CINCINNATI—Kirk Kirkland felt a stirring in his soul to start a church in the inner city. For seven years, he served as an associate pastor at the Baptist church where he grew up in Dayton, Ohio. “We got the sense that maybe God was calling us out from this place of comfort,” Kirkland recalled, “where we lived just a couple of blocks from our church and we got paid every Friday—kind of living the American dream.” Every year during a missions conference, he would hear testimonies from … [Read more...]
Silicon Valley Buddhist finds Christ at NAMB church plant
SAN JOSE, Calif. (BP) – On Father's Day 2017, Sophie Nguyen found herself in San Jose, close to 2,000 miles from her father back home in Granger, Ind. Nguyen and her boyfriend had moved across the United States to the Silicon Valley the year before. Since it was her first Father's Day without her dad nearby, she took up a friend on his invitation to Eden Church. Nguyen knew little about Christianity and didn't understand the songs the church was singing. But God drew her in anyway. "I had … [Read more...]
NAMB trustees meet missionaries, celebrate Annie Offering report
SAN FRANCISCO (BP) – North American Mission Board trustees gathered for their annual fall meeting Oct. 7-8 with much to celebrate as Ronnie Floyd, president of the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee, announced to the group that Southern Baptists had given $62.2 million to the Annie Armstrong Easter Offering in 2019. It marked an all-time high for the offering and the third consecutive year to break a record. "We are so very, very grateful for that," NAMB President Kevin Ezell … [Read more...]
NAMB lawsuit defends church’s ministry expansion
CLARKSTON, Ga. (BP) – A couple of old, uninhabitable farmhouses from the 1900s are in the spotlight of a lawsuit between the North American Mission Board and the City of Clarkston, Ga. NAMB says the city is slow walking a demolition permit that would allow the Southern Baptist entity to continue the expansion of the historic Clarkston International Bible Church. In an attempt to put the issue to rest, NAMB filed a lawsuit last week in the Superior Court of DeKalb County, an Atlanta … [Read more...]
College students see lives change through GenSend
ALPHARETTA, Ga. (BP) – A group of students in Calgary had the opportunity to share their faith with another student and saw him come to Christ. The next week, another team of students, 3,400 miles away in Puerto Rico, led a grandmother to Christ. In New York City, an unexpected subway detour led a student to a gospel conversation with a Muslim man. All summer long, students participating in Send Relief's GenSend program have been living "on mission" in 19 cities across North America by … [Read more...]
FOURTH OF JULY: Chaplains, fog of war, flow of life
EDITOR'S NOTE: This is a first-person article by Chaplain (MG) Doug Carver, USA-Retired, executive director of chaplaincy for the North American Mission Board. The article is adapted from his address honoring veterans on the opening day of the June 11-12 Southern Baptist Convention in Birmingham, Ala. BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (BP) – Seventy-five years ago, in June 1944, after the largest amphibious landing in history, U.S. and Allied forces began their offensive push from the blood-soaked … [Read more...]
‘We need prayer’: Fort Leonard Wood chaplains call Southern Baptists to intercede for military
FORT LEONARD WOOD – Capt. Jose Rondon of the U.S. Army huddled in prayer alongside fellow military chaplains on the stage of the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting, June 11, in Birmingham, Ala. Rondon was one of multiple chaplains representing all Southern Baptist affiliated chaplains in a “Celebrating Freedom” portion of the annual meeting. As Rondon and other chaplains prayed on stage, Southern Baptist messengers called out to God to bless these chaplains and bring spiritual … [Read more...]
Missouri’s Easter Offering goal set at $2 million
JEFFERSON CITY – The Missouri Baptist Convention has set a goal of $2 million for the Annie Armstrong Easter Offering for North American missions. The national offering goal is $70 million. The theme for this year’s offering is “Sending Hope.” Prayers and gifts from Missouri Baptist churches to the Annie Armstrong Easter Offering provide support for more than 5,000 missionaries through the North American Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention. Every dollar given goes to train and … [Read more...]
MSSU students bring relief, hope to hurricane hit Panama City
PANAMA CITY, Fla. – For most college students, spring break provides a welcome rest. But for 16 Missouri Southern State University students with the school’s Baptist Student Union, spring break brought an opportunity to provide relief and hope to those ravaged last year by Hurricane Michael. The team, which also consisted of three adult chaperones, drove from Joplin to Panama City, Fla., where the city and surrounding area remain largely in ruins. MSSU students joined forces with students … [Read more...]
NAMB church planter takes gospel into Miami’s complex culture
MIAMI – Full of color, life, beauty and disparity, Miami is a city where “you can lose yourself and find yourself all at the same time,” said church planting missionary Muche Ukegbu. Miami’s spectrum of economic, ethnic and cultural diversity generates a complexity that Ukegbu and his family have been navigating since moving to the city to start their church, The Brook Church, which launched in the April of 2015. As residents in Miami attempt to find themselves, they experience a certain … [Read more...]
Johnny Hunt to lead NAMB evangelism, leadership group
ALPHARETTA, Ga. (BP) – Johnny Hunt, longtime pastor of First Baptist Church Woodstock, Ga., and past president of the Southern Baptist Convention, will join the North American Mission Board as senior vice president of evangelism and leadership. Hunt and NAMB announced the news Sunday, Aug. 26. "I want to lead Southern Baptist churches to put evangelism back on the front burner again," Hunt said. "Jesus came to seek and save the lost, we know what He is doing. We must join … [Read more...]
NAMB’s SEND Relief aims to bring compassion, aid DR
ALPHARETTA, Ga. – Seeking to fill gaps as Southern Baptists serve disaster survivors and other people in need, the North American Mission Board two years ago began Send Relief. The ministry identifies five main areas of need: poverty, refugees and internationals, foster care and adoption, human trafficking and disaster response. “While Send Relief aims to send hope by meeting material needs, the primary reason Send Relief exists is to send the eternal hope of the gospel through compassion … [Read more...]
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