Illinois Baptist
The gospel/ culture divide Bible teacher, seminary president, & MLB chaplain Jeff Iorg to keynote IBSA Annual Meeting P. 3
the church
‘We need prayer’
in focus
Chicago meeting links prayer warriors Broadview | “If we’re going to be gospel people, we’re going to be about the glory of Christ. And if we’re going to be about the glory of Christ, then we are going to be people that pray,” said David Choi, pastor of Church of the Beloved in Chicago. “When man works, man works. But when man prays, God works.” Choi was one of several Illinois prayer leaders who helped facilitate the “Prayer Link” gathering October 7 at Broadview Missionary Baptist Church in the Chicago suburbs. The meeting, which also included prayer leaders from across the Southern Baptist Convention, was designed as a “Great Commission Prayer Experience” aimed at encouraging people to pray for the mission fields around them. The timing of the meeting, amid political turmoil and recent unrest in several U.S. cities, drove home the urgency of each 60-minute prayer session. Each hour consisted of a 10-minute presentation of biblical, bold, and challenging material related to prayer, 20 minutes of facilitated
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Move over, millenials
Gen-Z is next
They’re engaged but distracted, open but cautious. How will we reach them? P. 10
PLUS: 150 Illinois Changers in Pinckneyville (pictured above) and big decisions at 2016 Youth Encounter
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Chicago
IBSA Annual Meeting Nov. 2-3 Broadview Missionary Baptist Church, Broadview, Illinois
POLITICS 2016
Where they stand The candidates’ views on evangelicals’ issues
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BY THE NUMBERS
Cooperative Program Missions giving report P. 7
FRESH IDEAS
What ministry to refugees looks like Diana Davis P. 13
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OCTOBER 24, 2016 Vol. 110 No. 15