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General, News
Paul Chitwood, IMB president, greets a group of fifth and sixth graders touring the IMB headquarters in Richmond, VA.

July 30, 2021

By: Catherine Finch

Missions education pays off for fifth and sixth graders with IMB tour

Staff of the International Mission Board showed their enthusiasm while hosting a group of fifth and sixth graders from Southern Hills Baptist Church of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The children visited the IMB headquarters in Richmond, Virginia, as a reward for completing eight mission projects during the 2020-2021 school...

East Asian Peoples - Featured, East Asian Peoples - Updates, From the Field, General, News
IMB missionaries Natalie Nation and Tara Rice pray using a booklet with prayer requests for each stop the train makes. Nation and Rice, along with other Christians, are riding a rail line that makes a loop around the city in order to pray for the neighborhoods in Tokyo.

July 29, 2021

By: Caroline Anderson

Riding the rails at 50 mph, IMB missionaries circle the city in prayer

Have you ever been to a prayer meeting that went 50 miles an hour? International Mission Board missionaries in Japan go to one every Tuesday morning. The train doors open, releasing a cool swath of air into the summer humidity affecting not just Olympic athletes,...

General, News

July 28, 2021

By: Chip Hutcheson

Walnut Street sending couple to international mission field

A couple who came to the U.S. with a Great Commission vision are in the final stages of moving to another part of the world to carry on that vision. John* and Judy* came from East Asia to Louisville, where both earned degrees from...

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

July 28, 2021

By: Catherine Finch

South Asian believer sacrifices for persecutor

For believers in South Asia, persecution comes in many forms. Often, professing faith in Christ can affect their standing within their communities and their ability to secure a means of providing for their families. Mark* found faith in Christ about five years ago, reports...

East Asian Peoples - Featured, East Asian Peoples - Updates, From the Field, General, News

July 27, 2021

By: Caroline Anderson

Manga, cosplay and Olympic trading pins all provide bridge to the gospel

What do manga, cosplay and Olympic pins have in common? The Japanese comics, costume play and popular trading pins were all used to share the gospel this weekend near Shibuya Crossing, a pedestrian crosswalk where as many as 3,000 people cross at one time....

General, News

July 27, 2021

By: IMB Staff

Downloadable Tech Backgrounds for August 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...

East Asian Peoples - Featured, East Asian Peoples - Updates, From the Field, General, News

July 26, 2021

By: Caroline Anderson

Japanese hunger for hope on the horizon

More people died by suicide in Japan in October of 2020 than died from COVID-19 in the previous months of 2020. In 2020, Japan reported 16.7 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants. Concrete walls enclose home-like prisons where Japanese men and women suffer in silence. Already...

East Asian Peoples - Featured, East Asian Peoples - Updates, From the Field, General, News

July 23, 2021

By: Caroline Anderson

‘Game on’ for IMB Olympics ministry team

You aren’t in Tokyo. Maybe you, like dozens of Southern Baptists across the 50 states, planned to travel to Tokyo for the 2020 Olympics to serve alongside International Mission Board missionaries and Japanese Christians. Your hope to travel may have lingered this summer; however,...

General, News

July 22, 2021

By: Dr. Paul Chitwood

First Person: Getting to the Edge of Lostness

Matthew 24:14 records these words of our Lord: “This gospel of the kingdom will be proclaimed throughout the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.” Because Southern Baptists are committed to a foundation built upon the Word...

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

July 22, 2021

By: Richard and Karen Lee

First Person: African American churches are finding missionary connections

Editor’s note: The International Mission Board recently initiated Church Connections to facilitate connections between IMB missionaries and churches who do not have direct contact with a missionary. Church Connections efforts began in 2020 with a pilot involving 10% of IMB’s missionaries. April 5, 2021...

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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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