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East Asian Peoples - Featured, East Asian Peoples - Updates, Giving, News

May 23, 2020

By: Sue Sprenkle

Give to Abby’s Challenge

Editor’s note: To participate in Challenge 32, go to https://www.imb.org/give-now/ or give through your local church or the SBTC to the IMB. Please add “Abby’s Challenge” as a gift in honor via “more options” when giving online, or in the memo line for checks....

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

May 22, 2020

By: Lucas Wilburn*

Presenting Jesus as a better reality

A small art studio/gallery is directly opposite our flat. Gallery owners display a new piece of art almost every week in the window exhibit. I was intrigued recently by a particular piece. One day, I worked up enough courage to step inside and ask...

News

May 20, 2020

By: Paul Chitwood

Why the mission remains essential work

Reading a text message from my 21-year-old nursing-student daughter left me conflicted: “They put me on the COVID ICU today but, in other news, I got a 98 on my paper.” While celebrating her achievement (along with my grammatical edits to her paper!), I...

News, Sub-Saharan African Peoples - Featured, Sub-Saharan African Peoples - Updates

May 19, 2020

By: Lucinda Swanson

To my friends, during this difficult time

As I think of the many times my plans have been changed, I find myself in an array of emotions: sadness, fear, frustration, doubts, and sometimes true anger. I can only imagine the roller coaster ride of feelings you are experiencing during this pandemic....

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

May 15, 2020

By: Stella McMillian

Who are East Asia’s Muslims?

The streets are quiet, and the sky is still black at half past three in the morning when cell phones and alarm clocks begin buzzing across the city. It’s time for East Asia’s Muslims to wake, eat and pray. They rise to welcome another...

News

May 14, 2020

By: Ann Lovell

IMB trustees meet virtually, approve 59 missionaries, elect VP of human resources and IMB treasurer

International Mission Board trustees approved the appointment of 59 new missionaries to take the gospel to the nations during their first-ever virtual meeting May 13-14. Trustees also voted to approve Christy Roberson as vice president of human resources and elected Price Jett, vice president of...

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

May 14, 2020

By: Caroline Anderson

Filipino Christian goes to great heights to study God’s Word

Cell phone signals aren’t always strong in the Philippines, but that didn’t stop BJ from attending a virtual Bible study with IMB missionaries Wade and Sharon Sigrest. The local government on the Philippine island of Cebu issued a mandatory home quarantine due to COVID-19....

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

May 13, 2020

By: Caroline Anderson

Missionary faces pandemic without fear after war, genocide, coups and terrorist attacks

In the 32 years he’s been on the mission field, Cole Elbridge* has ministered during a war, a genocide, two attempted coups, a civil war, a political insurrection and terrorist attacks. He’s stood up to armed bandits, ministered among Christian communities facing religious persecution,...

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

May 12, 2020

By: Natasha Hunt*

Embera Bead Project

On the streets of Medellin, Colombia, indigenous women in colorful dresses sit daily begging for any spare coins from those who walk by. Their babies and little ones nap beside them or play near the busy roads. Many who pass by will give an...

News

May 11, 2020

By: Ann Lovell

June 7 designated as Southern Baptist Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church

On average, eight Christians died every day for their faith in 2019. That equals more than 2,920 people killed for the cause of Christ last year, according to the 2020 annual report from Open Doors’ World Watch List. In addition, 9,488 churches or Christian...

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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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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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