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IMB’s MedAdvance highlights importance of health care missions

Health care missions provides access to millions of people who’ve never heard of the Great Physician, and health care professionals play a crucial role in prescribing treatment for both physical and spiritual needs. These were some of the messages... Continue Reading »

IMB alumni hub provides space for connection and community

On the mission field, missionaries quickly forge close relationships with other missionaries, often becoming like family. When missionaries return to the U.S., isolation may set in as they lose proximity to their missionary family. IMB alumni have not only... Continue Reading »

Coffee Ceremonies and Jewelry-making Bring Women Closer to Christ

The smell of freshly roasted coffee beans lingers as women listen to a Bible story at the end of the third round of the coffee ceremony. Ennat* is one of the women who have gathered as part of a... Continue Reading »

Youth Labs Create Pipeline for Missions; SCWMU Consultant Leads Budapest Team

High school students have long been integral to International Mission Board strategy, and those who serve as teenagers often follow a career path that leads them to the mission field, IMB missionary Charlie Worthy said. Worthy saw a need... Continue Reading »

Mt. Pleasant Church Celebrates 30-year Missions Commitment

For more than 30 years, East Cooper Baptist Church in Mt. Pleasant has remained committed to missions locally and internationally. Members’ commitment includes getting the gospel to unreached people groups by supporting IMB missionaries. Throughout Dave Bruner’s tenure as... Continue Reading »

Mount Pleasant Church Maintains 30-Year Missions Commitment  

For more than 30 years, East Cooper Baptist Church has remained committed to missions locally and internationally. Members’ commitment includes getting the gospel to unreached people groups by supporting IMB missionaries. Throughout Dave Bruner’s tenure as missions pastor at... Continue Reading »

‘Tis the Season for IMB Missionaries to Connect With Churches

Lisa Hamilton went from store to store, looking for cards depicting the Christmas story, but she couldn’t find any in the Southeast Asian country where she and her husband, Steve, serve. She did find beautifully designed 3D Christmas cards... Continue Reading »

Women process trauma through IMB ministry in Eastern Europe

How did Daniel of the Bible find contentment living in exile? Jesus healed a blind man; why didn’t He heal His best friend, Lazarus? Women from Eastern Europe grappled with these questions in trauma-focused discipleship groups led by IMB... Continue Reading »

IMB directors publish Unreadable: Another Book You Probably Won’t Read

His body sways slightly with the stopping and starting of the metro. One hand grips the rail, and the other holds his phone. He’s watching a video on YouTube about the relevance of faith in today’s world and common... Continue Reading »

IMB sees church mobilization as vital to kingdom growth

The International Mission Board needs churches. Missionaries can’t get to the mission field without churches, and churches enable missionaries to remain in the places God called them to serve. Churches also play a crucial role in raising up a... Continue Reading »

Week of Prayer: Project 3000 researches, pursues people on edge of lostness

Planes, trains, buses, motorcycles, cars and boats will get them as close as possible before setting off on foot to find hidden people groups. International Mission Board missionaries are going the extra mile, quite often literally. Why? “We’re going... Continue Reading »

Generous Lottie Moon offering — $196.1M — helps missionaries tackle greatest problem

Generosity and gratitude. These words resonate with International Mission Board missionaries when they hear of how faithfully Southern Baptists continue to support them through the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering and the Cooperative Program. The current total of gifts to... Continue Reading »