by Chris Doyle SOUTH ASIA (IMB) – Joshua Rivers has a humorous way of describing the goal of the missionary task. “We want to work ourselves out of a job,” he said. Rivers and his wife, Gracie, are International Mission Board missionaries who work among South Asian peoples. With a massive population, this area of the world can be challenging to reach. How can this couple take on this enormous mission? Along with other IMB missionaries, the work involves South Asian believers and … [Read more...]
Christian impact of Syrian violence unfolding as civilian death toll exceeds 1,500
LATAKIA, Syria (BP) – The number of Christians killed in the March 6 Alawite uprising and responsive attacks through March 9 is still unclear, but Christians have suffered collateral losses in sectarian violence that continues, Global Christian Relief (GCR) told Baptist Press. “I’m conversing with my partners,” GCR Acting Chief Executive Brian Orme said March 17, “to find out the exact numbers of Christians across these coastal communities who were killed in those … [Read more...]
During clinics in southern Mexico, El Salvador, Vision 3:16 ministry tops 80,000 people served
TEMAZCAL, Mexico – During a mission trip to southern Mexico in late January, an eyeglass ministry founded roughly 15 years ago by members of Concord Baptist Church, Jefferson City, celebrated 80,000 lives impacted during the ministry’s history. Domingo was the 80,000th person whose life was touched by the ministry, Vision 3:16. Beth Peeper, a Concord Baptist Church member and administrative assistant for The Pathway, participated in this mission trip and was privileged to meet … [Read more...]
Missouri Baptist volunteer missions team sees God working in Brazil
by Chris Doyle/IMB BRASILIA, Brazil (IMB) – Brandon Winkler felt a little uncomfortable, he said, when he was asked to lead worship on a Sunday morning in Brasilia, Brazil. He wasn’t uncomfortable in his guitar playing. He had played these songs before. The challenge for him was the setting. He stood on stage in a chapel of a rehab facility. The room was simple with white walls, white tile floor and wooden pews set up in two sections. The technology was in good shape with a quality … [Read more...]
‘Modern-day Macedonian call’: Online connection leads to partnership with Filipino church
DAVAO CITY, Philippines – Chris Cook, pastor of Parkade Baptist, Columbia, didn’t know what to think when Pastor Mayinto Ganzon reached out to him on Facebook in November of 2023. Cook was a little skeptical at first, but he replied. “I wasn’t going to just delete the message, he said, “So I responded to figure out if he was real.” He was real. After some messaging back and forth, he agreed to lead an online Bible study for Ganzon’s congregation on the other side of the world, Grace … [Read more...]
Obedience in airport leads to new disciple
by Chris Doyle SOUTH AMERICA (IMB) – For more than 35 years, Tim Kunkel has served as an International Mission Board missionary in South America, serving with global missionary partners and other IMB missionaries. He travels often to other South American countries, including Uruguay and Argentina, from his home base in Chile. As he travels, he carries gospel tracts with him to share with people he meets. On each tract, Kunkel offers his contact information. “I don't normally leave the … [Read more...]
‘Just not bearable’: 70 Christians beheaded in Democratic Republic of Congo
NORTH KIVU PROVINCE, Congo (BP) – The beheaded bodies of 70 Christians were found in a Protestant church in North Kivu Province in the Congo (DRC) around Feb. 15, several religious freedom advocates said, blaming the extremist Allied Democratic Forces (ADF). The ADF is accused of approaching homes in Mayba, in the Lumbero territory, beginning Feb. 12 and capturing as many as 100 Christians through Feb. 15, marching them to a Protestant church in Kasanga affiliated with the Evangelical … [Read more...]
Protestant pastors bring attention to global Christian persecution
BRENTWOOD, Tenn. (Lifeway Research) – As pastors speak and pray with their congregations, they say they’re also keeping persecuted Christians around the world in mind. More than 9 in 10 U.S. Protestant pastors (93%) say their church has engaged in at least one of six ways to bring attention to Christians suffering persecution within the past year, according to a Lifeway Research study. Around 1 in 14 (7%) say they haven’t done any of those six, and less than 1% aren’t sure. “The United … [Read more...]
Ukrainian college student relies on faith while in different cultures
by Chris Doyle/IMB He stood in front of a group of children sharing a Bible lesson during Holiday Club. Churches in Australia have Holiday Clubs instead of Vacation Bible Schools, and this was one of the activities Danylo “Daniel” Ibrahimov led as a summer missionary with the International Mission Board at a church in Albany, Western Australia. His other duties with the church included discipling students in small groups and playing guitar with the worship team. Ibrahimov and other … [Read more...]
IMB commissions 39 new missionaries at SBC’s oldest church in United States
CHARLESTON, S.C. – The pews of First Baptist Church, Charleston, South Carolina, were filled to celebrate newly appointed International Mission Board missionaries on Wednesday, Feb. 5. Thirty-nine missionaries preparing to live and serve among unreached peoples shared brief testimonies with the crowd and welcomed prayers offered on their behalf. Marshall Blalock, pastor of the church and IMB trustee, welcomed the missionaries and congregation to the historic church with strong ties to … [Read more...]
‘Home Church’ can provide vital relationship to missionaries
EDITOR'S NOTE: This article is an excerpt from “The Church and the Missionary,” The Great Commission Baptist Journal of Missions, published by the International Mission Board. Read the journal by clicking here. By Karen Pearce The IMB has always required church endorsement for service overseas. Most missionaries were part of a healthy church where discipleship and accountability shaped their call. Churches committed to pray for their missionaries. In the last few years, the … [Read more...]
First Person: God is faithful and just to forgive
By Ruth Bowles, IMB missionary kid EDITOR'S NOTE: Download the February PrayerPoints featuring daily prayer requests for missionary kids around the world. Each month will focus on a different theme or one of IMB’s eight affinity groups. Alcoholism has its claws wrapped tightly around the souls of the small town I grew up in, here in the Amazon region of South America. There are very few people whose lives go untouched by the darkness and destruction it brings. Mario, too, was … [Read more...]
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