History lessons
Illinois Baptist in focus
Embracing a pioneering spirit
Preview the Annual Meeting Nov. 7-8 Section B
What we must report The church and #MeToo P. 5
MISSIONS
Doctor travels the globe Medicine is gospel opportunity P. 7
STUDENTS
Teens join call to prayer Plus: Church kids are happier adults P. 4
News journal of the Illinois Baptist State Association
OCTOBER 08, 2018 Vol. 112 No. 13
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DEVOTIONAL
After the mountaintop
HURRICANE RECOVERY
Teams offer aid after Florence
Illinois Disaster Relief joins multi-state response Lumberton, N.C. | Shortly after Hurricane Florence made landfall in mid-September, Southern Baptist Disaster Relief volunteers arrived in the Carolinas to help homeowners start the recovery process. In Lumberton, a small North Carolina town made a virtual island by flood waters, the National Guard used high-water vehicles to deliver supplies and hot meals prepared by Disaster Relief volunteers. Illinois teams were deployed to Lumberton Sept. 19 to serve initially as assessors and chaplains, and to begin flood recovery efforts. Illinois Baptist Disaster Relief (IBDR) also deployed a mass feeding team to Jacksonville, N.C., to work in a Kentucky Baptist mobile kitchen. They also partnered with Missouri Baptists in Wallace, N.C., where Illinois volunteers staffed a mobile shower/laundry unit. The unit, from Macoupin Association in Carlinville, provided nearly 1,500 showers and almost 1,000 loads of laundry in the first two weeks of the response. Five additional teams from Illinois were scheduled to deploy Oct. 7-8, said IBDR administrative director Dwayne Doyle, followed by additional teams who are scheduled in late October and into November. Teams of 2-3 people will be needed throughout the callout to staff the Macoupin Association shower/laundry unit. P. 3
The real work begins P. 9
CONVENTIONAL WISDOM
Defining religion 7 ‘types’ for the times P. 12
November 4, 2018
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