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mission illinois
Offering & Week of Prayer
September 14-21, 2014
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How will you encourage support for missions in Illinois?
Please encourage your church to pray and give to support missions through the Illinois Baptist State Association After all, missions in Illinois are our responsibility Churches received the MIO promotion kit in August to begin planning their mission studies and prayer events All the materials can also be downloaded at IBSA org/MIO
2014 Planning Guide and DVD
Special pull-out section for mission studies, prayer events, and the Week of Prayer
The 2014 Mission Study has stories about
Reaching college students
Overcoming the odds
See it happen right before your eyes
September 14-21, 2014
These young artists draw our mission field in 17 seconds
So many Gospel opportunities with young people
It’s called the “4-14 window ” Not that latitude window on the globe where most of the world’s unevangelized people live, this window is about age And research shows it’s the best opportunity for effectively sharing the gospel
Between the ages of four and fourteen, 43% of people who will become Christians make their decision And by age 21, 77% of all Christians will have professed Christ. That leaves only 23% of all adults who will come to Christ after age 21
The pre-teen and teenage years represent our best opportunity to share the gospel with people, while they are young and especially open to a faith relationship with Jesus Christ
By they time they reach adulthood, many young people leave the church After high school or col- lege, they don’t stick around The number of Americans who claim “none” as their religious affiliation has grown to one-in-five And among young adults, it’s one-inthree
That’s why some strategists say evangelicals should redouble their efforts at reaching young people and their families And that’s why the 2014 Mission Illinois Offering & Week of Prayer focuses on ministry to kids and families. In these articles and videos, we see missions and church planting through their eyes



The Mission Illinois Offering supports IBSA’s work in missions, evangelism, and discipleship much of it involving children Children’s Ministry Day, Missions Spectacular, Super Summer camp for teens, and missions camps are just a few examples And there’s




Youth Encounter and Summer Worship University and All-State Youth Choir and more

And IBSA missionaries and staff help equip local leaders to do ministry in their own mission fields
“When I give through the Mission Illinois Offering, I am giving to the health and strength of local churches right here in Illinois,” said IBSA Executive Director Nate Adams “When churches need help, or training, or simply connection with other churches for missionary purposes, my MIO dollar is there to help the Baptist family work together I want my missions dollar to support the missions effectiveness of local churches ”
The statewide goal this year is $475,000 We can do it together


New rural churches
