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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 »

S.C. Army Chaplain Among Stateside Workers Highlighted on Missions Prayer Calendars

Church planter Chris Mills and his wife, Sarah, want prayers for grace as they “make everyday missionaries” in New York, and U.S. Army Chaplain Dom Grotti and his wife, Megan, request prayers in discipling soldiers and their families in... Continue Reading »

SCBaptist Unveils Historic 10×10 Plan

On Dec. 7, 2023, the Executive Board of the South Carolina Baptist Convention voted unanimously and enthusiastically to release $10 million in unrestricted cash assets into the mission and ministry model of the convention over a 10-year period. The... Continue Reading »

Week of Prayer: IMB commits to loving and serving during times of disaster

Natural disasters can strike anytime and anywhere. They leave millions of people in need. Those in the path of storms, earthquakes or hurricanes often find themselves hungry, homeless and hopeless. Thanks to the long-term commitment of Southern Baptists, missionaries... Continue Reading »

Week of Prayer: Sign language breaks barriers to gospel, discipleship in West Africa

International Mission Board missionary Paul Yount sits just outside a crowded cafeteria. Inside the room, chairs squeak across the floor. A cacophony of voices mixes. Forks scrape plates. The ice in the drink machine crashes to the bottom of... Continue Reading »

Georgia Baptists present $1.7M check to International Mission Board

Georgia Baptists have given an additional $1.7 million to the International Mission Board to support missionaries serving around the world. Georgia Baptist Mission Board Executive Director W. Thomas Hammond, accompanied by Finance Committee Chairman Steve Browning, Executive Committee Vice... Continue Reading »

Week of Prayer: Calling realized through relationships

Rose had a passion to reach a people group situated in the Horn of Africa. Accessing them was another question altogether. She knew she couldn’t do it alone. Rose is a member of a church in Mexico and a... Continue Reading »

Week of Prayer: Training results in 17 churches planted in Zambia, still growing

It was just a normal meeting of some Zambian pastors and a few workers from Christian organizations. When Randy Windham stood up and handed a sign-up sheet to the person next to him, they had no idea that ministry... Continue Reading »

Week of Prayer: Partnership enters new era

Prison ministry. Sports ministry. Developing national missionaries. The dreams discussed around the table were big. International Mission Board missionaries Matt and Gretchen Clay saw the passion rising as the group of pastors and lay ministers figured out ways to... 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 »

$4.8 million gift to IMB kicks off LMCO season

The 2023 Lottie Moon Christmas Offering received a big boost in November toward meeting a hefty goal of $200 million for international missions. Paul Chitwood, IMB president, received a check for $4.84 million from the Joy Ledbetter Trust. It... Continue Reading »

Week of Prayer: Virtual reality reaches lost through innovation

Michaela Knippers grabs the bulky virtual reality goggles off the desk and tightens them onto her head. Her husband, Justin, is already strapped in and waving his hand in the air to scroll through different maps he sees through... Continue Reading »