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Churches can see and share Venezuela Send Relief update

International Mission Board President Paul Chitwood shows the widespread destruction from two deadly earthquakes and how Southern Baptists can help through a video released today through Send Relief.
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MBTS mission team trains local believers, shares gospel in Ecuador

A team from Midwestern Seminary spent 10 days in Manta, Ecuador, partnering with a local church to train believers in evangelism and proclaim the gospel throughout the surrounding community. Led by Joe Allen III, assistant professor of missions, the team traveled May 29–June 7 with Midwestern students Jason Reyna, Adam Collins, and Tasha Vipond, along with Tim Hutchins, a member of Fellowship of Grace Church in Parkville, Missouri.
International

From Buddhist roots to bold witness

Mary grew up in a poor Southeast Asian province. As a young girl, she was sponsored through a humanitarian aid program where she was taught about the Lord. During her teenage years, God brought Mary to a place of needing Christ, and so she walked away from her family’s Buddhist faith.
International

As quake death toll rises, Send Relief assists Venezuelan Baptists

Devastating news continues streaming out of Venezuela as the death toll keeps rising. Many suspect the June 30 total of 1,719 victims may only be scratching the surface of the total loss of life from last week’s earthquakes.
International

Gospel changes lives in the Philippines

In towns and villages of the Philippines, the good news of Jesus is meaningful, exciting, life-changing and liberating.
International

Missionary risks rise as AI, data sharing, biometric technology proliferate

An era of heightened missionary security is upon us. This year’s SBC Annual Meeting in Orlando made that evident. A missionary commissioning service, as usual, did not show the faces of missionaries headed to high-security areas. But for the first time at an Annual Meeting, the service did not feature their voices either. Instead, voice actors told their stories.
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Southern Baptists encourage prayer for persecuted church today (June 29)

Voice of the Martyrs (VOM) is honoring Perpetua and all persecuted Christians, June 29, as it recognizes the annual day VOM founded in 2019, spotlighting the martyr in its annual video and providing free digital resources to help Christians recognize those who risk their lives to spread the gospel. Southern Baptists are among many denominations that recognize the observance, encouraged by VOM vice president and spokesperson Todd Nettleton.
International

Venezuela earthquakes leave dozens dead, hundreds injured as Venezuela Baptists begin response

A lethal pair of earthquakes struck Venezuela late in the evening of Wednesday, June 24. Initial reports indicated that 164 people lost their lives. Hundreds more were injured while others were reported missing.
Missouri

Malawi mission reveals considerable human need, ministry opportunities

Twenty-one Missouri Baptists traveled to the nation of Malawi the last two weeks of May.  They were on a mission trip to the Dzaleka Refugee Camp where a Baptist church and a Christian school minister amid great human needs. 
International

Social hostility against religious groups spreading globally, Pew reports

The Hamas attack on Israel and rioting against Ahmadi Muslims in Bangladesh were among rising social hostilities targeting religious groups globally in 2023, Pew Research Center said in releasing its latest numbers in the trend, while Russia’s war on Ukraine elevated such incidents in Europe.
National

Southern Baptists celebrate 63 new IMB missionaries at SBC annual meeting

Southern Baptists celebrated 63 new International Mission Board missionaries during the June 9 opening session of the SBC annual meeting in Orlando. As missionaries took the stage and stood on the floor of the Orange County Convention Center, church messengers listened as they described their callings and expressed gratitude for support of their Great Commission work.
International

Christians in India denied clean water, jobs, food in ongoing religious persecution

Hundreds of Christians in central India have been denied clean water, fresh produce and employment for nearly a month in unsuccessful attempts to force them to denounce Christianity, International Christian Concern (ICC) reported May 29.

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