EDITOR'S NOTE: Paul Chitwood serves as president of the Southern Baptist Convention's International Mission Board. To learn about the Missouri Baptist Convention's state missions offering, visit https://mobaptist.org/mmo/. To learn about the Cooperative Program, visit https://mobaptist.org/cp. My first international mission trip took place on a farm in central Kentucky. As a new pastor in the community, I found myself interacting often with migrant workers from Central and South … [Read more...]
COOPERATIVE PROGRAM: 50 floors above Johannesburg
April 7 is Cooperative Program Sunday in the Southern Baptist Convention. Paul Chitwood is president of the SBC's International Mission Board. For information about the Cooperative Program, go to sbc.net/cp. JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (BP) – Standing on the observation deck of the tallest building in Africa and looking out across the sprawling city below, I was powerfully reminded of the eternal importance of the cooperative mission work of Southern Baptists. Johannesburg, the city … [Read more...]
New IMB president: ‘To the fields we must go’
EDITOR’S NOTE: Paul Chitwood, 48, was unanimously elected to be the International Mission Board’s 13th president, Nov. 14-15. Prior to coming to the IMB, Chitwood served as executive director of the Kentucky Baptist Convention (since 2011). He also served for eight years on the IMB’s board of trustees, including two years as chairman of the board (2008-2010). Chitwood made the following remarks after his election by the IMB’s trustees. RICHMOND, Va. – It is by God’s grace that Michelle and … [Read more...]