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Longtime Baptist journalist, educator and editor dies at 73

December 23, 2022

Craig Bird, Baptist journalist and educator, died Dec. 12 due to complications from a fall the week before. He was 73. Bird was born Oct.

First Person: This Christmas, let’s pray the light shines in the darkness

December 20, 2022

Bells clanging, bodies burning, smoke rising — I’ll never forget my first experience of the Aarti along the banks of the Ganges. People were passionately worshipping.

Destitute and crying, Central Asian man makes desperate plea — and finds answer

November 29, 2022

Damir sat by the side of the road, destitute and crying. He prayed God would either help him or let him die. His employer hadn’t

‘We never stop training’: 12 new churches planted in Zambia; IMB missionaries equipping local believers

November 21, 2022

It was the first service as a church and excitement showed on everyone’s faces. They’d been working up to this moment for months with Bible

Video library takes Bible to unreached, oral learners

November 11, 2022

More than 3,000 unreached people groups don’t have a single verse of Scripture in their language, said Paul Wynn of OneMessage.tv. And even if they

Volunteer missions teams vital to reaching desert people group

October 24, 2022

“God will do what He says He will do, and I want to be a part of it,” Vera says with confidence. This confidence is

Goat farming opens doors for ministry among North African people group

October 14, 2022

Goat farming might not spring to mind when you think of the role of missionaries, but Herald and Sarah Singer found a valuable way to

IMB missionary pipeline surpasses 1,100; ‘More people will hear the gospel,’ Chitwood says

September 28, 2022

Four years ago, 300 candidates waited in the International Mission Board’s missionary pipeline, considering a call to the nations. That pipeline just surpassed the 1,100