WEST AFRICA – Through its partnership with Bethlehem Christian Academy, Missouri Baptist Convention (MBC) churches are sharing the gospel to over 2,500 students in Africa. In January, a missions team sponsored by the MBC's Missions Mobilization team traveled to West Africa to share the gospel in a predominantly Muslim area. Team members say they saw God at work in various ways, including the baptism of two new believers. The team partnered with Bethlehem Christian Academy (BCA), which … [Read more...]
‘Kingdom First, Second Strong’: A story of multigenerational mission work in Missouri
by Chris Doyle/IMB A common desire among Southern Baptist churches is to incorporate unity among the congregation. In other words, they want to be multigenerational. Second Baptist Church in Springfield, Missouri, has made “multigenerational” an emphasis in their pursuit of mission work, and the result has been a success. “It’s difficult to engage cross-generationally, but when you put believers of varying ages alongside each other with a common cause and a common love for Christ, … [Read more...]
Sending Celebration highlights stories of faith, generosity
Forty-one newly appointed International Mission Board missionaries celebrated ROGERS, Ark. (IMB) – 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. IMB President Paul Chitwood opened the Sending Celebration thanking the church for hosting and thanking all Southern Baptist churches for cooperatively making it possible to … [Read more...]
Liberian Baptists hungry for IMB partnership
‘You left us...now we rejoice in your return’ LIBERIA (IMB) – 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. When peace returned, the IMB posted a job request for someone to serve in the nation’s capital, Monrovia. It was a high priority need for this healing country. The request sat … [Read more...]
Two women, two years, 25 countries with IMB Explorer program
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – 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. Over the next five years, the IMB plans to send 300 missionary explorers to research each remaining people group with no known Gospel presence. Taylor, 30, partnered with a … [Read more...]
Boko Haram commander said to be among dozens of terrorists killed by Nigerian Army
KADUNA STATE, Nigeria (BP) – The Nigerian Army killed a key Boko Haram commander, at least 10 Boko Haram terrorists and more than 70 terroristic bandits in ongoing defensive maneuvers in northeastern Nigeria since Jan. 11, ABC News and others reported. Nigerian soldiers killed Abu Khalid, a Boko Haram commander in the Sambisa Forest, and 10 Boko Haram terrorists in a night raid Jan. 30 in Borno State in northeastern Nigeria, army spokesman Sani Uba told ABC News. AdditiAdd Postonally, … [Read more...]
IMB’s Missions College emphasizes church partnerships and individual roles
by Jaclyn Mains/IMB 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. Missions involvement isn’t new for CityRise. The multi-campus, multicultural church was founded more than 90 years ago by an International … [Read more...]
IMB teams continue excitement after Tokyo Deaflympics
Why it matters: Missionaries engaged more than 1,500 Deaflympics participants, many of whom have never seen the gospel in their native sign language. Through gospel conversations with IMB teams, 13 people made professions of faith, 245 expressed interest and one believer was baptized. The work in Tokyo was aided by 1,742 prayer warriors and generous donors who provided daily prayer support and funding. Many Deaf people have never seen the name of Jesus signed in their heart … [Read more...]
South Asian women empowered to know, understand God’s Word
by Kristen Sosebee/IMB SOUTH ASIA (IMB) – 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. Not long after, she met Leela, a Christian woman who ran a small grocery store nearby. Song invited Leela to come to her home and teach her and some friends about the Bible. The women soaked up the Word of God eagerly and wanted to learn more, but then, Leela moved away. For some time, … [Read more...]
167 Christians abducted during worship in Nigeria after dozens killed since new year
KADUNA STATE, Nigeria (BP) – Nearly 175 worshippers were abducted Jan. 18 from three churches in Kaduna State in Nigeria’s Middle Belt, Christian advocacy groups reported, after at least 35 were killed in separate attacks on villages in the Middle Belt and eastern Nigeria. Approximately 163-167 Christians remained captive today, Jan. 20, according to reports from CSW and International Christian Concern, with witnesses and others attributing the abductions to bandits and Fulani militants, … [Read more...]
Widow recounts God’s faithfulness following husband’s death during mission trip in Mexico
CAMDENTON – 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 … [Read more...]
West Africans find hope amid horror
EDITOR’S NOTE: This story depicts some scenes of graphic violence. WEST AFRICA (IMB) – 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. His head had been decapitated, but propped back up on the … [Read more...]
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