University students from Zambia, Mississippi and Tennessee sat around a blazing fire pit in Lusaka, Zambia. Songs and laughter filled the night air. And, like typical college students, conversations moved deeper the longer they hung out.
When the books closed on SBC’s 2023–24 fiscal year Sept. 30, the Annie Armstrong Easter Offering for North American Missions totaled $74.7 million, and the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering for International Missions totaled $206.8 million.
As an IMB missionary, Nita Kilkenny works with nationals who are dedicated to bringing the gospel to hard-to-reach areas in the Southeast Asian mountains. And meeting basic needs is leading to Bible studies, baptisms and lives changed.
English Club started out as a way to train translators to help American church mission teams. It turned into an evangelism tool and is now the first step in planting a church in Argentina.
Since its inception in 1981, PrayerLine has been a reliable source for daily prayer requests from the International Mission Board, enabling callers to listen and pray for international missions.
The IMB is inviting such Southern Baptist church members to give two years of their next season to the Lord, fully funded, using their gifts and skills for kingdom impact.
When an older Muslim man grabbed her hand, IMB missionary Jackie Lewis was shocked. Muslim men do not customarily touch women who are not close relatives, especially young, single women like Lewis.
The International Mission Board and Woman’s Missionary Union invite all Southern Baptists to participate in the 2024 Week of Prayer and the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering. Resources are now available at lottiemoon.com.
With a few giving days left in the 2023–24 giving year, the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering is already the largest in the International Mission Board’s history, with receipts currently showing more than $204 million given to date.
Lottie Moon’s home church hosted the International Mission Board’s Sept. 25 Sending Celebration, which featured 57 newly appointed missionaries.
