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Sending Celebration highlights stories of faith, generosity

Southern Baptists gathered at First Baptist Rogers of Rogers, Arkansas, Wednesday, Feb. 4 to support and send 41 International Mission Board missionaries who are going to the nations to share the gospel of Jesus Christ.
International

Liberian Baptists hungry for IMB partnership

For more than 30 years, International Mission Board missionaries were absent from Liberia. Civil war and unrest tore through the small West African nation, forcing missionaries to evacuate and leave churches without the support they once knew.
International

Two women, two years, 25 countries with IMB Explorer program

Ava Taylor* spent the past two years traveling across Europe as part of the International Mission Board’s Project 3000 Explorer initiative, seeking out unreached people groups and sharing the Gospel. The project’s goal is to ensure every people group has access to the message of Christ.
International

IMB’s Missions College emphasizes church partnerships and individual roles

Rynie Badenhorst returned to Missions College this year with a clear purpose – and a larger group. The global outreach pastor from CityRise (West University Baptist Church) in Houston, Texas, brought a team of 10 this year, all excited to strengthen their church’s pathway for sending and sustaining the next generation on mission.
International

IMB teams continue excitement after Tokyo Deaflympics

Tokyo was a whirlwind of colors, sounds and — most importantly — signs. For two weeks in November, the Deaflympics met in the capital city of Japan, where the International Mission Board had more than 50 workers and volunteers sharing the gospel during the worldwide event for Deaf athletes.
International

South Asian women empowered to know, understand God’s Word

When Song, a Hindu woman, and her family moved to the outskirts of a large, South Asian city for work, she prayed for God to teach her more about Himself.
Missouri

Widow recounts God’s faithfulness following husband’s death during mission trip in Mexico

While on a mission trip in San Felipe Usila in the state of Oaxaca, Mexico, in September 2024, a member of First Baptist Church, Camdenton, Mike Luttrell, suffered a cardiac arrest and died while walking down a street in the village. His wife, Connie, was with him and she recently provided a narrative to The Pathway about the incident and how God was so faithful to her and the mission volunteers as they went through the traumatic incident and made arrangements to return to the United States.
International

West Africans find hope amid horror

Yacouba couldn’t stop the tears from flowing. He heard there had been an attack on his brother-in-law’s village by a terrorist group. They hadn’t been able to get in touch with him, so he and his wife went to the village to search for her brother. Yacouba found the village plundered. To his horror, he and his wife found her brother’s body.
International

Three ways people groups move off the IMB unengaged list

It took weeks of research, both online and in person, to come up with a guess on where the Sys people lived in South Asia. Even then, the information contradicted itself. One finding listed 300 people among the group while another had 230,000. There was not even a digital footprint for International Mission Board missionary John Pratt to follow in his search for this unengaged, unreached people group.
International

Southern Baptists celebrate 175-year legacy in Nigeria; press on to reach unengaged peoples

Southern Baptists first arrived in Nigeria when it existed as independent kingdoms. Now, 175 years later, Southern Baptists continue to serve in the West African country home to diverse ethnic groups.
International

IMB Explorers return after two years of searching for the unreached

Colson Brooks learned the importance of taking just one step during the two years he spent as a Missionary Explorer for the International Mission Board.
Missouri

Refuge, rest for the soul: Missouri Baptists help pastor build prayer garden in Kenya

Imagine a secluded place away from the noise of the city, with none of the distractions of daily life. It’s a quiet, peaceful getaway, perfect for a day of prayer, meditation, and communing with the Lord. Guests would come away from their visit feeling spiritually refreshed and strengthened. This is the vision of Pastor Nicholas Mutisya in Makindu, Kenya, and some Missouri Baptist churches are helping this vision come true.

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