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...]
Platt to step down from IMB; Meador named interim president
RICHMOND, Va. – After receiving the resignation of Dr. David Platt, IMB president, to be effective at the Sept. 27, 2018, trustee meeting, the Executive Committee of the board of trustees of the International Mission Board voted in a special meeting Sept. 13 to approve Dr. Clyde Meador as interim president starting Sept. 27, subject to full board approval. Platt has served as president of the IMB since Aug. 27, 2014. Since September 2017, Platt also has served as pastor/teacher of McLean … [Read more...]
South Asian believers partner with Southern Baptists for healthy churches
SOUTH ASIA – Sampson* grew up in a Christian home where his father was the pastor of a large, traditional church in South Asia. When Sampson got married, God began to stir his heart for a new work in one of the largest cities in South Asia—more than 250 miles from his home and family. The first few years of ministry were difficult. Sampson and his wife lost their newborn shortly after birth. Then, one day as they gathered for worship and fellowship with friends, their house caught fire … [Read more...]
‘Was blind, but now I see’: Concord Baptist’s ‘Vision 3:16’ reaches more than 40,000 in Mexico
JEFFERSON CITY – There are hundreds of thousands of people in Mexico who struggle every day to afford basic necessities such as food, clothing, and shelter. For Mexican citizens who have poor eyesight, glasses are a luxury that many cannot afford. That’s where Vision 3:16 steps in. Vision 3:16, a ministry run out of Concord Baptist Church in Jefferson City by Larry Merry and Ken Weiler, has been working to meet those vision needs since 2010. Merry, founder and ministry leader, was … [Read more...]
Hope reaches the deaf in South Asia
SOUTH ASIA – The imam placed his copy of the Quran carefully on the table and called the men at the memorial service to attention. He opened the book, lifted his hands toward heaven, and began to chant in honor of the man who had died. The Deaf men in the room copied the stance but remained silent, as they couldn’t hear the verbal entreaty. At least the men were able to see the ceremony; the Deaf women in the next room covered their heads and wondered what was happening. One thing was … [Read more...]
Stranded flood victims in India prompt Bapt. response
INDIA (BP) – Local partners with Baptist Global Response are responding to stranded flood victims in southern India's Kerala state, an area facing its "worst flooding in recent memory." Tim Patterson, BGR area director for Central and South Asia, said BGR responders face immense challenges as they try to get aid to two isolated districts that are currently unassisted. "The roads and bridges there have been washed away," Patterson said, "and the loss of electricity, communication and … [Read more...]
Pakistani voices his faith to fellow migrant workers
GREECE (BP) – Waseem* could never be accused of lacking passion. Having grown up in a Christian family in Pakistan, Waseem often defended his faith in heated religious debates with Muslims on the streets of Lahore. He brought his fervor with him to southern Europe where he sought work -- and more arguments about the Gospel with fellow Pakistani migrants. Over time, God used the counsel of other Christians, and even a stint in jail, to redirect Waseem's energies toward a biblical model for … [Read more...]
Singermans see cooperative gospel effort in Sub-Saharan Africa
BENIN, West Africa – In the country that birthed voodoo, Beninese Baptists are working collectively to pray for and support the spread of the gospel. It’s a story IMB missionary Barbara Singerman can’t share without tearing up. “They are investing in missions,” she said. “They are expressing a love and appreciation and oneness —participation in the work. We are completely overwhelmed.” She and her husband, Jeff, lived in the West African country of Benin for 24 years. When they moved to … [Read more...]
A family reunited: MBC church planter meets long-lost brother
KANSAS CITY – Four-year-old Man Jalarue looked on as a huddle of armed Liberian rebels debated whether he should die. A week earlier, the insurgents flooded into the boy’s village, Zuajah, in the interior of Liberia. The year was 1992, and Liberia had already experienced three years of violence in a civil war that would ultimately take the lives of some 250,000 people. Now the conflict came to Man’s own home. When it did, the boy’s family fled one way, but he fled another. Into the bush … [Read more...]
Looking for work, Venezuelan refugee finds hope in God’s Word
VENEZUELA – Fernando* felt like a failure. For a month-and-a-half he had been looking for work in Colombia, where he didn’t know anyone. He longed to hold his wife and daughter again, but he couldn’t return to Venezuela without a solution. He and his wife had agreed: if they wanted a better future for their daughter, he needed to go. Although Fernando had maintained a good job in Venezuela, the country’s growing instability — poor schooling, a lack of basic medicine and food, and a … [Read more...]
IMB data breach prompts ‘comprehensive response’
RICHMOND, Va. (BP) – A data breach occurred at the International Mission Board that may have exposed personal information of current and former employees, volunteers and applicants. The Southern Baptist entity began a "comprehensive response" immediately upon discovering the cyber security incident and promptly notified law enforcement officials, according to a statement released to Baptist Press July 16, parallel to one released to North Carolina Baptists' newsjournal, the Biblical … [Read more...]
Ministry continues in Haiti: Mission teams evacuate Haiti amid violence, now safe in Missouri
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – Missouri Baptist mission teams have made it home safely from Haiti following political upheaval and riots that were ignited in the nation’s capital earlier this month. Nonetheless, Missouri Baptist ministry efforts continue because of the faithful service of long-term missionaries in the region. More than 200 Southern Baptists from around the nation, according to Baptist Press, were trapped in Haiti, July 6, when the nation’s citizens rose up violently, protesting a … [Read more...]
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