
First person: Sing we now at Christmas
Christmas music is an excellent way to share the Gospel with adults, writes Brian Hobbs, editor of Oklahoma’s Baptist Messenger. When is the last time you went Christmas caroling?

‘Celebration of All Nations’: St. Louis-area church serves as international ministry hub
When you attend church at Canaan Baptist in Oakville, Missouri, you may think you are in a typical suburban church

Golf carts supporting international missionaries? Here’s how.
What started out as helping the IMB replace one long-body golf cart ended in finding an entire fleet of 26 used carts. Each one is tailored to a specific task for supporting missionaries.

Struggling Florida church now experiencing a ‘God story’
Located just south of St. Augustine, Florida, on U.S. 1, Moultrie Baptist Church has shared the gospel faithfully in its community

Northwest FL church offers warm hospitality during unexpectedly snowy winter
“We’ve never experienced anything like this,” said Tom Turman, director of Ferris Hill Baptist Church’s cold weather shelter.

First person: Giving generously toward the solution
“Will you make the first and most expensive Christmas gift this year a gift to our Global Missions Offering?” Sitting

Ramadan: IMB offers resources to pray for salvations during ‘critical time’
This year, IMB staff and missionaries are providing the opportunity for churches and individuals to pray each day during Ramadan using tools designed specifically for this purpose.

First person: What are the benefits of fasting?
“Though the concept is somewhat foreign to us, it was commonplace in ancient Israel,” writes pastor Adam Dooley. “Fasting appears 75 times in the Bible.”