IMB missionaries reaching lost in ‘virtual backyard’
Week of Prayer for International Missions is Dec. 3–10. The national goal for the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering is $200 million.
Week of Prayer for International Missions is Dec. 3–10. The national goal for the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering is $200 million.
Lostness around the world is growing every day. In fact, 59% of the world’s population remains unreached. This means there are less than 2% evangelical Christians within their people group or nearby.
Through gifts to the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering, Dawson was provided with a home that had more room than she needed and a seven-passenger car. God filled the “extra space” with troubled teenagers and young adults.
International Mission Board missionaries Don and Pam Lynch can be found working with their coffee cart any time the weather allows people in Ghent, Belgium, to be outside. It’s a way to meet their neighbors and have gospel conversations.
The International Mission Board recently had a conversation with Tom Hicks, the IMB’s new director of global health strategies, during the International Baptist Hospital Consortium in Southeast Asia.
Like most boys at Southern Hills Baptist Church in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 6-year-old Ethan Gee wanted to win the penny war against the girls.
A total of 49 individuals who answered God’s call on their lives and were appointed as International Mission Board missionaries during the Sending Celebration Nov. 14 at Idlewild Baptist Church in Tampa, Florida.
Georgia Baptists have given an additional $1.7 million to the International Mission Board to support missionaries serving around the world.
In Ukraine, Oleh and Marianna weren’t permitted to lead ministry to the Deaf because they are Deaf. Missions tugged at their hearts, but due to cultural norms, it wasn’t a possibility until recently.
The “grandparent test” — sharing photos and videos of their grandchildren’s antics — was on full display at the International Mission Board’s National Parent Retreat at Mount Vernon Baptist Church, Richmond, Virginia.