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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

People & Places

March 22 2019

By: Rachel Cohen

Christians around the World: Part 2

Editor’s Note: Christians around the World is an ongoing series in which we see every church in every nation pursuing the same mission: making disciples and planting churches among unreached peoples and places. You can view part one here. South Asia My husband has been...

Church Planting

March 21 2019

By: Matthew Bennett

How (Not) to Engage Unreached People and Places

Whenever missionaries make disciples among unreached peoples, the missionary task includes starting a new church. That’s the implicit logic of the Great Commission (Matt. 28:18–20) with its call to baptize new believers. (Baptize them into what? A church!) Furthermore, planting churches is commonly cited...

Disciple Making

March 20 2019

By: Hopson Boutout

How a Long-Term Partnership in Mexico Strengthened My Small Church in Virginia

Just a few weeks ago during the main worship service of Poquoson Baptist Church in Poquoson, Virginia, about 125 people sang in Spanish. I understand this may seem woefully insignificant. After all, who’s ever heard of Poquoson, Virginia? And why in the world would anyone...

Training

March 19 2019

By: Preston Pearce

The Baptist Faith and Missions: Our Missional God

Missions is inherently theological. Sometimes, though, we forget that healthy theology is inherently missional. That is, the teachings of Scripture drive every area of our evangelism, discipleship, and all missions activity. Even the doctrine of God is missional. The Nature of God Is Missional...

Disciple Making

March 18 2019

By: Elliot Clark

We Need More Fear in Missions

We called an emergency members’ meeting in response to concerns about Ali.* By all accounts, Ali was our most faithful church member. In a few years’ time we’d grown very close. Other pastors saw promise in him, and we were actively grooming him for...

People & Places, South Asian Peoples - Updates

March 15 2019

By: Caroline Anderson

The Oldest Woman in Jew Town, India

I met Sarah Cohen as she sat on her four-poster bed. On her right was a menorah and wall of pictures—including one of her with Prince Charles and Duchess Camilla. On her left were the room’s windows with protective bars in the shape of...

Church Planting

March 14 2019

By: Doug Ponder

How Individualism Corrupts the Church’s Mission

A popular slogan in the world of sports claims, “Players win games. Teams win championships.” Of course, even non-sports-lovers can agree that some things require the contribution of more than one person. Westerners struggle to think and act in step with this truth, however....

Disciple Making

March 13 2019

By: Sarah Alexander

Be the Village: Loving the Third Culture Kid in Your Life

The local church meeting was stretching into the second sermon when I got up to feed my restless three-month-old baby. Even with a full stomach, Joshua was fussy and couldn’t fall asleep amid the distractions of a strange place. As a new mom, I...

Training

March 12 2019

By: Jessica Dais

Let the Nations Comprehend: 4 Tips for Language Learning

There is a special connection forged when you speak in someone’s native language—a deeper level of empathy on your part and a stronger sense of trust on theirs. The bridge from stranger to friend becomes shorter. Nelson Mandela captured it beautifully when he said,...

Disciple Making

March 11 2019

By: Paul Akin

Better Than Fortnite: Global Mission in the Digital Age

Lisa Damour of the New York Times wrote, “Every so often a game comes along that conquers the hearts, minds, and thumbs of gamers everywhere. Fortnite: Battle Royale is the latest victor in this category.” The notion that this game has the ability to capture...

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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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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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