IMB taps NC Baptist president, pastor for church mobilization role
Quintell Hill, a pastor and president of the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina, will be joining the IMB as African American church mobilization strategist starting April 1.
‘Workers are few’: IMB missionaries mean it when asking for more laborers
Ask David Lee and Zoey Kim about the one thing that can push their ministry in Madagascar to the next level. The International Mission Board missionary couple will answer in unison, “More workers.”
Missionary couple, Haitian mission director killed by gangs in Haiti
Three people, a Haitian man and an American couple who all worked for a Christian mission organization, were killed by gang members near Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Thursday night (May 23).
Late spring storms keep Baptist DR teams busy
A series of late spring storms which spawned tornadoes, hail, high winds and flooding, swept across Southeast May 8-9, leaving behind at least two known deaths in Tennessee and another in North Carolina.
MBTS receives $1.25M grant to establish institute for preaching, preachers
Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary has received a grant of $1.25 million from Lilly Endowment Inc. to help establish the Midwestern Institute for Preaching and Preachers.
Self-care essential to avoid ministerial burnout, experts say
People in helping professions of all kinds risk experiencing compassion fatigue and burnout, but ministers face an additional issue, clinical psychologist Don Corley of Waco, Texas, asserted.
Partnering organizations help care for IMB missionaries
Partnering organizations are helping International Mission Board missionaries stay on the field.
Mississippi BSU minister Wayne Vandiver retires after 40 years
Wayne Vandiver retired from Baptist Student Union ministry after 40 years of service. To this day, Vandiver still has students from throughout all his years calling him because, as they note, “he’s still our BSU director.”