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March 27 2020

By: IMB Staff

Coronavirus Response: Praying through the crisis

Will you take time now to pray for our missionaries around the world who are serving on the frontlines during this coronavirus epidemic? Download the prayer guide and distribute it to your church families. Together we will share the hope of Jesus Christ with...

East Asian Peoples - Featured, East Asian Peoples - Updates, From the Field, News

March 26 2020

By: Stella McMillian

Unexpected blessings

When Cate’s* family took a short trip away from their home in East Asia recently, she never imagined they’d be unable to return for several months. But while they were gone, coronavirus overwhelmed areas near their home. Resulting travel restrictions meant Cate and her...

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March 25 2020

By: Julie McGowan

IMB postpones volunteer trips through June 30, personnel ‘shelter in place’

International Mission Board senior leaders have directed IMB missionary personnel around the world to postpone hosting any ministry volunteer groups through June 30, leaders announced Wednesday, March 25. Consideration of missionaries hosting volunteer teams beyond June 30 will be reviewed on May 1, leaders...

American Peoples - Featured, From the Field, News

March 25 2020

By: Hugh Johnson

Mexican couple partners with missionaries after finding Christ

Jesús (pronounced Hey-sus) and his wife, Anjela, live in a rough neighborhood where drugs, alcohol and idolatry are pervasive. Like most in Mexico City, they were Catholics devoted to the Virgin of Guadalupe and to Santa Muerte, the “Saint of Death.” After many years...

European Peoples - Featured, From the Field, News

March 23 2020

By: Jan Johnsonius

Small Madrid church stays vibrant during lockdown

The streets are eerily silent. It’s as if the life has been sucked out of this vibrant capital of Spain, this city of Madrid that nearly 4 million people call home. The coronavirus quarantine has been in effect for several days now as everyone...

European Peoples - Featured, From the Field, News

March 20 2020

By: Reid Karr

Baptism continues, though Rome church services canceled

Although the actual number of people infected by COVID-19 (coronavirus) remains rather small when compared to the world’s population, the responses to it have effectively shut down many parts of the world. In Italy, for example, the government continues to set stricter measures in...

East Asian Peoples - Featured, From the Field, News

March 19 2020

By: Christoper Lim

From East Asia to the Middle East

The church in East Asia has grown exponentially, to the point where, in many locations, churches have started indigenous missions-sending agencies. They’ve sent missionaries to as many as forty countries around the world. James* and Mary*, with their two children, moved from East Asia...

From the Field, News, Sub-Saharan African Peoples - Featured

March 18 2020

By: Catherine Finch

Daughter’s legacy continues through family’s trips to Botswana

Sarah Harmening was supposed to make her first international mission trip in June 2017. She never made it out of the U.S. Tragically, she was killed in a bus accident in Atlanta on the way to the airport. Although Sarah’s life was cut short,...

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March 17 2020

By: IMB Staff

IMB Teleworking Plan

IMB leadership is thankful for all U.S.-based staff do to support our more than 6,500 adults and children sharing Christ among the nations! These staff members are vital to Southern Baptists’ stewardship of the Revelation 7:9 vision. To provide ongoing, uninterrupted support to our workers overseas and to...

Celebrate Giving, News

March 17 2020

By: Steven W. Murray

Houston’s First Baptist Church surpasses goal in annual world mission offering

In a show of support for missionaries, Houston’s First Baptist Church announced on Sunday, March 1, that members had given $2,286,312 to the church’s annual World Mission Offering. The total surpassed their goal of raising $1,400,000 to be given to three Southern Baptist organizations...

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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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Missionary Profiles

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Harrell Family

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Long-term / Africa

Pepper Family

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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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