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CP Section Second Quarter 2026

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This report includes contributions received by the Illinois Baptist State Association through the second quarter of 2026. For questions about this report, write to IBSA Operations Team, 3085 Stevenson Dr., Springfield, IL 62703, email AshleyParsons@IBSA.org, or call 217-391-3106.

Giving jan. 1 - june. 30

I’m Shannon Ford

And this is my missionary calling.

I left Oklahoma City when I enlisted in the Army. In Germany we had East Bloc refugees coming into Western Europe. I helped with Bible studies, going to the refugee houses, spending time with them. That was my exposure and my sense that God wanted me in vocational ministry. One month after I finished in the military, I was at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Kansas City. My seminary education was eye-opening. Midwestern prepared me for ministry, the whole gambit—pastoral care, clinical pastoral orientation, theology, evangelism, missions. We answered the call to go with the International Mission Board in response to a request in Ukraine to plant 2,000 new churches. Ukraine grew into what I’d call the Bible Belt of the former Soviet Union. We got to see a whole generation come to faith in Jesus Christ, then grow more churches. We didn’t know war was coming, but God was preparing believers to serve through it all. After 23 years there and in the Czech Republic, we answered a call to serve in missions in Illinois.

God called. I answered. You sent. Through Cooperative Program giving.

With your church’s faithful, regular giving

to missions through Southern Baptist’s Cooperative Program, Shannon Ford was trained at an SBC seminary for missions work that continues today as he leads the IBSA Mission Team. (Shannon is pictured here with his wife, Katie, on Serve Tour in Evansville). Because Illinois Baptists give over $5 million through CP each year, Shannon can help churches do missions all over Illinois and engage in global outreach. “Whenever we visited back home as IMB missionaries, we thanked churches who were obedient to the Lord. He said, ‘Give of your tithes and offerings, and see what I’ll do with it.’”

Learn more about missions partnership through CP.

God called. Shannon answered.

Will you? Top 100 Illinois churches in Cooperative Program support through second quarter 2026 Churches 1 O’Fallon First, O Fallon 2 Woodland, Peoria 3 Logan Street, Mount Vernon 4 Lincoln Avenue, Jacksonville 5 Marion Second, Marion 6 Dorrisville, Harrisburg 7 Metro Community, Edwardsville 8 Immanuel, Benton 9 Tabernacle, Decatur 10 Calvary, Monticello 11 Harrisburg First, Harrisburg 12 Columbia First, Columbia 13 Chatham, Chatham 14 Du Quoin First, Du Quoin 15 Effingham First, Effingham 16 Marshall, Marshall 17 Pinckneyville First, Pinckneyville 18 Anna Heights, Anna

19 Salem First, Salem 20 Metropolis First, Metropolis Highland Avenue, Robinson 182,125.00 21 Elm Street, Murphysboro 22 70,075.36 Mt Zion First, Mt Zion 66,433.70 23 Beaucoup, Pinckneyville 60,089.13 24 Casey First, Casey 54,466.45 25 Carterville First, Carterville 26 54,115.96 Bethalto First, Bethalto 47,522.20 27 Ten Mile, Mc Leansboro 46,000.02 28 Meadow Heights, Collinsville 44,464.48 29 Bethel, Vandalia 30 44,232.61 Island City, Wilmington 42,027.61 31 Eldorado First, Eldorado 35,985.21 32 Delta, Springfield 32,160.13 33 Calvary, Alton 34 30,794.13 Emmanuel, Carlinville 30,598.45 35 Carmi First, Carmi 27,128.00 36 Together on North Grand, Springfield 26,735.59 37 Western Oaks, Springfield 38 23,887.00 39 Marion First, Marion

Per Capita Dollars

23,614.71 22,713.62 22,653.81 22,500.00 22,260.37 22,075.00 21,887.89 21,244.63 19,981.19 19,962.66 19,816.23 19,793.09 19,093.67 18,872.21 18,417.72 18,351.66 18,322.75 18,000.00 16,565.38 15,517.00 15,000.00

40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60

East Salem, Mount Vernon Rochester First, Rochester Towerview, Shiloh Northside Missionary, Grayville Waterloo First, Waterloo Sterling, Fairview Heights West Frankfort First, West Frankfort Greenup First Southern, Greenup Fairview Heights First, Fairview Heights Heartland, Alton Bethel, Troy Morton First, Morton Charleston, Charleston Ramsey First, Ramsey Unity, Vandalia Ditney Ridge, Norris City Net Community, Staunton Steeleville, Steeleville Charity, Carlinville Wayne City, Wayne City Whitelaw Avenue, Wood River

14,991.00 14,774.57 14,135.00 13,995.00 13,993.63 13,720.34 13,224.33 12,857.51 12,706.02 12,141.78 12,000.00 11,879.24 11,720.10 11,580.78 11,389.31 11,356.14 11,107.00 10,855.25 10,587.34 10,544.82 10,061.08

61 Redeemer, Loves Park 62 Clarksville, Marshall 63 Westfield, Westfield 64 Friendship, Plainfield 65 Church of the Cross, Mahomet 66 Ullin First, Ullin 67 Cutler First, Cutler 68 Cornerstone, Savoy 69 Altamont First, Altamont 70 Gospelife Washington, Washington 71 Mt Carmel First, Mount Carmel 72 Mullen, Montrose 73 Eastview, Springfield 74 Grace Southern, Virden 75 Albion First, Albion 76 Murdale, Carbondale 77 Lakeland, Carbondale (t) Nashville First, Nashville 79 Bankston Fork, Harrisburg 80 Calvary, Pittsfield 81 Petersburg First, Petersburg

9,995.00 9,922.49 9,699.79 9,564.00 9,031.75 9,000.00 8,906.15 8,802.00 8,738.87 8,727.63 8,502.00 8,455.31 8,400.00 8,300.00 7,910.46 7,713.65 7,500.00 7,500.00 7,331.06 7,328.00 7,176.00

82 Pennsylvania Ave, Urbana 83 Atwood First, Atwood 84 Arthur Southern, Arthur 85 Wisetown, Greenville 86 Calvary of Elgin, Elgin 87 Living Faith, Sherman 88 Grace, Granite City 89 Panther Fork Missionary, Texico 90 Immanuel, Chicago 91 Quincy First Southern, Quincy 92 Cross, Carlinville 93 Belle Rive Missionary, Belle Rive 94 Fairfield First, Fairfield 95 Southtower Community, Dawson 96 Olney Southern, Olney 97 Lebanon Missionary, Mount Vernon 98 Olive Branch, Martinsville 99 Mt Pleasant, Medora 100 Liberty, Harrisburg

7,116.18 7,000.00 6,978.00 6,793.20 6,790.27 6,766.29 6,659.99 6,630.50 6,624.98 6,550.57 6,491.99 6,344.66 6,250.00 6,237.50 6,217.76 6,211.25 6,136.30 6,105.61 6,024.60


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