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General, News

May 13, 2021

By: Leslie Peacock Caldwell

IMB trustees appoint 68 missionaries, announce new affinity

International Mission Board trustees approved 68 new fully funded missionaries for appointment during their May 11-12 meeting in Richmond, Virginia. This is the first in-person meeting trustees have had since Jan. 2020, when restrictions from COVID-19 necessitated virtual meetings. Missionaries approved for appointment will...

General, News

May 13, 2021

By: Leslie Peacock Caldwell

2020 stats show growth in global mission work, IMB reports

Having presented the 2020 Annual Statistical Report (ASR) to IMB trustees during the May 13 board meeting, IMB is now making the full report available to the public. “I have to admit that I’ve been a little nervous about that report,” said Paul Chitwood...

From the Field, General, News, Sub-Saharan African Peoples - Featured, Sub-Saharan African Peoples - Updates
Believers from the Ngongo people group in the Congo Basin practice sharing Bible stories in their heart language.

May 12, 2021

By: Catherine Finch

People group in Congo Basin share Bible stories in heart language

IMB missionary couple Jay and Kathy Shafto understand the importance of people hearing the gospel in their own languages. The Shaftos currently serve in the Congo Basin of Sub-Saharan Africa. Throughout this area, a significant number of people groups have yet to hear the...

General, News, Prayer Resources
Scattered believers connect to care for those imprisoned and persecuted

May 11, 2021

By: Leslie Peacock Caldwell

Scattered believers connect to care for those imprisoned and persecuted

Editor’s note: This story is part of a series on global persecution, leading churches to pray for the persecuted church. The Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church will be observed on Sunday, June 6. The Christians in one Muslim region are working hard...

General, News, Student

May 10, 2021

By: IMB Staff

Chitwood looks to next generation of missional followers

IMB President Paul Chitwood congratulated and challenged the 2021 graduating class of Carson-Newman University, in Jefferson City, Tennessee, last week when he spoke at their commencement. “You’ve been called to be Christ’s disciples and to share his love and his life with others,” Chitwood...

General, News

May 10, 2021

By: Caroline Anderson

IMB introduces Church Connections

What would happen if the more than 47,000 churches in the Southern Baptist Convention were directly connected to International Mission Board missionaries and actively engaged in fulfilling the Great Commission? IMB leadership estimates that almost 50% of Southern Baptist churches have no known connection...

General, News, South Asian Peoples - Featured, South Asian Peoples - Updates
Photo from a recent Send Relief food distribution during the COVID-19 crisis in India. Send Relief photo

May 7, 2021

By: Natalie Sarrett

As crisis continues in India, Send Relief brings aid to those in need

Kiara and Aayush, an elderly couple living in a rural region of India, had already been ostracized from their community for being believers. There, on the top of a hill in an extremely remote village, they were forced to bear the weight of losing...

From the Field, General, News, Northern African and Middle Eastern Peoples - Featured, Northern African and Middle Eastern Peoples - Updates

May 6, 2021

By: Janice Backer

Strangers become sisters in Christ

Maggie Pearce* was crushed. Her friend who had been so receptive to studying the Bible and hearing about Jesus suddenly seemed angry and closed to the gospel. With little choice, Maggie used her most indispensable tool—prayer. Maggie first met her friend, Nadia*, shortly after...

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

May 5, 2021

By: Believer in India

‘Suffocating air of death’ in India leads believer to pray and serve

Death is literally in the air. I opened the veranda door of my apartment in Delhi this week and realized the sky was grey and thick. The weather app on my phone confirmed the “hazardous” air. Then it hit me. The cremations. The non-stop...

European Peoples - Featured, European Peoples - Updates, General, News, Student
Cristhina Danies, a former participant of IMB's Hands On program, and a group of women from Vite Trasformate, an anti-trafficking organization in Italy, take baskets full of gifts to women who are victims of human trafficking in the city.

May 4, 2021

By: Catherine Finch

Former Hands On student leads anti-trafficking organization in Italy

At age 15, Cristhina Danies knew God was calling her to work with women and children overseas who were victims of wars, human trafficking and exploitation. Danies moved to Miami, Florida, from Colombia, South America, when she was 11 years old. She became a believer in her teens and sensed God’s direction...

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Central Asia

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