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We believe every church has a role to play in reaching every nation with the gospel.

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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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Featured Trips

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Guatemala

Is God leading your church to be on mission? Americas Connect Guatemala is a great place to start. Learn More.

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South Asia

Be a strategic frontliner sharing the gospel. Meet basic physical, educational and spiritual needs. Strengthen local believers' evangelism methods. Learn More.

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Healthcare

Medical and other health care volunteers are needed to partner with field personnel and local believers in ministering to refugees in Eastern Ukraine. Learn More.

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Latest Articles

American Peoples - Featured, News

October 18 2019

By: Jennifer Waldrep

Fledgling Church Seeks Creative Ways to Reproduce in High-End District

Latin America boasts massive cities. The music of urban life includes the screech of construction projects, aroma of bakery bread, roar of city buses, and laughter from children’s schoolyards. Missionaries in the cities catalyze churches to reproduce, striving to plant the gospel in every...

Alumni, In Memoriam, News

October 17 2019

By: Leslie Peacock Caldwell

IMB worker Andy Leininger dies at 56

Andrew (Andy) N. Leininger, who served as a Christian worker in the former Soviet Union for 22 years, died in his home state of Missouri on October 13, 2019. He was 56. In November 2016, Leininger was diagnosed with Glioblastoma Multiforme, an aggressive cancer...

News

October 17 2019

By: Andy Leininger

Globalization in Moscow

After living in Siberia for 10 years, my wife Elizabeth and I moved to Moscow in December 2014. We are constantly impressed with the size, hustle and bustle of Moscow. Wherever we go, we see many Central Asians, Europeans and East Asians. Moscow is...

News, People & Places, Southeast Asian Peoples - Updates

October 16 2019

By: Caroline Anderson and Rhett Porter

Stories of Jesus Spread in a Thai School

IMB missionaries Quintin and Kim Ratliff recently learned of a large area in Lamphun, a city in Northern Thailand, where there are no known believers. The Ratliffs say short-term teams play a pivotal role in introducing the gospel to new areas like Lamphun. Volunteers...

News, People & Places, South Asian Peoples - Updates

October 14 2019

By: Jack Phillips

Miraculous Escape from His Captors

Sixty of us sat in complete silence with humbled hearts. You see, this man had just learned how to share his three-minute testimony and volunteered to share with the entire group. All of the testimonies were powerful. All of the testimonies included persecution and...

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October 10 2019

By: Julie McGowan

IMB, Billy Graham Center focus research on rural churches

The International Mission Board and the Billy Graham Center at Wheaton College’s Rural Matters Institute have launched a five-year research project that aims to arm the rural church with resources needed to advance the gospel within and beyond the United States. “The idea is...

European Peoples - Updates, News, People & Places

October 9 2019

By: Jason and Jennifer Vanover and Juan Saiz

Both Sides Tell Us about Partnership in Valencia, Spain

When we first arrived in Valencia, Spain, we spoke with many of the local church pastors about our heart to reach the lost. One of those pastors introduced us to another couple from Valencia who had that same desire. After we met with them...

News, People & Places, South Asian Peoples - Updates

October 7 2019

By: an IMB student team in South Asia

Even If It Means My Son’s Life

Our translator asked the women to stand if they believed in Jesus. It was the second day of our evangelism training for women in South Asia, and to our surprise, one of the women who had said she was a Hindu the day before, stood...

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October 3 2019

By: Ann Lovell

2018-19 giving to the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering® totals $156.6 million

Southern Baptist church members gave $156.6 million to support international missionaries in 2018-2019, the third-highest Lottie Moon Christmas Offering® for international missions ever received. “Because you and your church gave through the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering, you are a part of reaching the unreached...

East Asian Peoples - Updates, News, People & Places

October 2 2019

By: Caroline Anderson

Tokyo and Southern Baptists Prepare for Olympics and Rugby World Cup

TOKYO, Japan – The world will converge on Tokyo, Japan, twice in the span of a year for two international sporting events, the 2019 Rugby World Cup and the 2020 Olympics. Southern Baptists and their local church partners in Tokyo will be there to...

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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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