Ida Mae Hays, a retired International Mission Board missionary to Brazil, died Feb. 1.
While a missionary, Hays supervised the building of more than 30 churches. A chapel at a Baptist camp is named in her honor.
She retired from the IMB in 2002.
First person: What church communicators should know about the human brain
The human brain is wired to crave novelty. Long before smartphones and streaming platforms competed for our attention, God designed our minds to scan the environment for anything new, surprising or out of place.
