Rev. Clement Pelyashi and his wife, Christine, smile for a photo taken on the campus of the Baptist Theological Seminary of Zambia in Lusaka. The campus is particularly significant to them, as they were married in the chapel in 2013. Clement serves as the registrar and office administrator, while Christine helps host guests at the nearby Baptist guest houses.

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

Portrait of Seidu, a Muslim Ivorian, living in the Koumassi-Divo quarter of Abidjan, Ivory Coast.

Portrait of a young Jola-Bayot girl at her home in the Casamance islands of southern Senegal.

A woman gathers fish off drying racks on an island in the Casamance region southern Senegal.

A man walks down to a beach lined with boats in Dakar, Senegal.

This boy and his father, Abdul, make their living ferrying people across the Oti River in Togo to farms, many of which lie within the Kéran National Park. The expansion of the park’s boundaries has been a contentious issue with locals who oppose the government’s restrictions on fishing, farming, hunting and tree cutting (for charcoal) within the park’s boundaries. In November 2015, people were killed in riotous protests against the government.

IMB missionaries Joshua (Changho) and Mary Maeng witness to a Bemba family outside of their rural home in a village near Mufulira, Zambia. Hope (right), a young Christian woman from the local church, keeps names and contact information for follow-up and discipleship.

An aerial view of the NaYiri’s palace compound in Nalerigu, Ghana during the 2021 Damba Festival in Nalerigu, Ghana. The annual 3-day event celebrates the cultures of the region’s tribes as well as the ancient institution of chieftaincy among the Mamprusi people.

This bulletin board reminds the church to pray for their mission trip to Africa. This spring the church took their first international mission trip, where they saw firsthand what God is doing in Rose’s ministry. IMB Photo

Because of Rose’s relationship with church leaders, like her pastor, she was sent to the nations. Because of her church’s relationship with other churches, her work is being sustained. Because of the IMB’s relationship with this coalition of churches, Rose is connected to an IMB missionary team as a Global Missionary Partner. IMB Photo

IMB missionary Roy Cooper presents at the missions conference hosted by Rose’s church. The conference focused on the IMB’s resource “8 Steps of the Missions Continuum: Building a Bridge from the Church to the Mission Field.” The resource is an interactive consultation that the IMB provides to sending churches and organizations to help them understand what Scripture says about the Great Commission, sending and sustaining their missionaries on the field, and how they can partner with IMB through the GMP initiative. IMB Photo

Volunteers at the missions conference distribute the workbook for the IMB’s resource, “8 Steps of the Missions Continuum: Building a Bridge from the Church to the Mission Field.” Hal Cunnyngham and Amanda Dimperio Davis spent time with the church teaching them how to better support missionaries they send. Rose is one of them. IMB Photo

One aspect of planting churches in Zambia is to always use the Bible. The country often has false prophets trying to get people to follow them but they never use Scripture. IMB Photo

Min Jae “Danny” Kim (left), greets a friend he has been witnessing to in Zambia. Kim served as a global missionary partner on an IMB team. Global missionary partners help to multiply the work of career missionaries. IMB Photo

Losing electricity doesn’t stop women in this Nairobi, Kenya church from digging into the Word of God. Without even thinking, they dug out their phones and continued with their study on the heart of God and learning how to do evangelism among their friends, family and neighbors. IMB Photo

Baba Dogo Church in Nairobi, Kenya celebrated eight baptisms in one day. The new believers, like this woman, are welcomed into the church and discipled. A big celebration honors their new life in Christ. IMB Photo

Baba Dogo Church in Nairobi, Kenya celebrated eight baptisms in one day. The new believers, like this woman, are welcomed into the church and discipled. A big celebration honors their new life in Christ. IMB Photo

Women dig into “Evangelism and Disciple Training” manuals at Baba Dogo Church in Nairobi, Kenya. The women’s group are hungry to learn more of God’s Word to learn more about the Father’s heart and Kingdom. IMB Photo

Medical volunteer Dr. Tonisha Marshall consults with a Ghanaian physician whilst performing an ultrasound exam on a pregnant woman at the Baptist Medical Centre in northern Ghana. IMB Photo