Week of Prayer for International Missions: Day 7 SOUTH ASIA (IMB) – Twenty years is a long time. That’s how long it took to establish a gospel presence among a Muslim unreached people group of 10 million in South Asia. Ministry among the people group stalled for a number of reasons. IMB workers attempted to move to the region but were unsuccessful. Other families moved to the area, but they too had to leave for various reasons. After years of setbacks, Luciano and Sofia Serrano*, a … [Read more...]
Worthys bring hope of the gospel to Italy
Week of Prayer for International Missions: Day 6 ITALY (IMB) –The Worthy family recognizes the importance of investing in relationships in the Italian culture. For more than 17 years, Charlie and Shannon Worthy have invested their lives and ministry in Italy as IMB missionaries. The Worthys have been close partners with the Missouri Baptist Convention, which has a missions partnership in Italy. Missouri Baptists also support the work of the Worthys by giving through the Cooperative … [Read more...]
Remembering lives given for the cause of Christ
Week of Prayer for International Missions: Day 5 Throughout its 175-year history, Southern Baptists have maintained an uninterrupted witness among the nations, in spite of famine, war and civil unrest. This commitment has not come without sacrifice. Approximately 60 missionaries and children have died due to violent circumstances while serving with the International Mission Board (formerly the Foreign Mission Board) since the organization’s founding in 1845. The causes include accidents … [Read more...]
Missouri WMU is still relentless for Lottie, after 175 years
JEFFERSON CITY – Relentless! The current WMU theme is evident by the efforts of the Missouri state branch to support mission education and efforts. Several representatives from the Missouri WMU attended the recent Baptist annual meeting to provide information to attendees about mission programs, and most timely, the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering (LMCO). Missouri WMU President Jan Turner and Executive Director Bonnie Carter also gave reports to the general assembly. “Missouri WMU is … [Read more...]
Reaching the hard-to-reach in the Amazon rainforest
Week of Prayer for International Missions: Day 4 The small group of men boards a single-engine Cessna. After a little more than a two-hour flight, they land on a small airstrip deep in the Amazon rainforest. From there they board a boat and settle in for the ride. Their destination, an isolated village of a tribe called the Akawa*, is still more than seven hours away. If this conjures memories of Humphrey Bogart and Katherine Hepburn battling mosquitoes and heat in the 1951 film “The … [Read more...]
Medical missions leads to church planting
Week of Prayer for International Missions: Day 3 Doug Derbyshire goes to many places in Thailand with no Christians and no churches, and it troubles him deeply. But the lack of a gospel witness in Baan Po troubled him the most. Derbyshire is a medical doctor with the International Mission Board who serves in Thailand with his wife, Cheryl. He’s doing what Jesus did: taking care of the sick and preaching the gospel. For the past six years, Derbyshire has faithfully and persistently … [Read more...]
Gospel fills the airwaves
Week of Prayer for International Missions: Day 2 After living in Croatia for more than 22 years, missionary Eric Maroney understands why some people describe life and ministry as difficult in this part of Europe. He has witnessed the reluctance of people to believe the Truth of the gospel and has endured the skepticism toward evangelical churches. Only one Baptist church stands in western Zagreb—an area of 250,000 people—where Eric’s team lives and works. As a church planter, Maroney, … [Read more...]
Missions on and off the street
Week of Prayer for International Missions: Day 1 Hundreds of thousands of boys sleep on the streets in Kenya. These children are marginalized, beaten, sexually abused and arrested. Many Kenyans regard these children as worthless and not to be trusted. Kenyans call these boys “trash eaters.” International Mission Board missionary Kristen Lowry and the staff at the Naivasha Children’s Shelter in Naivasha, Kenya, see the value and worth in the life of each boy. They seek out these boys … [Read more...]
Southern Baptist response continues as record-breaking storm season persists
CENTRAL AMERICA (BP) – Hurricane Iota has sights set on Central America, making it the second major hurricane to hit the region following Hurricane Eta’s Nov. 3 landfall. Iota is the 13th hurricane and record-breaking 30th named storm during an historic 2020 hurricane season. Eta took the lives of dozens of people after generating landslides and flooding, and Iota arrived in northern Nicaragua Monday night (Nov. 16) as a category 4. The National Hurricane Center warned that the storm … [Read more...]
Missouri Baptists encouraged to pray amid crisis in Armenia, Azerbaijan
ABOVYAN, Armenia – In a state of shock, Armenian Pastor Vazgen Zohrabyan couldn’t stand to enter the Abovyan City Church here for three days. Located in a town only 10 miles north of the Armenian capital of Yerevan, his 250-member church offered on social media to take in refugees of war. The response was overwhelming, and for a short time it emotionally took its toll on the pastor. This crisis began when, in late September, fighting once again erupted between Armenia and its neighbor, … [Read more...]
Fires in Greece refugee camp don’t stop gospel spread
LESBOS, Greece – In early September, fires destroyed Moria, the largest migrant camp in Greece on the island of Lesbos. Thirteen thousand refugees were without shelter. Kashef* is an Afghani Christian who lives on Lesbos in order to minister among the refugee communities. Kashef landed on the island in a boat as an asylum seeker, so he can empathize with the communities in the camps. With the camp on fire, refugees were forced to take shelter on the streets. Kashef told IMB worker … [Read more...]
Believers in Madagascar partner to craft Bible stories in local dialects
MADAGASCAR – In the last ten years, believers in southwest Madagascar have crafted over 100 local dialect Bible stories that are now told over the radio each Sunday, Monday and Wednesday. Missionaries secured a weekly 20-minute radio segment for the stories when COVID-19 prevented churches from meeting in person. Antonny, one of the local pastors, receives texts after the stories play. More than 15 people have contacted him asking about salvation, discipleship opportunities, local … [Read more...]
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