Paul Chitwood, IMB president, announces to trustees that engagement in 2022 increased in many areas. Applications for volunteer trips more than tripled this year. IMB Photo

Keith Evans, IMB trustee from the Northwest, speaks with Paul Chitwood, IMB president, before the February meeting begins. IMB Photo

IMB President-Emeritus Jerry Rankin jokingly asked for a vest that matched the one Paul Chitwood and Chuck Pourciau were wearing. Chitwood immediately presented him with a vest they intended to give him later. Rankin served the IMB for 40 years, 17 years as president. IMB Photo

Paul Chitwood, IMB President, center, and Dr. Chuck A. Pourciau, lead pastor at Broadmoor Baptist Church, Shreveport, Louisiana and chairmen of the board of IMB Trustees, right, laugh during Rev. Brian L. Zunigha, left, director discipleship ministries at California Baptist University, and IMB trustee presentation of updates from the Training committee to the February 2022 trustee meeting at Mount Vernon Baptist Church in Glen Allen, Va. IMB Photo

Rick and Cindy Jenkins, left, former IMB missionaries spend a moment laughing with with Charles Clark, the IMB’s vice president of mobilization, D. Ray Davis, the IMB’s Church Mobilization team manager, and IMB President Paul Chitwood. IMB Photo

IMB President Paul Chitwood shares with Sending Celebration attendees that the IMB exists because we know the solution to the world’s greatest problem – lostness. He thanked Georgia Baptists for their partnership to get the gospel to the nations. IMB Photo

IMB President Paul Chitwood shares with Sending Celebration attendees that the IMB exists because we know the solution to the world’s greatest problem – lostness. He thanked Georgia Baptists for their partnership to get the gospel to the nations. IMB Photo

IMB President Paul Chitwood shares with Sending Celebration attendees that the IMB exists because we know the solution to the world’s greatest problem – lostness. He thanked Georgia Baptists for their partnership to get the gospel to the nations. IMB Photo

Paul Chitwood and Georgia Baptist Mission Board executive director, Thomas Hammond, welcomes the 24 newly appointed missionaries to Warren Baptist Church in Augusta, Georgia. IMB Photo

David Melber and wife, left, chief operating officer of the Georgia Baptist Mission Board and Georgia Baptist Mission Board Executive Director Thomas Hammond and wife, right, along with IMB president, Paul Chitwood, center, welcome newly appointed missionaries to Warren Baptist Church in Augusta, Georgia.. IMB Photo

The sanctuary at Beaverdam Baptist Church in Beaverdam, Virginia, was filled with attendees who came to support the 24 missionaries participating in the September Sending Celebration. IMB Photo

Paul and Michelle Chitwood pray over missionary Brodie Craig. She is pictured here (center) with her mother, Jill, and grandmother, Suzie Carraco, from Lexington, Kentucky. IMB Photo

Paul Chitwood shares a moment of fellowship with newly appointed missionaries to Japan, Brandon and Arriah Lipscomb, prior to the February Sending Celebration. 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

Paul Chitwood thanked Southern Baptists for their participation in sending the gospel to the nations at the 2021 South Carolina Baptist Convention at First Baptist Church of Columbia, SC. IMB photo

IMB President Paul Chitwood brings greetings to the South Carolina Baptist Convention’s annual meeting. The SCBC is celebrating 200 years of Southern Baptist ministry. The IMB’s Nov. 2021 Sending Celebration was hosted in conjunction with their annual meeting. IMB Photo

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