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International

Two young leaders impact church growth in Guinea

The African nation of Guinea, formally known as the Republic of Guinea, is a country of roughly 14 million people, yet it has only nine Baptist churches nationwide. Ninety percent of the population is Muslim, and less than one percent identifies as evangelical Christian. Against this backdrop, two men named Christian and Jacques have emerged as beacons of hope.
National

From addiction to redemption: Virginia missionary’s recovery ministry leads to new church

The house is in a Virginia pine forest at the end of a long, bumpy dirt road. The thirty people living here are 46 miles away from civilization. They might as well be 46 million miles away. This is where Fred and his wife, Casey, started a residential recovery and discipleship program called The Fix.
International

Baptist chaplains transform Kenya’s hospitals, prisons, schools 

God is using more than 300 Baptist chaplains to transform lives — and eternities — across the nation of Kenya.  
International

Israeli Christians serving Jesus amid missile blasts as Passover nears

Passover plans this April 1 are a tossup for Israel, including the nation’s 20,000 to 30,000 Christians.
National

Midwestern Seminary’s Spanish studies department strengthens churches in Puerto Rico

Arnaldo Achucarro, director and assistant dean of Spanish studies at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, travelled to Puerto Rico from late February to early March. His goal was to strengthen church partnerships through the For the Church Conference Puerto Rico, teaching in residential cohort classes, sharing at the Annual Meeting of the Baptist Convention of Puerto Rico, and preaching at Iglesia Bautista Sin Paredes.
International

IMB missionaries in Central Asia reflect on first year

Sometimes it takes two hours just to get groceries. A doctor’s visit will most likely require Google Translate at some point. Air pollution skyrockets during winter months. Language learning is not for the faint of heart. And, even when it takes three hours of tea to get to a gospel conversation, making Christ known is worth it. These are just some of the hard-won pearls of wisdom International Mission Board missionaries Forrest and Paige mulled over one evening as they reflected on their first year overseas.
Missouri

Missouri Missions Offering tops $950,000

Receipts for the 2025 Rheubin L. South Missouri Missions Offering topped $950,000, as Missouri Baptists gave generously to state mission projects ranging from foster care to disaster relief.
International

FIRST-PERSON: Islamic eschatology and the war in Iran

“I’m lost,” the Iranian pilot cried into the microphone. I was a few months into my jet training course at Laredo Air Force Base, Texas, in 1971. At that time, the Shah of Iran, a close ally of the United States, sent his pilots for training in the United States. They were a friendly, capable lot, but this one became disoriented over the Southwest Texas terrain, ran out of gas, ejected from the aircraft and parachuted to safety. His cry of desperation still rings in my ears.
International

Tutoring center in South Asia becomes bridge to faith

Tutoring centers are ubiquitous in South Asia, according to Crawford Kaiser, International Mission Board missionary. “It’s a bunch of local folks trying to provide tutoring,” he explained with a smile. Kaiser and his team of national partners are taking advantage of the teaching opportunities for the sake of the gospel.
International

Religious persecution continues in Venezuela despite Maduro’s capture, CSW reports

Religious persecution and human rights violations continue in Venezuela under a firmly entrenched authoritarian regime, CSW reported March 9 as captured President Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores await trial in the U.S.

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