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

January 15, 2021

By: Sub-Saharan Africa team

Eight-year-old Benny illustrates missionary life

Benny is eight years old and lives with his missionary family in Sub-Saharan Africa. At school, Benny was given an assignment to tell about his community. His IMB family came to mind and he drew this picture of a Christian telling a Muslim about...

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

January 14, 2021

By: Hindu-background believer

Born in darkness, live in Light

I was born into darkness. The interesting thing is that I did not really know it was dark. I don’t think you can comprehend the difference between darkness and light until you have truly seen light. Thankfully, my life story does not end in...

American Peoples - Featured, American Peoples - Updates, General, News, Training for churches

January 11, 2021

By: Leslie Peacock Caldwell

IMB missionaries equip churches to stay on task during Missions College event

Online participants representing Southern Baptist churches joined IMB leadership and missionaries in the eighth annual Missions College, Jan. 6-7. The two-night event, hosted by IMB’s American Peoples Affinity, included encouragement to stay focused on the task of reaching the lost through short-term missions opportunities...

General, News

January 7, 2021

By: IMB Staff

Downloadable Tech Backgrounds for January 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...

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

January 6, 2021

By: Arizona SBC staff

Retired couple joins IMB on and off the field (at the same time)

The retirement years are often viewed as the time to enjoy a break from years of hard work. For Joe and Wanda Kord*, retirement was time for a new kind of work as they followed the Lord’s leading to volunteer with the International Mission...

General, News

January 4, 2021

By: IMB Staff

Five Stories of God at Work Throughout 175 Years

The IMB has shared stories celebrating God at work on the mission field since the very beginning of the organization’s history. We celebrate how God continues to work through IMB missionaries on the field and through the generosity of Southern Baptists. First Southern Baptist...

General, News

December 31, 2020

By: IMB Staff

Five Videos You May Have Missed

Editor’s note: These five videos are a small example of the many engaging videos created for IMB’s 175th anniversary interactive timeline. Towering Pioneers – 1850s During a rebellion, Matthew Yates refused to leave Shanghai, even when cannonballs fell through the roof of his house....

General, News

December 29, 2020

By: IMB Staff

Milestones from the Past 175 Years

Foreign Mission Board Formed: May 10, 1845 The newly formed Southern Baptist Convention established the Foreign Mission Board as part of the “one sacred effort, for the propagation of the gospel” and placed its headquarters in Richmond, Virginia. First African American Missionary Appointed: 1846...

From the Field, News

December 24, 2020

By: Robin Tinley

On this day in 2019: No Room

The dark of night descends rapidly on the small plaza. A penetrating drizzle steadily drips onto the stone floor. About thirty-five men, most in short sleeves or sleeveless shirts, huddle under the only two trees. Rain sluices off the trees onto their heads. Two...

From the Field, General, News

December 22, 2020

By: IMB Staff

Staff Picks from 2020

Editor’s note: The Global Communications Team at IMB is responsible for creating the graphics, photos, videos and stories you see on IMB’s website and beyond. We hope you enjoy looking through some of our favorite content from this year. “This is a popular tourist...

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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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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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