldview
Growing family, growing needs P. 2
Defending the faith P. 3
Burden bearing P. 10