Illinois Baptist
What are we going to do? Nate Adams on IMB cuts P. 2
missions funding
in focus
Forward Thinking
Midwestern Seminary’s Jason Allen convenes thinkers on SBC in the 21st Century
Leaders see CP as IMB solution Richmond, Va. | The International Mission Board is moving forward with its plan to release 600-800 missionaries and staff by the start of 2016 by appointing a transition team to assist with the process. In the meantime, other SBC leaders continue to urge financial support for the mission board to lessen the impact of necessary budget cuts. A pattern of deficit spending over a five-year period, relying on reserve funds and the sale of properties PLATT abroad, resulted in the announcement by new IMB President David Platt that missionary positions would be cut in order to balance the budget. “The aggregate amount—$210 million—was a bit of a surprise to us,” CEO of the SBC Executive Committee Frank Page said in a phone call with 300 large-church pastors last week. P. 3
A REPORT FROM KANSAS CITY P. 6
IBSA Annual Meeting Nonprofit Organization U.S. POSTAGE PAID Peoria, Illinois Permit No. 325
“Build Your Kingdom Here” November 11-12 SCHEDULES AND MORE SPECIAL SECTION B News journal of the Illinois Baptist State Association
East Coast floods P. 8
LEADERSHIP
Mixed messages from the Pope Reporter’s Notebook P. 8
OCTOBER 12, 2015 Vol. 109 No. 14
PRAYER
Why I keep holy conversations simple
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DISASTER RELIEF
UP ON THE ROOF P. 7
Cheryl Dorsey P. 12