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American Peoples - Featured, American Peoples - Updates, From the Field, General, News
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July 13, 2020

By: Tobin Perry

IMB missionaries use trauma care resources to help refugees, start churches

It’s tough to overstate the trauma the Venezuelan people have experienced over the last decade. The price of the country’s chief export, oil, cratered. Hyperinflation at one point hit 10 million percent. The country’s power grid failed, leading to massive power shortages. An unpopular...

European Peoples - Featured, European Peoples - Updates, From the Field, In Memoriam, News
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July 10, 2020

By: Shannon Ford

Missionary Joseph Ragan dies at 57

Joseph Melton Ragan III, an International Mission Board missionary who shared the gospel among European Affinity peoples, died July 4, 2020. He was 57. Ragan’s love for Jesus and the desire to make Him known prompted him to leave Texas and move to Ukraine...

East Asian Peoples - Featured, East Asian Peoples - Updates, From the Field, News
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July 9, 2020

By: Stella McMillian

East Asian churches return generosity to U.S. congregation

As Christian workers Neil and Marisa Mather* watched the COVID-19 pandemic beginning to sweep through East Asia back in February, they knew they had to do something to help. Though they were in the U.S. at the time, they mobilized their church partners and...

General, News, Student
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July 8, 2020

By: Paul Chitwood

All-inclusive vision demands we ‘go!’

IMB’s vision:  A multitude from every language, people, tribe and nation knowing and worshiping our Lord Jesus Christ (Rev. 7:9). The Revelation 7:9-10 vision that we steward at the IMB is literally the culmination of human history. But it’s not our vision. This is...

From the Field, News, Student, Sub-Saharan African Peoples - Featured, Sub-Saharan African Peoples - Updates
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July 8, 2020

By: Maya Lewellyn

College mission trips lead to lifetime of ministry

Imagine a life with no running water, no electricity, no Chick-fil-A and no favorite soda in 120-degree weather. A life without the things we deem a necessity might be hard to envision, but that is the life Sara Lansford chose after graduating in 2007...

News, Training for Professionals
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July 7, 2020

By: Caroline Anderson

IMB to host virtual MedAdvance conference Aug. 7-8

For the past 13 years, IMB has hosted the MedAdvance conference as a forum for healthcare professionals, students, church leaders and state and associational leaders to learn how they can partner with IMB healthcare workers. This year’s MedAdvance conference will be held virtually on...

General, News, Prayer Resources
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July 6, 2020

By: Leslie Peacock Caldwell

IMB urges caution while encouraging sustained commitment to missions

International Mission Board senior leaders are urging Southern Baptists to use extreme caution if they are considering overseas missions travel for the remainder of 2020. As many countries continue to require quarantines or have not yet opened their borders, travelers could face unexpected circumstances,...

General, News
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July 6, 2020

By: Paul Chitwood

Support of missionaries absolutely vital for gospel advance

Throughout our 175-year history, Southern Baptists have maintained an uninterrupted witness among the nations, in spite of famines, wars, civil unrest and—as we have all experienced this year—even a pandemic. This commitment has not come without sacrifice by your missionaries, and their continued witness...

From the Field, News, Southeast Asian Peoples - Featured, Southeast Asian Peoples - Updates
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July 2, 2020

By: Caroline Anderson

IMB workers share nothing but blood of Jesus can heal

In a dimly-lit wooden home, a paralyzed man shares the story of his paralysis, his time with a witchdoctor, and finally, his vision of heaven. IMB missionary Nancy Potter* translates Seo’s* testimony for a visiting volunteer team from Oklahoma. As Seo shares his story,...

General, News
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July 1, 2020

By: IMB Staff

Downloadable Tech Backgrounds for July 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...

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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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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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