Illinois Baptist
‘Our ultimate victory’ What Christians have in common with Cubs fans Nate Adams P. 2
in focus
Call and Response
Taking the gospel across cultures in Chicago and beyond Team report on 2016 IBSA Annual Meeting and Pastors’ Conference starts on P. 5
News journal of the Illinois Baptist State Association
NOVEMBER 14, 2016 Vol. 110 No. 16
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SOUND OFF
SBC voices on the election outcome P. 4
Healing evangelicals after fractious election Eric Reed P. 14
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TABLE TALK
politics 2016
Two Americas
Election demonstrates deep divides and challenges ahead for the church A look at the electoral map says it all. A swath of blue on the West Coast and Northeast, and mostly red in the vast middle. Except for Minnesota and Illinois. We live in a divided nation. For Christians, the issue today is how do we live Christ-like, now that the nation has chosen a president after a divisive and nasty two-year contest. Can we begin, as one observer put it, to love our neighbor who had “the wrong political sign” in his yard? Or to pray for political leaders of all parties to overcome division for the sake of the nation?
MISSIONS
Our London Correspondent Lisa Sergent reports on new realities for missionaries P. 11
‘Tis the season for Lottie Moon Offering
TRUMP
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