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Lebanese Baptist who escaped Syrian firing squad learned to love her enemies

Marvin was only 9 months old when his mother Rosette Mansour, pregnant again, held him tightly to her breast as armed Syrian soldiers ordered the young family out of the car and against a wall.
International

Digital doors open the gospel for islanders in Southeast Asia

Today, face-to-face conversations about Christ on the Southeast Asian islands are harder to accomplish. For the IMB's Southeast Asia teams, digital engagement — the use of social media platforms to share a message — has become a plausible and effective entry point.
International

First international MedAdvance sparks vision for healthcare missions in Latin America, beyond

For 19 years, MedAdvance has been an annual International Mission Board event that promotes global healthcare strategies to reach the lost. More than 120 healthcare professionals, pastors, missionaries and ministry leaders from across Latin America and beyond gathered in Paraguay, Sept. 3-5, for the first international MedAdvance event. Participants believe this milestone could help mobilize a new generation of global healthcare missionaries.
International

Bible access restricted for over 500 million Christians, study of 106 nations finds

More than half a billion Christians live in countries where Bible access is restricted, with more than 125 million believers not being able to access Scripture in any format, according to a collaborative study in its second year.
International

No indication Trump addressed religious freedom with China’s Xi Jinping

Amid widespread advocacy for religious liberty and the release of pastors unfairly detained in China, there is no indication of whether President Donald Trump broached the subject with Chinese President Xi Jinping during their summit that ended Sept. 25 in Washington.
International

Women’s ministry opens doors in Panama’s newest province

When International Mission Board missionaries Jeff and Shelah Fathauer heard 12 young women from California Baptist University (CBU) were coming to serve in Panama, they were excited to connect them to a local church in Caimito, a rural district. But as they considered ministry opportunities for an all-female team, they found themselves in uncharted territory.
International

Southern Baptists celebrate new IMB missionaries appointed for service among the nations

Southern Baptists gathered Sept. 16 at The Heights Baptist Church in South Chesterfield, Virginia, to celebrate 46 International Mission Board missionaries preparing to take the gospel to the nations.
International

IMB missionaries strive to saturate South Asia with Scripture

In a South Asian area of more than 100 million people, a stark reality shapes the work of local believers: there’s no place to buy Bibles. For James Andretti, an International Mission Board missionary, that reality highlights both an enormous challenge and a remarkable opportunity. While God is bringing people to faith across the region, demand for Scripture is growing faster than traditional distribution methods can keep pace.
International

Relief efforts continue following Nepali mudslides

The situation in Nepal is much more dire than news reports indicate, says the pastor of an unnamed Christian church in Kathmandu and leader of a Nepali network of more than five hundred churches across Nepal.
Missouri

Greene County Association sees kingdom growth in Guadalajara, Mexico

Since 1997 Samuel Gonzalez has led annual mission trips to Guadalajara, Mexico, for Missouri churches through the Greene County Baptist Association in Springfield. He has previously worked for both the association and Missouri Baptist Convention to facilitate ethnic church planting.
International

Truth heard behind closed doors in Southeast Asia

In one Southeast Asian country, missionaries are pursuing a unique group of people through digital engagement: Muslim women.
Missouri

Church mission team serves in rural Guatemala

Distributing food, water filters, a stove and leading a Vacation Bible School were activities of a mission team from South Haven Baptist in Springfield to a rural Guatemala community.

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