Upcoming Faith and Family Events in Illinois
09.29.23
Listed below are some wonderful upcoming events that will inform and equip you and your family for the cultural challenges today. While all of these are not IFI events, we hope to be present at most, if not all of them. We hope to see you at some of these!
America’s Chaplain and the Fight for Justice
09.21.23
“America's Chaplain” and Illinois Pastor, Steve Lee, now has a GiveSendGo account to collect funds for his legal defense: www.GiveSendGo.com/ChaplainLee. We at Illinois Family Institute have been raising funds for him too, collecting tax-deductible donations at www.IllinoisFamily.org/Contribute and letting people designate to the Pastor Lee Legal Defense cause.
America’s Pastor: Freedom of Religion & Freedom of Speech Under Attack
09.06.23
“If I am to be effective, which I believe I am, we must always see the hurting human in front of us and compassionately, sensitively, truthfully confront that person with the everlasting gospel of Jesus Christ.” These are the honest and sincere words of Reverend Stephen Lee, also known as America’s Pastor. Recently, Reverend Lee was indicted in Georgia for so-called election interference, along with 18 others, including former president Donald Trump. The state alleges Lee and others “unlawfully conspired and endeavored to conduct and participate in a criminal enterprise in Fulton County, Georgia, and elsewhere.”
The World Suffers Because of Myopic Leftist Rage
By Laurie Higgins   |   08.27.21
On November 7, 2020, four days after the General Election, a millennial friend who identifies as a Christian and is a devoted disciple of critical race theory and BLM posted this sacrilegious image on her Facebook page:
God, the Elections, and 4-D Chess
11.07.20
As a boy, I remember “watching” the epic chess battle between Boris Spassky and Bobby Fischer. It was aired on channel 13, the PBS station in New York, and a bell would ring, announcing the latest move. This, in turn,...
Biggest Match Challenge in IFI History
By David E. Smith   |   11.30.18
We are thrilled to announce our largest end-of-year matching challenge ever!  Thanks to amazingly generous IFI partners, we have an end-of-year matching challenge of $100,000! We are excited about the prospect of doubling every dollar donated to IFI by December...
Legal Fund: Restore Therapist’s First Amendment Rights!
07.30.18
IFI is asking for help from supporters in moving forward an important lawsuit against the state of Illinois in hopes of overturning the Youth Mental Health Protection Act, which went into effect in 2016. In light of the U.S. Supreme...
Small Dollar Contributions to IFI are Not Small at All
By John Biver   |   12.07.17
Recently, I posted this article: George Soros Gets It: When Will More Wealthy Conservatives? My goal was to spur wealthy conservatives to increase their giving to organizations like the Illinois Family Institute (IFI) and Illinois Family Action (IFA). While it’s...
Colonel Allen West on The Military, Foreign Affairs and School Choice
By John Biver   |   06.13.17
In an interview posted at the Accuracy in Media website, Colonel Allen West delivers what conservatives have come to expect from him since his arrival on the national political scene back in 2010 when he was elected to Congress from Florida.
Support Pro-Life Billboard Campaign
02.15.17
Illinois Family Institute is partnering with pro-life advocates to challenge millions of our neighbors about abortion.  We are putting up pro-life billboards with the simple and bold statement “Abortion Takes Human Life“, but we need your financial partnership to make...
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