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From the Field, General, News

December 3, 2020

By: Ann Lovell

Week of Prayer for International Missions: Day 5

Throughout its 175-year history, Southern Baptists have maintained an uninterrupted witness among the nations, in spite of famine, war and civil unrest. This commitment has not come without sacrifice. Approximately 60 missionaries and children have died due to violent circumstances while serving with the International Mission...

News

December 2, 2020

By: WMU Communications

WMU Hosts Virtual Celebration for the Week of Prayer

National WMU’s celebration of the Week of Prayer for International Missions that takes place each December at WMU’s headquarters in Birmingham is moving online this year. “We are excited to celebrate the Week of Prayer for International Missions and the 175th year of the...

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

December 2, 2020

By: Ann Lovell

Week of Prayer for International Missions: Day 4

The small group of men boards a single-engine Cessna. After a little more than a two-hour flight, they land on a small airstrip deep in the Amazon rainforest. From there they board a boat and settle in for the ride. Their destination, an isolated village of a tribe called the Akawa*, is...

General, News

December 1, 2020

By: J.D. Greear

First-Person: Why our church hopes to give the largest Lottie Moon gift ever

This November I am re-reading one of my favorite books, To the Golden Shore: The Life of Adoniram Judson. Not many books have truly changed my life, but this one has. After reading it in college, I resigned my law studies and went to serve God with the...

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

December 1, 2020

By: Caroline Anderson

Week of Prayer for International Missions: Day 3

Doug Derbyshire goes to many places in Thailand with no Christians and no churches, and it troubles him deeply. But the lack of a gospel witness in Baan Po troubled him the most. Derbyshire is a medical doctor with the International Mission Board who serves in Thailand with his wife, Cheryl. He’s doing what...

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

November 30, 2020

By: Leslie Peacock Caldwell

Week of Prayer for International Missions: Day 2

After living in Croatia for more than 22 years, missionary Eric Maroney understands why some people describe life and ministry as difficult in this part of Europe. He has witnessed the reluctance of people to believe the Truth of the gospel and has endured the skepticism toward evangelical...

General, News

November 30, 2020

By: IMB Staff

Downloadable Tech Backgrounds for December 2020

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...

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

November 29, 2020

By: Catherine Finch

Week of Prayer for International Missions: Day 1

Hundreds of thousands of boys sleep on the streets in Kenya. These children are marginalized, beaten, sexually abused and arrested. Many Kenyans regard these children as worthless and not to be trusted. Kenyans call these boys “trash eaters.”  International Mission Board missionary Kristen Lowry and the staff at the Naivasha Children’s Shelter in Naivasha, Kenya, see the...

General, Giving, News

November 25, 2020

By: Sarah Alexander

WMU leaders rally churches for LMCO

Leaders of the national Woman’s Missionary Union (WMU) are working a plan to send hand-written appeals to 20,000 Southern Baptist churches to encourage every church to give to the annual Lottie Moon Christmas Offering (LMCO). Sandy Wisdom-Martin, executive director-treasurer for National WMU, initiated the...

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

November 24, 2020

By: IMB Staff

Your Generosity Matters in South America

The first idea was chickens. IMB missionary Joe Brewster was working with an Indigenous church planter in Peru to help their mission agency become self-supporting. They understood that a stronger business model would support the National Indigenous Missions of Peru, that includes 10 tribal...

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LOOKING FOR LYDIA: WOMEN REACHING WOMEN

Equip South Asian women to become bold disciple-makers.

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CENTRAL ASIA SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF

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

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

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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.

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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

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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

South Asia

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