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Because of your generosity and support, millions are hearing the gospel and thousands are being discipled.

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-Dr. Paul Chitwood

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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Featured Trips

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Panama

Come to Panama and work alongside local believers to share the love and truth of Jesus Christ through prayer walking, gospel distribution and working... Learn More.

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Central Asia

Spend a semester engaging university students and using your English as a means of building relationships. Learn More.

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Italy Youth Camp

Spend a week at a camp setting where you will interact with jr high and high school students through English, Sports and meals. Learn More.

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Latest Articles

Northern African and Middle Eastern Peoples - Updates, People & Places

April 19 2019

By: Mick Mocha

3 Suggestions for Dealing with Frustrating Cultural Differences

I was exercising the other day in my local gym when I noticed a couple of workers huddled by the wall. One, an electrician, was there to work on a wall outlet. He and the other young man, who worked as staff in the...

People & Places

April 18 2019

By: Caroline Anderson

Notre Dame and a Cry for Hope

As flames illuminated the night sky in the City of Lights, Parisians stood in a somber yet somehow hopeful salute, singing Ave Maria and other hymns as firefighters worked tirelessly to put out the fire in the beloved Notre-Dame Cathedral. The eight-hundred-and fifty-year-old cathedral,...

Church Planting

April 18 2019

By: Bruce Ashford and Heath Thomas

Holistic Mission and the Gospel of Our King

Both the biblical story and the gospel reveal that the mission of a restored humanity is to glorify God by participating appropriately in his mission. Because God desires to save sinners from sin and for a life under his reign, we declare to the...

Arts & Culture

April 17 2019

By: Thomas Sieberhagen

Notre Dame and Christian Faith in Europe

The very first day I arrived on the mission field, I went to see Notre Dame. In Paris to study French, I couldn’t wait to experience everything Paris had to offer, but Notre Dame called to me first. Walking in, I felt small. Cathedrals...

Disciple Making

April 17 2019

By: Phil Bartuska

The Easter Story Compels Us to Sacrifice Everything

It is the week leading up to Easter Sunday. Many of us wake up on that day in our warm and comfortable homes. We dress the whole family in our “Sunday best” so we can take a yearly family Easter photo. Then, we go...

Training

April 16 2019

By: Jonathan Martyn

The Baptist Faith and Missions: Scripture and Missions

Editor’s Note: This is the third in a series of articles exploring the Baptist Faith and Message with the aim of showing the relevance of each doctrine for global missions. See part 1 here. In the early years of my missionary work, I sometimes dealt with loneliness and...

Podcast

April 16 2019

By: International Mission Board

Scott Peterson on Lottie Moon’s Mentor, Sallie Holmes

On this episode of the Missions History Podcast, IMB hosts David Brady and Scott Peterson discuss the life and ministry and intriguing story of Lottie Moon’s mentor in missions, Sallie Holmes. Show Notes “Even Lottie Moon Had a Mentor in Missions: Meet Sallie Holmes”...

Arts & Culture

April 15 2019

By: Madeline Arthington

Jesus on Screen: Our Review of Four Films

I have a confession. Until recently, I had never watched the JESUS film. Also known as the “J Film,” the JESUS film is the hallmark vehicle of broad seed-sowing through media. Translated into over 1,600 languages, the JESUS film has been shown in megacities...

Podcast

April 12 2019

By: International Mission Board

Thomas Jefferson Bowen—A Closer Look

On this episode of the Missions History Podcast, our hosts discuss the life and work of missionary, Thomas Jefferson Bowen. You can also listen to the previous episode in which our hosts discussed Thomas Bowen with Nigerian missiologist, Allen Olatunde. Show Notes Adventures and...

Deaf Peoples - Updates, People & Places

April 12 2019

By: Melanie Clinton

Three Reasons the Deaf Need Scripture in Sign Language

If you’ve watched a British movie or TV show, or if you’ve struggled to understand someone in another English-speaking country, you  know that English isn’t the same worldwide. In Australia, the phrase “he lives out woop woop” means “he lives in the middle of...

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Missionary Profiles

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Long-term / Africa

Harrell Family

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Long-term / Africa

Pepper Family

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Long-term / Africa

Bethany Amber

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Mid-term / American Peoples

Brandi & Amanda

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Long-term / Ukraine

Ingrid

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Long-term / Africa

Haun Family

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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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