ST. LOUIS – Vacation Bible School has a new missions education opportunity this year through Pennies for Pupils, a project that aids a Kenyan school founded by Missouri Baptist layperson George “the Shoeman” Hutchings. The program connects children with children through participatory missions and teaches that no amount is too little in the hands of God, he says. Hutchings is the president of the Juanita School for Girls in Kenya. Pennies contributed by VBS students add up one by one to … [Read more...]
Crowder College BSU students, Shoal Creek Association partner with Utah church plant
MORGAN, Utah – Spring break is typically a time when college students relax and perhaps head to the beach. But a group of 10 from the Baptist Student Union at Crowder College in Neosho spent their time away from classes, March 12-19, partnering with a North American Mission Board church planter in the heart of Mormon/Latter Day Saints territory. The trip was part of an ongoing partnership between Shoal Creek Baptist Association and Morgan Grace Church. That church was originally planted … [Read more...]
Access to God’s Word proves life changing among UPG
NORTH AFRICA – IMB missionaries Andy and Marie Hoffman served more than 11 years without seeing any fruit among their unreached people group (UPG) in North Africa. During those years, the family and their partners built relationships and shared the gospel with these nomadic farmers and desert horsemen. It wasn’t until the culmination of their hard work was almost complete that they saw nationals come to saving faith. Andy, with the help of national believers, finished a translation of … [Read more...]
DR volunteers comfort traumatized refugees
SUCEAVA, Romania (SEND Relief International) – “You are safe.” These were the words a Ukrainian woman, her daughter and an elderly woman needed to hear while waiting for their train. “Breathe in. Breathe out.” Mickey Ebert first spoke these words to a woman and her daughter at a train station in Suceava, Romania. The mother tried to put on a brave face as she walked into the station. Ebert welcomed her and handed her a piece of paper with a QR code on it that read, “Hope for Ukraine.” When … [Read more...]
Sammy Tippit’s prayer life undergirds his evangelistic zeal
SAN ANTONIO, Texas (BP) — God still is calling His people to evangelism, and veteran evangelist Sammy Tippit has added identifying and encouraging new evangelists at the same time he continues proclaiming as well as training and equipping those who are drawn to God’s love through Sammy Tippit Ministries’ worldwide evangelistic outreaches. “When I started in COSBE [Conference of Southern Baptist Evangelists] in the early 1970s, there were more than 200 members,” Tippit said. “Now there … [Read more...]
Ukrainian Baptist finds water in wasteland, reunion in time of war
ROMANIA (IMB) – Yura knew reunion was on the horizon and he found an oasis on the way. Carrying three heavy bags, the Ukrainian man stopped at the station Romanian Baptists established and Southern Baptist Disaster Response (SBDR) and Send Relief teams are now manning near the border of Romania and Ukraine. Yura accepted a bottle of water offered at the station, noticing the Southern Baptist Convention sign on the station and the vests and hats of the volunteers. “I’m a Baptist … [Read more...]
The lifeline
You may remember the television game show, “Who wants to be a Millionaire?”. During the game, a contestant could use a lifeline. That is, he or she could call someone for a hint to a question. If answered correctly, the contestant continued to progress toward a potential win. In the course of our personal and spiritual journey, we all need a “lifeline” from time to time. The ancient image is that of holding the rope for others in the midst of a storm. Lives depended on the faithfulness of … [Read more...]
Vision ministries focus on evangelism
ARNOLD – Two Missouri vision ministries, working in partnership, are clearly focused on evangelism through improving sight in their eyeglass clinics in the U.S. and Central America. Steve Smith, director of Focus On Missions, founded the organization about 20 years ago. For a time, he worked with pastors and churches in Mexico on other projects. Ten years ago, Smith—a member at First Baptist Arnold—began focusing exclusively on eyeglass clinics in the United States when he noticed a need … [Read more...]
Missouri DR volunteer team brings hope to refugees on Ukraine-Romania border
ROMANIA – Missouri Baptists Don and Diane Combs crossed the globe late last month to serve as Disaster Relief volunteers in an aid station at Romania's border with Ukraine. They served with Missouri Baptist Disaster Relief (MODR), in cooperation with the Southern Baptist Convention's Send Relief International. Don is a retired pastor and member of the Missouri Baptist Convention executive board. The Combs, attend Anthem Church in Columbia. In an e-mail exchange, March 23, they said they … [Read more...]
Easter opens door for the gospel at schools in Taiwan
KAOHSIUNG, Taiwan – Six small faces pressed up against the window into the fourth-grade classroom in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Their eyes danced with excitement, curious about what was going on inside. IMB workers setting up for a special Easter presentation turned to smile and wave at them, knowing they’d soon have a chance to see for themselves. After the class filed in and settled down, IMB worker Cambell Wood welcomed them and pointed to a vocabulary card with the word “Easter” written … [Read more...]
SEND Relief offers coaching to engage Afghan refugees
AFGHANISTAN – In response to the number of resettled Afghan refugees in communities in the United States, Send Relief, the combined compassion ministry of the International Mission Board and the North American Mission Board, is facilitating coaching to help churches engage their new Afghan neighbors. This coaching is a limited-time project and will only be offered for another five months. The United States has evacuated thousands upon thousands of Afghans to the U.S. The majority have … [Read more...]
FBC Clinton puts feet to mission passion
CLINTON – First Baptist is noticeably on mission for Christ. According to Randy Shipman, with the title of pastor emeritus since January, the church in early April has marked 16 years with their program called ActsOne8. The flagship verse, in a nutshell, calls for reaching the world for Christ. “It has become the DNA of our church,” Shipman said. Shipman said it started when one man in the church wrote on a commitment card to avail himself to missions. “The last year or two he’s … [Read more...]
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