Mike Domke, an IMB missionary, speaks during a church service at Water of Life Church in Lutsk, which is located in western Ukraine. Domke and Cade and Ginny Wheeler, who serve with Send Relief, visited the church, and spent time with the church’s pastor, Sasha, and his wife, Julia. The couple, with a team of young leaders, lead this growing church. The Sunday worship service is filled to standing-room-only with 130 people. With the help of Send Relief, the church provides food packets to the community. IMB Photo

Worship leaders of Water of Life Church in Lutsk, Ukraine, lead the congregation in song. Mike Domke, an IMB missionary, and Cade and Ginny Wheeler of Send Relief, visited the church. Sasha and his wife, Julia, and with a team of young leaders lead this growing church. The Sunday worship service is filled to standing-room-only with 130 people. With the help of Send Relief, the church provides food packets to the community. IMB Photo

A woman prays during a service at the Water of Life Church in Lutsk, in western Ukraine. Mike Domke, an IMB missionary, and Cade and Ginny Wheeler of Send Relief, visited the pastor of the church, Sasha, and his wife, Julia. The church has a team of young leaders who lead this growing church. The Sunday worship service is filled to standing-room-only with 130 people. With the help of Send Relief, the church provides food packets to the community. IMB Photo

Church members sing praise songs over a light lunch after a food distribution. Bread of Life Baptist Church in Kozelets, Ukraine, with the help of Send Relief, gives out over 600 food packets to the community. The distribution happens every Friday. The church’s electricity is often powered by a generator donated by Send Relief. IMB Photo

Ukrainians listen to the gospel message preached by Mike Domke, an IMB missionary who served in Kyiv before the war. Domke spoke in the Bread of Life Baptist Church in Kozelets, Ukraine. IMB Photo

Men and women listen to Mike Domke, an IMB missionary, share God’s Word in the Bread of Life Baptist Church in Kozelets, Ukraine, to attend a worship service. IMB Photo

People fill the sanctuary of Bread of Life Baptist Church in Kozelets, Ukraine, to attend a worship service. Every Friday, the church, with the help of Send Relief, gives out over 600 food packets to the community. The church’s electricity is often powered by a generator donated by Send Relief. Mike Domke, an IMB missionary, shares God’s Word to Ukrainians in in the town of Kozelets. IMB Photo

A Ukrainian elderly woman sits inside Bread of Life Baptist Church in Kozelets, Ukraine, and waits for the service to start. Every Friday, the church, with the help of Send Relief, distributes more than 600 food packets to the community. The distribution happens every Friday. The church’s electricity is often powered by a generator donated by Send Relief. IMB Photo

People fill the sanctuary of Bread of Life Baptist Church in Kozelets, central Ukraine, to attend a worship service. Every Friday, the church, with the help of Send Relief, gives out over 600 food packets to the community. The church’s electricity is often powered by a generator donated by Send Relief. People heard the gospel message preached by Mike Domke, an IMB missionary who served in Kyiv before the war. IMB Photo

A time of worship during the November Sending Celebration. IMB Photo

Many gathered for time of worship during the November Sending Celebration. The event was hosted by the Georgia Baptist Convention in conjunction with their annual meeting, as they celebrated their 200th anniversary. IMB Photo

Barbara Coffan, an interpreter for the Deaf, signs during worship at the Sending Celebration on Nov. 13, 2022. IMB Photo

Barbara Coffan, an interpreter for the Deaf, signs during worship at the Sending Celebration on Nov. 13, 2022. IMB Photo

Barbara Coffan, an interpreter for the Deaf, signs during worship at the Sending Celebration on Nov. 13, 2022. IMB Photo

Worship team leads in song during the Sending Celebration at Beaverdam Baptist Church, Va. IMB Photo

Worship team leads in song during the Sending Celebration at Beaverdam Baptist Church, Va. IMB Photo

Christians worship in a South Asian megacity. At the IMB, we believe that missionary presence cultivates gospel access, gospel belief and church planting and multiplication. IMB Photo

Egyptian men participate in the midday prayer at the Amr ibn Al-Aas Mosque in Old Cairo, Egypt. The designs on the carpet point to Mecca in Saudi Arabia. Muslims always pray facing Mecca. The majority religion in Egypt is Sunni Islam. IMB Photo

Early morning seekers come to the Sipra River in India for a “spiritual cleansing.” During the Kumbh Mela, an ancient Hindu festival, the river is busy 24 hours a day. The more devoted make it to the river at sunrise. Millions of people stream into the holy city of Ujjain in search of spiritual cleansing. They believe a holy dip in the waters will wash away their sins. As believers, we know that cleansing of sins isn’t found in a river in India but in the blood of Jesus Christ. This truth we have access to is why we send a missionary presence to the nations. IMB Photo

The worship team performs as messengers pray for all 52 newly appointed missionaries during a Sending Celebration June 14 at the 2022 SBC Annual Meeting in Anaheim, Calif. IMB Photo