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Week of Prayer for International Missions
Every day, 155,473 people enter eternity without the hope of Jesus. Join the Week of Prayer, November 28 – December 5, to pray for missionaries, their ministries and the unreached people and places they serve.
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NEW MISSIONARIES

247

NEW PEOPLE GROUPS & PLACES ENGAGED

769,494

HEARD GOSPEL WITNESS

144,322

NEW BELIEVERS

18,380

NEW CHURCHES

*Based on data from 2020
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Latest Articles

From the Field, General, Giving, News, South Asian Peoples - Featured, South Asian Peoples - Updates

November 30, 2021

By: Caroline Anderson

Couple equips Hispanics and Latinos in South Asia

IMB workers Skip and Kim Meyer* have spent their lives on two very different mission fields but with the same purpose: giving hope to people who need it and equipping others to do the same. The Meyers moved to South Asia in 2004 with...

General, Giving, News, Northern African and Middle Eastern Peoples - Featured, Northern African and Middle Eastern Peoples - Updates

November 29, 2021

By: Catherine Finch

Missionaries welcome effort to push back darkness

The mission strategy of Henderson Hills Baptist Church in Oklahoma was forever changed when Mike, the missions pastor, read a statistic: “5% of missions work is done in North Africa and Middle East.” After reading this startling fact, Mike knew the Lord was calling...

American Peoples - Featured, American Peoples - Updates, From the Field, General, Giving, News, Prayer Resources

November 28, 2021

By: Caroline Anderson

Churches connect with missionary task

Tim and Tina Louderback and Sean and Shelley Blacksten are passionate about equipping and connecting churches with opportunities to serve in Central America and the Caribbean. The Louderbacks and the Blackstens serve with the International Mission Board in Panama, and the Louderbacks lead the...

General, News

November 24, 2021

By: IMB Staff

Downloadable Tech Backgrounds for December 2021

Remember to pray for missions with these custom backgrounds for your computer and mobile devices. Using IMB photos from around the world, you can focus your attention on an area of the world in need of prayer. Check each month for an updated background and...

American Peoples - Featured, American Peoples - Updates, From the Field, Giving, News

November 23, 2021

By: Courtney Mobbs

First Person: Praying Esperanza finds true Hope

En español Editor’s note: In June and July 2021, four summer student missionaries served at the Touch of Life Foundation in the Colombian Andean town Bucaramanga. At this facility, Venezuelan refugees had an opportunity for a shower, clean clothing when available, a small breakfast, a Bible...

American Peoples - Featured, American Peoples - Updates, From the Field, General, News

November 23, 2021

By: Courtney Mobbs

Orando para que Esperanza encuentre la verdadera esperanza

In English Nota del editor: En junio y julio de 2021, cuatro estudiantes misioneras de verano sirvieron en la Fundación Toque de Vida en la ciudad andina colombiana de Bucaramanga. En este centro, los refugiados venezolanos tenían la oportunidad de ducharse, de vestirse con...

European Peoples - Featured, European Peoples - Updates, From the Field, General, News

November 22, 2021

By: Leslie Peacock Caldwell

Healthcare team reaches war-torn region with more than medicine

Down Ukrainian roads, cloaked in the golden hues of the vibrant but short-lived autumn, comes help and hope. A caravan of cars following a yellow panel van borrowed from a church carries suitcases and plastic tubs filled with medical supplies. A mission team, including...

General, News

November 19, 2021

By: Roger Alford

Missionaries tell Filipino girl who survived WWII about Jesus, igniting a fire that’s still burning

Tears escape from Sharalene Roper’s eyes and cascade down her cheeks. They’re tears of joy, and they come naturally for a woman who is fulfilling God’s calling on her life to care for elderly residents at the Baptist Retirement Communities of Georgia. It’s the...

Asian Pacific Rim Peoples – Featured, Asian Pacific Rim Peoples – Updates, From the Field, News, Sub-Saharan African Peoples - Featured, Sub-Saharan African Peoples - Updates

November 17, 2021

By: Caroline Anderson

Historic commitment signed to send missionaries from Asia to Africa  

On Oct. 29 in Kenya, IMB missionaries serving in Sub-Saharan Africa and the Asian Pacific Rim signed a memorandum of understanding solidifying the sending of missionaries from Asia to serve in Sub-Saharan Africa.   Daren Davis, the IMB leader for missionaries serving in Africa, said the signing of the memorandum is a historic step toward seeing Asians...

General, News

November 16, 2021

By: IMB Staff

Kids Week of Prayer resources available now

This year’s Week of Prayer for International Missions resources include kids activity pages and accompanying videos. They can be found here. Designed for Sunday school, Wednesday night programs or for kids at home, the activity pages include shortened versions of the corresponding Week of...

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Americas

The American peoples have a rich heritage of missions, yet more than 550 million American people are living without Jesus. Learn More

Central Asia

All of the Persian and Turkic peoples who call Central Asia home are unreached. Learn More

Deaf Peoples

Most of the 35 million Deaf people around the world have never seen Jesus's name signed in their language. Learn More

East Asia

East Asian peoples represent a fourth of the world’s population. Learn More

Europe

It seems impossible to reach the 99 percent of Europeans who don’t have a relationship with Jesus. Learn More

North Africa And Middle East

North African and Middle Eastern peoples live in a place where history blends with the modern world. Learn More

South Asia

From the heights of the mighty Himalayas to the crystal-clear water of the Maldives, South Asia is both awe-inspiring and heart-wrenching It has the largest concentration of non-Christians on the planet. Learn More

Southeast Asia

Southeast Asia is home to 2,728 people groups and the world’s largest Muslim population. Learn More

Sub-Saharan Africa

Sub-Saharan African peoples have a growing Christian population, yet still nearly 1,600 unreached people groups remain in sprawling cities, barren deserts, rain forests, and tropical islands. Learn More

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