True Christmas spirit on display
December 25, 2025
At First Baptist Church Moore, Oklahoma, Paulia Box Merrell wanted to motivate kids in a more visual way.
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Social media ad leads to Bible studies, baptisms
September 21, 2025
The phone buzzed, flashing an unidentified caller ID. The Middle Eastern pastor deliberated before accepting the call. It wasn’t spam but a voice from the past.
Keith Parks, former Baptist missions leader, dies at 97
August 27, 2025
R. Keith Parks, missions leader who played a key role in opening Southern Baptists’ eyes to the millions of unreached peoples worldwide, died Aug. 26. He was 97.
IMB prioritizes NextGen pathways to missions
August 14, 2025
Christ-following college students and young adults have a passion to serve, said Easton Vinson who serves as minister to young adults at First Baptist Church of Lafayette, Louisiana.
Chitwood thanks Southern Baptists for funding new work, helping missionaries stay the course
June 11, 2025
“Since I became IMB president, because of your generosity not one IMB missionary has come home due to financial need. Thank you,” said Paul Chitwood during the International Mission Board report.
Pastors deepen global mission engagement during IMB headquarters visit
May 29, 2025
Through the Mississippi Baptist Convention Board’s Missions Mobilization Department, nine pastors recently trekked to Richmond, Virginia, for a “vision journey” at the headquarters of the International Mission Board.
‘Prayer is the first thing’: Answered prayer celebrated by IMB workers in Central Asia
May 29, 2025
A double tragedy began Maggie LaBrecque’s prayers for two Central Asian women who are from a people group near and dear to her heart.
Small TN church makes missions investment after connecting with missionaries
May 13, 2025
Mary Lane Moore added that many in their small church of 50 members cannot go to the missions field due to health or work, but that didn’t stop God from calling them to be a part of it in some capacity.
New IMB emeriti thankful for God’s grace, ministry milestones
May 1, 2025
Together, the newest group of emeriti who gathered at International Mission Board’s annual Celebration of Emeriti near Richmond, Virginia, April 27–May 1, represent 1,818 years of service.
Missions efforts in Eastern Europe receive support from Slavic churches in U.S.
April 26, 2025
People aren’t lining up to be missionaries in Ukraine right now, as Lamar Schubert has discovered. He and his wife Aubrey work with Slavic people and Eastern European churches, but they had to evacuate Ukraine when war began …
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