Portrait of Ed Herrelko.
Portrait of Ed Herrelko.
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IMB missionary Katee Sheppard* consults with Lala Togue about his mission action plan. Togue is a newly appointed Togolese missionary to the Akasselem, an unreached people group. The missions training event was a partnership between the Togo Baptist Convention and the IMB. The new home missionaries have been appointed to work with unreached people groups in Togo and Benin, several of which are a part of the IMB’s “55 in 5” initiative which aims to reach 55 unreached African people groups in five years.
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Mrs. Lombena discusses a Bible story with a Kabiyé man using the orality methods she learned at the Baptist Bible Institute of Togo. After sharing the story, they had a lively discussion about its truth and implications in his life.
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IMB missionary Katee Sheppard*.
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Rev. Essodina Ayewa and Mrs. Lombena pray with a Kabiyé man after sharing a Bible story with him in Togo. After hearing the story, the man asked them to pray for him in Jesus’ name.
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Students and pastors at the Baptist Bible Institute of Togo work together in a breakout session to record Bible stories in their heart language of Ifè. By recording their stories, they can back-translate them to check for accuracy and then distribute them on social media.
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A student pastor listens attentively during an orality seminar held at the Baptist Bible Institute of Togo. The orality skills he is learning complement his theological education by providing him with practical methods of evangelizing and discipling West Africans.
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African Traditional Religion is prevalent in Togo’s south, but as one moves north the dominance of Islam becomes more and more apparent as demonstrated by this large mosque in the northern city of Mango.
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Master orality trainer and evangelist Seni Zougrana tells the story of the crossing of the Red Sea to pastors and students during a StoryTogether workshop, a strategic IMB orality project. The training program equips students to evangelize and disciple oral preference peoples using stories crafted and told from the Scriptures.
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Stephen and Erin Spencer* and their three children serve with the IMB in Southeast Asia. The Spencers minister in a region where tribal warfare is ongoing, civil unrest is on the rise and foreigners are blacklisted from entering certain zones.
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Worshipers light candles at a shrine in Southeast Asia. Buddhism is the predominant religion in the nation.
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A woman in Southeast Asia sells freshly caught fish. Many people in this region stay busy with work and don’t have time to talk with Christians, but COVID-19 slowed down the pace of life and people now have time to listen and engage in gospel conversations.
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A woman in Southeast Asia smiles for a portrait. Though access to many areas in this country is restricted to foreigners, local believers can travel to the areas to share the joy Jesus brings.
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A villager in Southeast Asia tends to two piglets. In this area, a pig can be sold for two or three months of income. A pig belonging to a Christian unexpectedly died, but through the fervent prayers of the Christian, the pig was raised to life.
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An elderly woman watches her grandson in a village in Southeast Asia. A local believer named ‘Momma’ boldly shares the gospel in villages like this one, and many have committed their lives to Christ.
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Two mothers and their children pause for a photo. Many families are hearing the gospel for the first time in a Southeast Asian village where IMB workers are sharing the gospel.
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A woman carries a bucket of water through rubble in a village in Southeast Asia. IMB workers Stephen and Erin Spencer* minister in a village where people are showing an increased interest in the gospel.
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The primary religions in Taiwan are Buddhism, Daosim, Shintoism, Islam, Folk and Christianity.
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One in five people in the world are from East Asia. There are currently 1.7 billion people living in East Asia.
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Taiwanese Baptist missionaries practice sharing the gospel in Taiwan while they train to serve around the world with Huayu International Missions (HIM), a missions sending agency started in Taiwan by Taiwanese Baptist pastors and IMB missionaries.
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