Illinois Baptist
The change I want to be Table Talk with Belafae Johnson P. 14
Anne Graham Lotz featured at multisite event
Filled full Photo by Lindsay Wineinger
News journal of the Illinois Baptist State Association
MAY 1, 2021 Nonprofit Organization U.S. POSTAGE PAID Peoria, Illinois Permit No. 325
Vol. 115 No. 5
900 gather online and in person for Priority Women’s Conference
Second half of the hike
O’Fallon | Even Billy Graham’s daughter once found the Holy Spirit too mysterious to understand. For Anne Graham Lotz, references to the “Holy Ghost” she heard as a child were more frightening than encouraging. Now, though, Lotz urges women to remember that the third member of the Trinity is listed that way not because he’s less important than the Father and the Son, but because he’s the third one to be fully explained in Scripture. She is the author of “Jesus in Me,” a 2019 book on the Spirit. “He’s not an optional extra,” Lotz told women gathered for IBSA’s Priority Conference April 23. “He’s a divine necessity. We can’t live our Christian lives without him.” Lotz served as a keynote speaker for the first large-scale, in-person meeting of Illinois Baptist women P. 3
SBC 2021
Instrumental decisions
Nate Adams P. 2
Expected at June Convention
VACCINATIONS
Evangelical reluctance Prominent pastors push shots P. 5
BRIGHTER DAY
Generation ‘C’? New columnist is a familiar face P. 15
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PREVIEW: Annual Meeting moves to larger venue, tour guide inside P. 7-9