{"id":9,"date":"2021-03-29T21:51:33","date_gmt":"2021-03-29T21:51:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ibc-ipswich.org\/?page_id=9"},"modified":"2026-03-07T11:53:28","modified_gmt":"2026-03-07T16:53:28","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ibc-ipswich.org\/index.php\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ibc-ipswich.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/aline.jpg\" alt=\"This image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is aline.jpg\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Pastor Josh Manning comes to us from Michigan, having previously served in the Methodist Church. He has lived in Florida, Alabama, and Michigan, among other places. We are very happy to have Josh and his family with us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lauren Frey is our music director and pianist. She has been an IBC member for many years and provides contemporary and traditional music for worship. Lauren is an integral part of IBC&#8217;s leadership and weekly worship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"374\" height=\"8\" src=\"http:\/\/ibc-ipswich.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/aline.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-48\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ibc-ipswich.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/aline.jpg 374w, https:\/\/ibc-ipswich.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/aline-300x6.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 374px) 100vw, 374px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Our Call: <strong><em>To Know God and To Make God Known<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ibc-ipswich.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/aline.jpg\" alt=\"This image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is aline.jpg\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Contact Information:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Phone: 978-356-2010<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Email: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"mailto:ibc.ipswich@gmail.com\" target=\"_blank\">ibc.ipswich@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>IBC\u2019s YouTube:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@ibcma\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@ibcma<\/a>. Pastor Josh\u2019s weekly sermons are uploaded here. Check it out if you miss the service. Share the link with your friends!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"374\" height=\"8\" src=\"http:\/\/ibc-ipswich.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/image.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ibc-ipswich.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/image.png 374w, https:\/\/ibc-ipswich.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/image-300x6.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 374px) 100vw, 374px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pastor Josh Manning comes to us from Michigan, having previously served in the Methodist Church. He has lived in Florida, Alabama, and Michigan, among other places. We are very happy to have Josh and his family with us. Lauren Frey is our music director and pianist. She has been an IBC member for many years &#8230; <span class=\"more\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/ibc-ipswich.org\/index.php\/about-us\/\">[Read more&#8230;]<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":606,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-full-width.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":{"0":"entry","1":"page","2":"publish","3":"author-administrator","4":"post-9","6":"has-post-thumbnail"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ibc-ipswich.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ibc-ipswich.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ibc-ipswich.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ibc-ipswich.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ibc-ipswich.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/ibc-ipswich.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":577,"href":"https:\/\/ibc-ipswich.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9\/revisions\/577"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ibc-ipswich.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/606"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ibc-ipswich.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}