JEFFERSON CITY – Make plans now for a successful Lottie Moon Christmas Offering (LMCO), themed this year, “Every Church. Every Nation.” The Missouri Woman’s Missionary Union (MWMU) is ready to walk alongside your church with a variety of resources and creative ideas. Since its inception in 1888, the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering has enjoyed steady growth. Missouri’s goal this year is $4 million. Laura Wells, MWMU Executive Director, urges churches to do their financial part again, which … [Read more...]
Paul Chitwood elected unanimously as IMB president
ROCKVILLE, Va. (BP) – About a decade ago, Paul Chitwood became convinced God was calling him to mobilize missions and missionaries, he told International Mission Board trustees. That call culminated today (Nov. 15), he said, with his election as president of the International Mission Board. "Being a member of this board for eight years changed my ministry and it changed my life, so much so that [my wife] Michelle and I questioned whether God had called us to overseas missions," Chitwood, … [Read more...]
Southern Baptists celebrate sending 42 new missionaries
RICHMOND, Virginia — Southern Baptists celebrated the appointment of 42 new missionaries in a service held Wednesday, Nov. 14, near Richmond, Virginia. Churches of all sizes from Louisiana to Indiana and North Carolina to Kansas are sending singles, couples and families to large cities, small villages and hard-to-reach places around the world. Vance Pitman, senior pastor of Hope Church in Las Vegas, reminded new missionaries and those attending of the importance of cooperative giving and … [Read more...]
‘There’s power in God’s Word’ – At 83, Nicolls travels globally for the Great Commission
ARNOLD – Jim Nicolls thought he’d just been broken for the people of northern Mexico. Surely, that’s why he wept through the night during his first mission trip in 2000, when he led a construction crew in building houses at a squatter’s camp along the U.S.-Mexico border. “That first night, I just laid there all night, weeping,” he recalled. “God broke me. I kept saying, ‘Why, God, am I here, and they’re there?’” More than the spiritual lostness, it was the “abject poverty” that existed … [Read more...]
Chitwood announced as candidate for IMB’s presidency
RICHMOND, Va. — The International Mission Board trustees’ Presidential Search Committee announced Tuesday, Nov. 6, that the committee will recommend Dr. Paul Chitwood, 48, to be elected as the 173-year-old entity’s 13th president. The vote to elect Chitwood is scheduled for the Nov. 15 plenary session during the Nov. 14-15 IMB board meeting in Richmond. A former chairman of IMB’s board of trustees, Chitwood currently serves as executive director of the Kentucky Baptist Convention, the … [Read more...]
From Missouri to Africa and back again, Wood-Bliven sees Cooperative Program’s genius
FESTUS – As a member of the Missouri Baptist Convention Executive Board, Stephanie Wood-Bliven gets to see and hear the value of Baptist cooperation. But the member of Faith Baptist, Festus didn’t need to be a part of the MBC board to know first-hand about the genius of the Cooperative Program; she’s lived it. The Cooperative Program is Southern Baptists’ unified plan of giving to missions. Cooperating Southern Baptist churches give a percentage of their undesignated receipts in support … [Read more...]
MMO supports partnership missions, church planting
JEFFERSON CITY – The Rheubin L. South Missouri Missions Offering supports 18 ministries in Missouri. This year’s theme is taken from 1 Chronicles 29:14b: “Everything comes from You, and we have given You only what comes from Your hand.” Following are two short stories of how the gifts of Missouri Baptists support missions projects throughout the Show Me State. Sweet Potatoes and Mission Partners Turkey, stuffing, sweet potatoes, and cranberries loaded the tables in the church gymnasium. … [Read more...]
Pakistani believer shares gospel with faith, fervor in Europe
SOUTH ASIA – Waseem* could never be accused of lacking passion. Having grown up in a Christian family in Pakistan, Waseem often defended his faith in heated religious debates with Muslims on the streets of Lahore. He brought his fervor with him to southern Europe, where he sought work — and more arguments about the gospel with his fellow Pakistani migrants. Over time, God used the counsel of other Christians, and even a stint in jail, to redirect Waseem’s enthusiasm toward a biblical … [Read more...]
Platt to step down from IMB; Meador named interim president
RICHMOND, Va. – After receiving the resignation of Dr. David Platt, IMB president, to be effective at the Sept. 27, 2018, trustee meeting, the Executive Committee of the board of trustees of the International Mission Board voted in a special meeting Sept. 13 to approve Dr. Clyde Meador as interim president starting Sept. 27, subject to full board approval. Platt has served as president of the IMB since Aug. 27, 2014. Since September 2017, Platt also has served as pastor/teacher of McLean … [Read more...]
South Asian believers partner with Southern Baptists for healthy churches
SOUTH ASIA – Sampson* grew up in a Christian home where his father was the pastor of a large, traditional church in South Asia. When Sampson got married, God began to stir his heart for a new work in one of the largest cities in South Asia—more than 250 miles from his home and family. The first few years of ministry were difficult. Sampson and his wife lost their newborn shortly after birth. Then, one day as they gathered for worship and fellowship with friends, their house caught fire … [Read more...]
In Central Asia, Defne shares her faith boldly, faithfully despite struggles
CENTRAL ASIA – Two years ago, Defne* got her hands on a Bible. The love of a Father-God attracted her — it was foreign to anything she had ever experienced in her 22 years of life. Abandoned by her parents, Defne grew up with her grandmother and the constant reminder that no one wanted her. No one loved her, that is, until she met Jesus. When Defne found out about a church of Central Asian believers in a nearby town, she boarded a bus and suffered through a two-hour ride. The believers … [Read more...]
Southern Baptist workers introduce Kenyan family to the Great Physician
KENYA – Fatuma* is raising her five children in a one-room metal house in the slum-of-slums of Nairobi, Kenya. Fatuma knows that despite the squalid living conditions, her children have something she never had as a child: love. After she was orphaned, Fatuma was sent to be raised by her aunt and uncle. They treated her like a servant and kept her home from school to clean. Her hunger to learn once resulted in a beating after she leafed through a cousin’s school book. Prayers for … [Read more...]
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