KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (BP) – A new children’s book on the life of Bill Wallace, a Southern Baptist missionary doctor in China from 1935 until his death in 1951, has been released, with a foreword by IMB President Paul Chitwood. BILL: An American Doctor in China by Ann Lovell, written specifically for fourth- to sixth-grade readers, is based on the 1963 book “Bill Wallace of China” by Jesse Fletcher. Wallace served in Wuzhou, now a city of 3 million in southwestern China, until his death … [Read more...]
Early black Baptist missionaries inspire modern-day IMB personnel in Uganda
ST. LOUIS – India was blessed by the presence of William Carey in 1793, and Burma received Adoniram Judson in the year 1813. They were following the sure and true commandment of the Lord Jesus Christ when He told His disciples to go into all the world and preach the gospel to all nations. And while Christians should celebrate and revere such men for their sacrifices, as Paul writes in Philippians, chapter 2, there is another name normally missed in these discussions: George Liele, the first … [Read more...]
Chitwood: IMB to put greater focus on communicating with Southern Baptists
RICHMOND, Va.— International Mission Board President Paul Chitwood wants to improve communications with Southern Baptists so they can stay abreast of the work of the organization’s nearly 3,700 missionaries taking the gospel to the nations. “Stewarding the unique role of the IMB in the missionary call requires that we are able to communicate with Southern Baptists,” Chitwood told trustees in his recent report to the board. “In many ways the IMB symbolizes the Great Commission arm of the … [Read more...]
Lafferty named candidate for IMB Executive VP role
RICHMOND, Va.—International Mission Board President Paul Chitwood announced Jan. 30 that Todd Lafferty will be presented to the entity’s board of trustees as his recommendation for the IMB’s next executive vice president. IMB trustees, who meet Feb. 6-7 in Richmond, Va., are responsible for electing the person who serves in the EVP role. Todd Lafferty currently serves as pastor of mobilization for Shades Mountain Baptist Church in Birmingham, Ala. He and his wife, Susan, previously … [Read more...]
Chitwood to be Installed as IMB President Feb. 6
RICHMOND, Va. — The International Mission Board will install Dr. Paul Chitwood formally as its 13th president on Feb. 6, 2019, at 6:30 p.m. at Grove Avenue Baptist Church in Richmond. The public is invited to attend the installation service, which will include a Sending Celebration honoring the appointment of 19 new Southern Baptist international missionaries. The IMB’s board of trustees unanimously elected Chitwood, 48, as president of the organization on Nov. 15 in Richmond. Chitwood, … [Read more...]
Chinese Christians: We will ‘stand strong’
SICHAUN PROVINCE, China (BP) - As China continues to hunt down and arrest members of a house church in Sichuan Province, many of the 100 or more Christians arrested reportedly pledged in advance to persevere even until death. Gina Goh, Southeast Asia regional manager for International Christian Concern, said many leaders of Autumn Rain Covenant Church -- also translated by some as Early Rain Covenant Church -- counted the cost and pledged faithfulness in advance of arrests at homes, … [Read more...]
Losing yourself for the lost
TANZANIA – Larry Pepper was on a trajectory. He was a NASA flight surgeon who was good at his job, active in his church, involved as a dad—and possibly headed for space. It wouldn’t be long before he ended up as a candidate finalist for a space mission. But God interrupted his plans. As Larry thought more and more about his life and its eternal significance, he felt God saying, “You’ve committed everything to me except your job.” It soon became evident God was drawing him to walk away. “I … [Read more...]
Lottie Moon resources available; Week of Prayer begins Dec. 3
JEFFERSON CITY – Make plans now for a successful Lottie Moon Christmas Offering (LMCO), themed this year, “Every Church. Every Nation.” The Missouri Woman’s Missionary Union (MWMU) is ready to walk alongside your church with a variety of resources and creative ideas. Since its inception in 1888, the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering has enjoyed steady growth. Missouri’s goal this year is $4 million. Laura Wells, MWMU Executive Director, urges churches to do their financial part again, which … [Read more...]
Paul Chitwood elected unanimously as IMB president
ROCKVILLE, Va. (BP) – About a decade ago, Paul Chitwood became convinced God was calling him to mobilize missions and missionaries, he told International Mission Board trustees. That call culminated today (Nov. 15), he said, with his election as president of the International Mission Board. "Being a member of this board for eight years changed my ministry and it changed my life, so much so that [my wife] Michelle and I questioned whether God had called us to overseas missions," Chitwood, … [Read more...]
Southern Baptists celebrate sending 42 new missionaries
RICHMOND, Virginia — Southern Baptists celebrated the appointment of 42 new missionaries in a service held Wednesday, Nov. 14, near Richmond, Virginia. Churches of all sizes from Louisiana to Indiana and North Carolina to Kansas are sending singles, couples and families to large cities, small villages and hard-to-reach places around the world. Vance Pitman, senior pastor of Hope Church in Las Vegas, reminded new missionaries and those attending of the importance of cooperative giving and … [Read more...]
‘There’s power in God’s Word’ – At 83, Nicolls travels globally for the Great Commission
ARNOLD – Jim Nicolls thought he’d just been broken for the people of northern Mexico. Surely, that’s why he wept through the night during his first mission trip in 2000, when he led a construction crew in building houses at a squatter’s camp along the U.S.-Mexico border. “That first night, I just laid there all night, weeping,” he recalled. “God broke me. I kept saying, ‘Why, God, am I here, and they’re there?’” More than the spiritual lostness, it was the “abject poverty” that existed … [Read more...]
Chitwood announced as candidate for IMB’s presidency
RICHMOND, Va. — The International Mission Board trustees’ Presidential Search Committee announced Tuesday, Nov. 6, that the committee will recommend Dr. Paul Chitwood, 48, to be elected as the 173-year-old entity’s 13th president. The vote to elect Chitwood is scheduled for the Nov. 15 plenary session during the Nov. 14-15 IMB board meeting in Richmond. A former chairman of IMB’s board of trustees, Chitwood currently serves as executive director of the Kentucky Baptist Convention, the … [Read more...]
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