Here’s Dr. Reid’s first message at this year’s Illinois State Association of Free Will Baptists.  There are 3 messages in this series and you will want to hear them all. Continue Reading

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On Friday evening of the State Meeting we had the privilege of singing Revelation 19 together.  It was quite a treat to hear everyone sing, especially a couple of boys from Mt. Vernon who sang with all they had.

The recording isn’t all that great, but I think you’ll get the spirit of the song as well as our fellowship from this special evening.

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If you’d like to view some of the pictures from the State Meeting, you can see them here

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Here’s part three of Dr. Reid’s series on the cross.  This message was delivered on Saturday morning of the 2009 State Association of Free Will Baptists.

Dr. Garnett Reid Speaking about the Cross

Here are links to Part 1 and Part 2.

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Here’s part two of Dr. Reid’s series on the Cross.  This was delivered at the Friday night service of the Illinois State Association of Free Will Baptists.

Dr. Garnett Reid Speaking about the Cross

Here are links to Part 1 and Part 3.

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The new funding program from Free Will Baptist International Missions involves everyone.  Our hope is to reach as many people as possible, and that means everyone needs to get involved.

Our own Illinois Mission Board has developed a new plan to work together with the Everyone plan from FWBIM.  It is called the IGO plan, and you can read more about it on this website.

You’ll be hearing a lot more about the everyone plan in the days and weeks ahead.  For now, if you want to help out, you can prepare for the 2009 World Missions Offering.  You can just save up, but if you want to help get kids inovled you can utilize the WMO coin banks.

For more information about the Everyone Plan, and the WMO head on over to the International Missions Website.

We are excited to introduce the new ILFWB website.  The old one had served its purpose, but we have been desperate for an upgrade.   I think you will enjoy some of the features of the new website.  Here’s a few for starters:

1. You can subscribe to the news articles by email, or get them in your favorite feed reader.  (I’m an avid google reader fan.)  Just click on the orange RSS icon at the top right of the page.

2. You can actually comment on articles.  Have a question about Camp Hope?  Really enjoy the last Disaster Relief Trip?  Let us know about it.  Just click on the comments link at the bottom of any article to view or leave comments.  We’d love to hear from you.  (If you would, leave some comments at the bottom of this article to let us know what you think about the new site, or what else you might like to see.)

3. You can add content.  If you have information or news concerning Free Will Baptists in the state, we’d love to post it on the site.  If you’d like to be a regular contributor send us an email, and we’ll be glad to set you up with an account.  You can also always just send an email with the content you would like to have displayed.

4.  You can easily access news from other Free Will Baptist Organizations.  If you follow the right hand column down the page, you’ll see two “feeds” we are currently serving.  One is from the Media Commission and the other from the WNAC blog.  These articles will continue to be updated as the authors from these websites add information.   We hope to be adding a feed from ONE magazine later this spring.

We hope you’ll enjoy the new look, and more importantly an even better way to get the content that you need.

You won’t want to miss the Drama at Dinner on Friday entitled Don’t Kick the Turkey’s!

This play is about a Pastor who moves into his new church and begins to cause a stir.  It is a humorous presentation, but with a message.  Hopefully you’ll go away from this event ready to kick a few turkeys yourself.  

Tickets for the Dinner Theater are $10 for Adults, $5 for ages 6-12 and ages 5 and under are free. The proceeds will be going to the Calvary CTS. 

SEATING IS LIMITED so tickets are first come first serve. If you would like to go ahead and purchase your tickets, please send your money to:

Attn: Kathy Hayes
Calvary Free Will Baptist Church
2868 South Broadway
Salem, IL 62881.

The C.E. Board would like to invite all pastors, and their worship leaders and teams to Calvary Free Will Baptist Church Continue Reading

Our Disaster Response team has helped people from Louisiana and Mississippi to Missouri and Indiana and right here in our own backyard in Mt. Vernon, IL. We are followers of Jesus Christ, who himself set the example of helping the helpless. He went so far that he gave his life for our sins.

Psalm 72:12 “For he shall deliver the needy when he crieth; the poor also, and him that hath no helper.”

With this in mind the Illinois Disaster Response Team desires to help those in need during time of crisis suffering in a natural disaster. We want not only to help with physical labor, but in spiritual encouragement and in prayer. It is our desire to show neighborly love and concern.

Disaster Relief Hard at Work

You can help by prayer, giving, volunteering, and making us aware of needs in your local community.

If you would be interested in going on one of the disaster response trips, or helping in one of the other ways, you can contact our Coordinator Tim Hayes at (618)323-6812 or by email

A Ministry of Illinois Master’s Men

Contact Information

Address: 5150 Centennial Ln.

Iuka, IL 62849
(618.323.6812)

Coordinator: Tim Hayes | Email Tim

Treasurer: Ernie Taylor | Email Ernie

We do what we do because Christ did what He did!