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Bob Burton’s retirement was brief. Three months after his departure from the North American Mission Board (NAMB), Burton has been called as Associational Mission Strategist for Salem South Baptist Association.

He succeeds Kevin Carrothers and will start work Sept. 1. Burton served with NAMB 21 years in various positions, often working with local Baptist associations in the Midwest. Burton first served with his wife, Dana, in Illinois for seven years. In retirement he served as transitional pastor for Lighthouse Fellowship in Nashville/ Okawville. Under his leadership, the church baptized seven people on Easter Sunday.

Nick Rogers is the new pastor at Charis Community Church in Bloomington. Rogers and his wife, AnaLisa, come to Illinois from Denison, Texas, where he has served as next gen pastor at Legacy Bible Church. He holds a Bachelor’s degree from LeTourneau University and a Master’s in pastoral leadership from Denver Seminary. The Rogers have four children, from newborn to nine years old.

Richard Nations is the new Associational Mission Strategist for Sandy Creek Baptist Association. Nations comes from Kirksville, Missouri where he was Director of Missions for Thousand Hills Baptist Association for 11 years. Nations previously served with the Iowa Baptist Convention. He pastored churches in Iowa, Missouri, and two Illinois churches, in Elk Grove Village and Carrollton.

Nations is a graduate of Hannibal-LaGrange University, Southwest Baptist University, and Southwestern Seminary. Nations and his wife, Rachel, have two adult children. He succeeds Bob Carruthers.

Ryan Tackett was called as lead pastor at First Baptist Church Carterville in July, after serving as Minister to Youth and Families there since 2015. Tackett was licensed at Chatham Baptist Church and ordained by Calvary, Monticello, where he served as Minister to Youth from 2008-2015. He is an online student at Southern Seminary. Tackett and his wife, Claudia, have four children.

Faith, Family & Freedom Fall Banquet

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Eric Metaxas

Author, Radio Host & Cultural Commentator

Friday, November 3, 2023

Bolingbrook Golf Club / 2001 Rodeo Drive, Bolingbrook, IL

Reservations before Sept. 4th / $100

Eric Metaxas is the bestselling author of fourteen books, including his most recent Letter to the American Church; Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy; Amazing Grace: William Wilberforce and the Heroic Campaign to End Slavery; and If You Can Keep It: The Forgotten Promise of American Liberty. His books have been translated into twenty-five languages. The host of nationally syndicated radio and television shows and the acclaimed conversation series Socrates in the City, Metaxas is a prominent cultural commentator whose work has appeared in the New York Times, the New Yorker, The Atlantic, The New Republic, and the Wall Street Journal.

Proceeds Benefit Illinois Family Institute For Reservations & Information (708) 781-9328 / illinoisfamily.org

Bankston Fork Missionary Baptist Church seeks a bi-vocational pastor. Please submit resume to attorneyninabrown@gmail.com, or write to Pastor Search Committee, 5890 Highway 13 West, Harrisburg, IL 62946.

Cornelia Avenue Baptist Church seeks a bi-vocational pastor to reach out to the Lakeview community and beyond. Send resumé to cornelia baptistchicago21@yahoo.com or to Pastor Search Committee Chair, 1709 West Cornelia Avenue, Chicago, IL 60657.

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Salem Baptist Church of Florissant, Missouri seeks a full-time pastor. Applicants must have formal pastoral experience, seminary training, heart of a missionary, and desire to work with us as a team. Contact: Pastor Search Committee 19715 Old Jamestown Road Florissant, MO 63034-1125

Salempsc6@gmail.com