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

November 12, 2020

By: Caroline Anderson

Your Generosity Makes It Possible in Thailand

“Today was a glorious day,” Dr. Doug Derbyshire said, a smile spreading across his face. A patient committed their life to Christ that day at a mobile medical clinic in rural Thailand. Doug and his wife, Cheryl, moved to Thailand as IMB missionaries in...

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

November 10, 2020

By: Caroline Anderson

Fires in Greece refugee camp don’t stop gospel spread

In early September, fires destroyed Moria, the largest migrant camp in Greece on the island of Lesbos. Thirteen thousand refugees were without shelter. Kashef* is an Afghani Christian who lives on Lesbos in order to minister among the refugee communities. Kashef landed on the...

General, Giving, News

November 9, 2020

By: Dr. Paul Chitwood

Your Generosity Reaches Nations

Watch and listen as IMB President Paul Chitwood explains the importance of increasing Lottie Moon Christmas Offering giving by 6% each year. This amount is needed to send an additional 500 fully funded missionaries to the unreached by 2025 and is vital to the...

News

November 9, 2020

By: IMB Staff

IMB to host virtual Sending Celebration, November 18, 2020

The International Mission Board will celebrate the appointment of 79 new missionaries from 21 states with a virtual Sending Celebration, November 18, 2020, at 7:30 p.m. EST. The missionaries were previously approved for appointment by IMB trustees. The celebration will include an address by...

General, News

November 5, 2020

By: Leslie Peacock Caldwell

Hawaii Pacific Baptist Convention and IMB strengthen partnership with signed agreement

Hawaii Pacific Baptist Convention Executive Director Chris Martin and International Mission Board President Paul Chitwood signed a three-year agreement at IMB’s home office in Richmond, Virginia, on August 31, 2020. The official announcement is in conjunction with this week’s HPBC annual meeting. As stated in...

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

November 4, 2020

By: IMB Staff

Your Generosity Brings the Gospel to Kenya and Tanzania

Kenya looks a lot different than Alabama, but Eric and Heather McDonald made it safely to Africa with their seven children, six travel partners and around 75 pieces of luggage. One month into their new lives as IMB missionaries, they remain hopeful, content and...

General, News

October 30, 2020

By: Leslie Peacock Caldwell

Registrations top 5,200 for IMB Future of Missions simulcast

Participants from 48 states and 30 countries connected with IMB leaders, missionaries and a panel of experts Thursday, October 29, 2020, to address the global, cultural and spiritual realities that are impacting the future of missions. The two-hour simulcast was broadcast in five languages:...

General, News

October 30, 2020

By: IMB Staff

Downloadable Tech Backgrounds for November 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 using the chosen background. Check each month...

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

October 29, 2020

By: Hugh Johnson

Missionaries pray for eternal life for worshipers of Saint of Death

Casting a long shadow across one of Mexico City’s poorest and most crime-ridden neighborhoods stands a seven-story tall image of Santa Muerte – the Saint of Death. She takes the form of a human skeleton clad in black plastic sheeting with arms outstretched, inviting...

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

October 27, 2020

By: Madeline Arthington

First Person: Finding Meaning in a Broken World

My first Sunday back after quarantine, I sat in a daze on the pew in my Central Asian church. The IKEA Christmas star still hung suspended from the ceiling above the baptismal in the corner. To my side, the audio-visual equipment that made our...

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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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