Pastors and church leaders gather with Paul Chitwood, IMB president, to pray for newly appointed missionaries. The IMB Sending Celebration was at Mount Vernon Baptist Church, Glen Allen, Va. IMB Photo
Pastors and church leaders gather with Paul Chitwood, IMB president, to pray for newly appointed missionaries. The IMB Sending Celebration was at Mount Vernon Baptist Church, Glen Allen, Va. IMB Photo
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IMB President Paul Chitwood prays with an IMB missionary and a national pastor in Sub-Saharan Africa.
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A group of pastors dance during a time of worship at a seminary in Sub-Saharan Africa.
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Jeff and Lainey Johnson surrounded by friends, family and South Carolina messengers and attendees during the time of prayer for newly appointed missionaries. IMB Photo
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South Carolina Baptist Convention President Alex Sands (far left); IMB trustee Marshall Blalock (back to camera); Wes Church, pastor of host church, First Baptist Columbia (far right); and IMB President Paul Chitwood fellowship after the Sending Celebration. IMB Photo
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An IMB missionary chats with African national pastors during a lunch break at Kenya Baptist Theological College in Limuru, Kenya.
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An IMB missionary teaches national partners to train a future generation of African Baptist pastors at Kenya Baptist Theological College in Limuru, Kenya.
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A missionary theological educator chats with African Baptist pastors at Kenya Baptist Theological College in Limuru, Kenya.
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Christians worship at the 2019 Africa Baptist Theological Education Network (ABTEN) conference in Limuru, Kenya.
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A refugee and Bible school student reads Scripture aloud in class at Liberty Baptist Church in Bidibidi Refugee Settlement in northwestern Uganda.
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A missionary hands out Bible study materials before a seminar with pastors in Manila, the Philippines.
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A missionary works alongside a local pastor to strategically and effectively reach out to their community.
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A pastor from the U.S., center, prays with two men who teach the Brazilian martial art of capoeira in Lagarto, Ecuador. Capoeira is a combination of dance and gymnastics developed by African Brazilians. The coastal area of Ecuador is home to the Afro-Ecuadorian people group, descendants of shipwrecked slaves. One of the men gave the pastor a demonstration of some capoeira moves. The pastor, in turn, asks them to pray with him.
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A pastor and church planting consultant, right, talks with boys in the town of Lagarto, Ecuador, with two other pastors who came as part of a vision trip. The pastor led a team of African American pastors and laymen to consider adopting the town to plant a church.
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A volunteer, who is a creative art director, assesses the English comprehension level of a student at a high school in Lagarto, Ecuador. Volunteers from a church led English as a Second Language (ESL) classes at the high school as part of a visiting group of pastors and laypeople. The need in the community for enhanced English instruction has opened doors for IMB missionaries to lead classes and invite groups from U.S. churches to partner with them.
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The pastor of First Baptist Church of Carrefour, Haiti, preaches during a Sunday night service at the church building.
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Haitians gather under a tree for a sunrise worship service at the Fond Parisien Disaster Recovery Center in Fond Parisien, Haiti.
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