Matthew Lucio
ILC Assistant to the President for Communication
The Illinois Conference of Seventh-day Adventists reached 14,000 members for the first time, ending 2024 with a net increase of 144 new members. This comes after an energetic month of baptisms in November, when more than a hundred were baptized during Hispanic Evangelism Week and an additional twenty-one were baptized at North Shore on November 23.
Michael Campos (ILC Executive Secretary) is quick to point out that these number represent something greater:
It’s meaningful because it represents 14,000 individual stories and life journeys, each one a testament to God’s Grace. It also speaks to the commitment of a community of believers that wants to see more lives transformed by knowing Jesus.
CONTEXTS
The Illinois Conference reported 285 members two years after its founding in 1870, but it took twenty-three years before that numbe r reached 1,000. The Conference reached 13,000 members in 2010.
Wisconsin Conference also reported hitting a milestone of 8,000 members in 2024.
NEXT STEPS
Illinois Conference churches will also be focusing on evangelism this year as a part of Pentecost 2025.
If you are interested in baptism, reach out to your local Seventh-day Adventist Church pastor or contact us through this website.
Please send any news items of what God is doing around the Illinois Conference to communication@ilcsda.org.