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Latest Articles

European Peoples - Featured, From the Field, News

January 27 2020

By: Kelvin Joseph

Baptist workers join those remembering the Holocaust

The twisting of my gut was expected, but it was much deeper than I had imagined. Standing in the place where Nazi Germans murdered more than a million Jews and thousands of other people deemed undesirable, I could not escape the feeling. This wave...

From the Field, News, South Asian Peoples - Updates

January 24 2020

By: IMB Staff

Bangalore Baptist Hospital celebrates 47th anniversary

Join as missionaries celebrate with national partners the 47th anniversary of Bangalore Baptist Hospital in India.

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January 23 2020

By: Ann Lovell

Missions is at the heart of racial reconciliation, pastor says

Bartholomew Orr believes in racial reconciliation, and he believes that reconciliation comes through a shared commitment to missions. Orr has served as senior pastor of Brown Missionary Baptist Church in Southaven, Mississippi, since 1989. A vibrant church with a rich history, Orr and his...

American Peoples - Featured, From the Field, News

January 22 2020

By: Jennifer Waldrep

Social media proving key to reaching young adults

Young adults of Latin America have grown up wired, as in many other cultures. They use smart phones to interact but not just when they are apart. Young people in the same room text each other, simultaneously following separate chats, interacting over shared photos...

From the Field, News

January 21 2020

By: Catherine Walker, 1915-2016

The Christian life is like batik

Editor’s note: This is an excerpt from an article first published in the December 1956 The Commission magazine, published by IMB (formerly Foreign Mission Board). The author was Catherine Walker, missionary to China and Indonesia. After her retirement from the field, she led IMB’s...

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January 20 2020

By: Ann Lovell

IMB to commemorate 175 years among the nations throughout 2020

For 175 years, Southern Baptists have not failed to have a witness among the nations, IMB President Paul Chitwood told home office staff and field personnel this week. 2020 marks the 175th anniversary of Southern Baptist mission work around the world. To commemorate this...

From the Field, News

January 17 2020

By: Nicole Lee

Good news amidst war in Ukraine

In 2014, war broke out in Ukraine and continues in a portion of the country today. Those living in the war zone survive day to day amid rubble, poverty and chaos. Infrastructure has collapsed, jobs are non-existent, food is scarce and the sound of...

From the Field, News

January 16 2020

By: Caroline Anderson

Unity through sports and Jesus

Global sporting events bring nations together. Yes, rivals banter and boo, but a myriad of nations gathering because of a common love is also a beautiful sight. Sports bring about a quirky unity and solidarity. This October, I attended a rugby match during the...

Central Asian Peoples - Featured, From the Field, News

January 15 2020

By: Lucy Campbell

Central Asian student moves from fear to salvation

Seated across from a friend and surrounded by the smell of cooking fish, Zeynep* perused her menu with keen eyes. She spotted a symbol, the ichthus, familiar from years of interest in the Christian church. Her friend said, “Even if my father and mother...

From the Field, News, Southeast Asian Peoples - Updates

January 14 2020

By: Rachel Cohen

Jesus knows Sign language

Sarah* is odd, and she knows it. As the only Deaf person in a hearing Christian family, she always felt like “the other.” The Deaf in her Indonesian culture are considered inferior, so that’s the way she felt. Sarah grew up in church, but...

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Featured Projects

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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Featured Trips

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Guatemala

Is God leading your church to be on mission? Americas Connect Guatemala is a great place to start. Learn More.

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South Asia

Be a strategic frontliner sharing the gospel. Meet basic physical, educational and spiritual needs. Strengthen local believers' evangelism methods. Learn More.

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Healthcare

Medical and other health care volunteers are needed to partner with field personnel and local believers in ministering to refugees in Eastern Ukraine. Learn More.

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Missionary Profiles

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Long-term / Africa

Harrell Family

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Long-term / Africa

Pepper Family

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Long-term / Africa

Bethany Amber

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Mid-term / American Peoples

Brandi & Amanda

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Long-term / Ukraine

Ingrid

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Long-term / Africa

Haun Family

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Where Can I Go?

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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