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June 4, 2020

By: Dr. Paul Chitwood

‘We must do better,’ Chitwood tells staff

(Editor’s note: Dr. Paul Chitwood sent this message to all IMB field personnel and staff on Thursday, June 4.) Greetings, brothers and sisters, “Whoever says he is in the light and hates his brother is still in darkness. Whoever loves his brother abides in the light,...

General, News, South Asian Peoples - Featured, South Asian Peoples - Updates
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June 4, 2020

By: Bryant Wright

Send Relief response to cyclone devastation in South Asia

India and Bangladesh were already suffering from the COVID-19 pandemic when Cyclone Amphan slammed ashore on May 20. The storm uprooted trees, flattened homes and left millions without power. Send Relief immediately had partners on the ground assessing needs and putting together an action...

From the Field, General, News
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June 2, 2020

By: IMB Staff

2020 IMB Annual Report videos to Southern Baptists

Editor’s note: With the necessary cancellation of the 2020 SBC Annual Meeting, Southern Baptist entity leaders offered reports during SBC Advance, a lived-streamed event held Tuesday, June 2. The two-hour online event was not designed to be a substitute for the annual meeting, but...

General, News, Student
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June 2, 2020

By: Caroline Anderson

IMB Student Team Introduces Stateside Summer Initiative

The IMB Student Team is providing an opportunity for students to reach the nations through the Stateside Summer initiative. Stateside Summer empowers students to reach the nations this summer without leaving the U.S. Students will participate in missions activities, learn about unreached and unengaged...

East Asian Peoples - Featured, East Asian Peoples - Updates, News
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June 1, 2020

By: Stella McMillian

Quarantined believers lead family to Christ

For almost a decade, Jess* and her brother David* had been praying for their parents’ salvation. As a new calendar year approached this past January, they felt an extra sense of urgency. So, they both agreed to set aside the first Saturday of each...

General, News
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May 29, 2020

By: IMB Staff

Downloadable Tech Backgrounds for June 2020

You can 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 using the chosen background. Check back each...

From the Field, News, Sub-Saharan African Peoples - Featured, Sub-Saharan African Peoples - Updates
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May 28, 2020

By: Caroline Anderson

Widows in Malawi find hope amidst difficult circumstances

Widows in Malawi often experience abuse and shame from their community. After the deaths of their husbands, the women’s lives become extremely difficult—emotionally, financially and societally. Amess Nthala started Hope for Widows after she experienced firsthand the abuse and loss that widows experience in...

News
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May 27, 2020

By: Todd Lafferty

The Risky Business of Gospel Advancement

Why do missionaries stay in harm’s way? Why do they stay, when they could live in a safe haven for a period of time? Those are indeed questions that every missionary wrestles with, and at times they come to different conclusions. As COVID-19 spikes...

News
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May 26, 2020

By: IMB staff

IMB’s first virtual Sending Celebration scheduled for June 9, 2020

Since 1845, nearly 25,000 Southern Baptist missionaries have shared the gospel, made disciples, planted churches and settled their families in 185 countries around the world. Sending Celebrations are a time to commission new missionaries who are furthering the vision of reaching all peoples with...

East Asian Peoples - Featured, East Asian Peoples - Updates, Giving, News
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May 23, 2020

By: Sue Sprenkle

Give to Abby’s Challenge

Editor’s note: To participate in Challenge 32, go to https://www.imb.org/give-now/ or give through your local church or the SBTC to the IMB. Please add “Abby’s Challenge” as a gift in honor via “more options” when giving online, or in the memo line for checks....

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Featured Projects

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CUBA TO THE NATIONS

Help Cuban Baptists take the gospel to the unreached world.

GOAL: $1,350,000
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LOOKING FOR LYDIA: WOMEN REACHING WOMEN

Equip South Asian women to become bold disciple-makers.

GOAL: $105,000
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CENTRAL ASIA SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF

Provide operating expenses for the Central Asia School for the Deaf.

GOAL: $30,000
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KOREAN INTERNATIONAL MISSIONS

Fuel a missionary movement from Korea to East Asia.

GOAL: $750,000
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CHURCH PLANTING IN FRANKFURT AND BEYOND

Train new church planters to reach diverse Frankfurt communities.

GOAL: $1,188,200
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MACEDONIAN PROJECT

Open doors for a unique group of candidates to immediately deploy to the mission field.

GOAL: $46,780,000
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ONE CRISIS RESPONSE - YEMEN

Provide food, shelter, and medicine to the displaced and most vulnerable.

GOAL: $615,000
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PRESCHOOL BREAKS DOWN WALLS

Provide quality preschool education, opening doors for gospel sharing in a spiritually oppresive country.

GOAL: $1,500,000
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ARNETT SCHOLARSHIP TO ADVANCE MINISTRY

Honor the mission legacy of Randy and Kathy Arnett by funding a scholarship for academic and ministry excellence for West Africa students to continue their education at the masters and doctoral level.

GOAL: $10,000
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Mid-term / American Peoples

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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
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Central Asia

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

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

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

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

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

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