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

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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

Arts & Culture, Northern African and Middle Eastern Peoples - Updates

July 15 2019

By: Madeline Arthington

I Toured the Tabernacle in Israel: Here’s What I Learned About Missions [Photo Gallery]

Even though English is my first language, I sometimes find it inadequate. I catch myself plugging in words and phrases from my other language—words that nail just what I want to say. The apostle John did the same thing. In his gospel, John wrote...

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

July 12 2019

By: Nicole Leigh

What War Did and Will Do for the Church in the Middle East

In a small village in the Levant, ISIS is gone. The bombs have been silenced. The violence has passed. In its place is a stillness—a darkness that hovers, testifying to what happened here. Some call it terrorism, some call it religion, some call it...

Church Planting

July 11 2019

By: Greg Mathias

How Church Planting Changed Our Family for Good

In 2003 my wife, Page, and I moved with our 18 month-old (the first of four daughters) to the other side of the world. Our family went as church planters through the IMB. While we did our due diligence praying, studying, and preparing for...

Disciple Making

July 10 2019

By: Meredith Cook

Reverse Culture Shock: When Home No Longer Feels Like Home

I spent the summer of 2014 in a Central Asian country on a prolonged vision trip to see if the Lord was leading me to serve there long-term. I had only been there a couple of weeks when reality set in. The excitement of...

Training

July 9 2019

By: Thomas Sieberhagen

Laughter, Fools, and Missions

I remember the first time I made someone laugh in French, after many failed attempts. It felt like I had finally regained a piece of myself. That period of awkward inability to make other people laugh during my first few months on the mission...

People & Places, Southeast Asian Peoples - Updates

July 5 2019

By: Caroline Anderson

How One Thai Church Bridges the Gap between Thai Culture and Christianity

If “to be Thai is to be Buddhist,” as the common catchphrase in Thailand goes, how does the church help a Thai Christian reconcile their cultural and spiritual identities? For pastor Chukiat Chaiboonsiri, pastor of Creation Church in Thailand, the answer is to “bridge...

Church Planting, Southeast Asian Peoples - Featured

July 4 2019

By: Matt Sparks

Missions around the World: Church Planting in Australia

In 2014 we planted our church on the urban perimeter of a gentrifying industrial area in Sydney, Australia. Like many of Australia’s fastest growing cities, Sydney is filled with many young professionals, students, and creatives. We’re also home to huge numbers of people who...

Disciple Making, European Peoples - Featured

July 3 2019

By: Shane Mikeska

Making Disciples among the Nonreligious in Europe

“Benign indifference.” That’s what one author calls the apathetic response to religion that is spreading throughout Europe. It’s the general trend away from religious ideology, values, traditions, and specifically organized religion that spurred his comment. And across Europe, more and more people are claiming...

Training

July 2 2019

By: Preston Pearce

A Century of Theological Education in Europe: Missions around the World

The International Mission Board has long recognized the importance of biblically sound leadership training. For this reason, the IMB has been active in theological education in Europe for over a century. By God’s grace, generations of well-trained leaders have been sent out to strengthen...

Arts & Culture

July 1 2019

By: Chris Nye

To Find Hope for the American Church, Look Outside America

When European explorers came to the African Great Lakes in the eighteenth century, the native people needed a word for them. It’s not easy to put myself in their position, but suddenly, white-skinned people began appearing from what was probably out of nowhere and...

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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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