NAMB Stories

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Federal investigation underway into Minnesota church protest

U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi says she has spoken to a Minnesota pastor following a disruption by protestors during Cities Church’s morning worship service Jan. 18.
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NAMB Luncheon encourages fostering and adoptive families, blesses church planter’s family

When the Larson family’s son, Alaska, began struggling with his eyesight, they initially thought he would need glasses. Little did they know that he was in the early stages of a terminal genetic condition. Sam and Sydney Larson are planting a church in rural Hickman, Nebraska, and this year theirs became the latest family to be blessed during the NAMB Luncheon on June 9 hosted by the North American Mission Board (NAMB) ahead of the Southern Baptist Convention Annual Meeting in Dallas.
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WEEK OF PRAYER: Circuit riders in Wyoming

Baggs, Bairoil, Glendo, Granger, Medicine Bow, Meeteetse – race past them at the posted interstate speed limit of 80 miles per hour, and one after another, every tiny town in Wyoming can easily look like the same blink-and-you’ll-miss-it blur out the passenger-side window. ... Unless you’re Tyler Martin.
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WEEK OF PRAYER: Coming to America

They didn’t want to do it, but they had no choice. Ecuadorians Eduardo Vera and his wife Juliana walked more than 1,900 miles with their family, pushing Juliana’s elderly father almost the whole way on a rusty, discarded tricycle they found on the first day of their journey.
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WEEK OF PRAYER: Gospel deployment in North Carolina

Several years ago, Joshua and Brittany Brown planted Pillar Church of Topsail in Sneads Ferry, N.C., as part of the Praetorian Project, a family of churches in military communities worldwide.
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Lostness impacted by largest Annie Armstrong, Lottie Moon offerings in SBC history

Generosity among Southern Baptists remains strong as evidenced by the most recent Annie Armstrong Easter Offering® and Lottie Moon Christmas Offering® totals. When the books closed on the SBC’s 2023-24 fiscal year Sept. 30, the Annie offering totaled $74.7 million, and the Lottie offering totaled $206.8 million — record highs for both.
National

NAMB trustees approve budget, celebrate work of NYC missionaries

North American Mission Board (NAMB) trustees approved the 2024-2025 budget and celebrated missionaries serving as church planters and in compassion ministry throughout the metro New York City area as they gathered for meetings Monday and Tuesday, Oct. 7-8.
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NAMB’s Annie Offering exceeds $70 million, new giving milestone

North American Mission Board (NAMB) President Kevin Ezell announced recently that in 2023 Southern Baptists gave an all-time record $70.2 million to the Annie Armstrong Easter Offering (AAEO) for North American missions.
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NAMB celebrates planters, chaplains, Send Relief in presentation to SBC messengers

The North American Mission Board’s (NAMB) report and presentation began with messengers and guests at the 2023 SBC Annual Meeting rising to give a standing ovation to police chaplain Andrew Ivey, who was a police chaplain on duty during the tragic March 27 Covenant School shooting in Nashville, Tenn.
Missouri

Zellmer recalls lessons from early days of ministry

Some pastors ask themselves, “If I had to look back on some things I would not do and would do in early seasons of ministry. what would those things be?” It seems like a lot of people experience regrets about their past as they become more mature. Those questions were raised in a series of blog posts by a NAMB church planting leader, Jason Zellmer, this past spring.
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McRaney/NAMB court date moved to August

A U.S. District Court agreed with attorneys representing the North American Mission Board on March 3 that a continuance was necessary to complete the discovery process in a case brought against the entity by former state executive Will McRaney.
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‘It Takes a Village’: Fifteen churches pitch in to plant new congregation in Colorado

It’s easy to picture a church planter as the lone ranger – alone in a strange city, with little support structure, just a Bible and a dream. That’s not the case for Bryson and Sarah McGuire; there are over 15 churches in their corner.

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