This report includes contributions received by the Illinois Baptist State Association through the first quarter of 2026. For questions about this report, write to IBSA Operations Team, 3085 Stevenson Dr., Springfield, IL 62703, email AshleyParsons@IBSA.org, or call 217-391-3106.
Giving jan. 1 - Mar. 31
I’m Kevin Jones
And this is my missionary calling.
When I was doing college ministry in Texas, it was something that our church really valued. We started doing mission trips for church planting. And then our college ministry started trying to funnel students, possibly staff members and interns, into church plants. That’s what started my passion with church planting, and that’s what started me wanting to focus more on church planting, because I saw the need. I saw the places where there weren’t churches—there weren’t enough churches. But there’s a lot of risk in it. To be honest, that’s one of the most beautiful things about church planting. There’s a lot of risk and there’s guys laying their lives down the line to share the gospel with a community that is underserved with the gospel. There’s a lot of stress in church planting. My expertise is walking with them, equipping them. My expertise is making sure we’re getting resources flowing to them. There are lots of churches in Illinois, but still there’s over eight million people that are lost in Illinois. That’s what gets me up on Mondays.
God called. I answered. You sent. Through Cooperative Program giving.
With your church’s faithful giving
to missions through Southern Baptist’s Cooperative Program, Kevin Jones was trained at an SBC seminary for the work he does today as IBSA Church Planting Director. Because Illinois Baptists give over $5 million through CP each year, Kevin helps church planters start new congregations where they are needed, all over Illinois. Here he talks with Daniel Nemmers, Pastor at Salt Church in Bloomington near Illinois State University.
See Kevin’s story and learn about missions partnership through CP.
God called. Kevin answered.
Will you? Top 100 Illinois churches in Cooperative Program support through first quarter 2026
Churches 1 O’Fallon First, O Fallon 2 Lincoln Avenue, Jacksonville 3 Woodland, Peoria 4 Metro Community, Edwardsville 5 Calvary, Monticello 6 Logan Street, Mount Vernon 7 Harrisburg First, Harrisburg 8 Marion Second, Marion 9 Dorrisville, Harrisburg 10 Immanuel, Benton 11 Pinckneyville First, Pinckneyville 12 Tabernacle, Decatur 13 Effingham First, Effingham 14 Du Quoin First, Du Quoin 15 Columbia First, Columbia 16 Casey First, Casey 17 Bethalto First, Bethalto 18 Marshall, Marshall
Per Capita Dollars 78,725.00 36,175.13 29,200.99 28,513.32 28,490.38 25,219.83 24,108.75 24,026.23 23,889.82 23,000.01 21,803.25 21,427.06 18,829.46 15,339.32 15,200.27 14,920.87 13,102.69 12,795.07
19 Western Oaks, Springfield 20 Salem First, Salem 21 Northside Missionary, Grayville 22 Metropolis First, Metropolis 23 Highland Avenue, Robinson 24 Elm Street, Murphysboro 25 Bethel, Vandalia 26 Mt Zion First, Mt Zion 27 Marion First, Marion 28 Redeemer, Loves Park 29 Island City, Wilmington 30 Calvary, Alton 31 Together on North Grand, Springfield 32 Eldorado First, Eldorado 33 Anna Heights, Anna 34 Beaucoup, Pinckneyville 35 Rochester First, Rochester 36 Chatham, Chatham 37 Ten Mile, Mc Leansboro 38 Meadow Heights, Collinsville 39 Sterling, Fairview Heights
12,510.00 11,833.16 11,618.45 11,320.25 11,254.31 11,250.00 11,021.20 10,310.70 10,000.00 9,995.00 9,792.37 9,750.67 9,587.81 9,298.19 9,266.00 9,222.00 9,047.56 8,902.73 8,833.38 8,786.02 8,778.09
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Greenup First Southern, Greenup Morton First, Morton Towerview, Shiloh Waterloo First, Waterloo Delta, Springfield Carterville First, Carterville Fairview Heights First, Fairview Heights Emmanuel, Carlinville Ramsey First, Ramsey Calvary of Elgin, Elgin Church of the Cross, Mahomet Westfield, Westfield Heartland, Alton Liberty, Harrisburg Bethel, Troy Carmi First, Carmi East Salem, Mount Vernon Mullen, Montrose Unity, Vandalia Springbrook Community, Plainfield West Frankfort First, West Frankfort
8,500.00 8,310.29 8,056.00 7,940.95 7,915.93 7,583.82 7,448.01 7,334.08 6,825.88 6,790.27 6,162.01 6,116.00 6,107.50 6,024.60 6,000.00 6,000.00 5,893.00 5,743.51 5,736.86 5,709.00 5,662.98
61 Friendship, Plainfield 62 Cutler First, Cutler 63 Steeleville, Steeleville 64 Whitelaw Avenue, Wood River 65 Charity, Carlinville 66 Wayne City, Wayne City 67 Ullin First, Ullin 68 Litchfield First, Litchfield 69 Cornerstone, Savoy 70 Net Community, Staunton 71 Panther Fork Missionary, Texico 72 Mt Carmel First, Mount Carmel 73 Altamont First, Altamont 74 Eastview, Springfield 75 Bankston Fork, Harrisburg 76 Albion First, Albion 77 Atwood First, Atwood 78 Immanuel, Chicago 79 Gospelife Washington, Washington 80 Blooming Grove, Mc Leansboro 81 Parkview, Marseilles
5,309.00 5,216.86 5,170.68 4,834.57 4,797.94 4,776.30 4,500.00 4,445.52 4,401.00 4,335.00 4,318.00 4,251.00 4,214.28 4,200.00 4,152.80 4,069.81 4,000.00 3,984.99 3,950.22 3,944.59 3,834.60
3,778.20 82 Bethel, Bourbonnais 3,750.00 83 Lakeland, Carbondale 3,736.65 84 Clarksville, Marshall 3,664.00 85 Southtower Community, Dawson 3,661.65 86 Grace, Granite City 3,517.71 87 Carlyle First, Carlyle 3,506.00 88 Calvary, Pittsfield 3,456.13 89 Murdale, Carbondale 3,432.00 90 Petersburg First, Petersburg 3,358.27 91 Calvary, Edwardsville 3,336.56 92 Living Faith, Sherman 3,336.22 93 Ditney Ridge, Norris City 3,174.58 94 Erven Avenue, Streator 3,091.14 95 Belle Rive Missionary, Belle Rive 3,030.60 96 Wisetown, Greenville 3,000.00 97 Nashville First, Nashville (t) The Mission Church of S. Illinois, Marion 3,000.00 2,960.60 99 Lebanon Missionary, Mount Vernon 2,941.97 100 Cross, Carlinville