Worshippers offer prayers and offerings at a shrine which serves as a pilgrimage site for many in a South Asian megacity and is revered as a holy place. IMB Photo

A Pakistani man reads the Quran at a shrine in a South Asian megacity. The shrine serves as a pilgrimage site for many and is revered as a holy place. IMB Photo

Worshippers offer prayers and offerings at a supposed shrine which serves as a pilgrimage site for many and is revered as a holy place. IMB Photo

A Pakistani Christian man reads his Bible during a Sunday morning worship service at church in a South Asian village. IMB Photo

Ghanaian pastor Rev. Joseph Tia Sugri reads Scripture to church members from Nanyeeri Baptist Church during baptismal service at a river in northeastern Ghana.

Many from the Florida Baptist Convention annual meeting stayed for the Sending Celebration held in conjunction with the meeting. A choir of Florida Baptists from all across the state led worship alongside the Idlewild Baptist Convention orchestra. IMB Photo

Under the guidance of their village pastor, new South Asian believers baptize each other in the name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. This event is used as an opportunity for discipleship, teaching that “every believer has authority and responsibility to baptize others.”

Hundreds of Muslims in the small northern town of Nalerigu, Ghana gather to pray together for “Eidigyiŋni” (Eid prayers) in May 2021. This annual gathering in a field on the east side of town marks the end of the Ramadan, the Islamic Holy Month of fasting.

Members of Nanyeeri Baptist Church sing worship songs on the river bank after a baptismal service in northeastern Ghana.

During the early evening (Maghrib) prayer time at a mosque in Bangkok, worshipers join in unison to recite prayers in Arabic while repeating a series of devotional gestures, called Rak’ha. IMB Photo

Thai Buddhists visit the Wat Chedi Luang, in Chiang Mai, Thailand, to sprinkle water on statues of the Buddha, helping to ring in Songkran, the Thai new year. They believe this will bring good fortunes to their lives. IMB Photo

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