Women discover missional living is ‘better together’
Michelle Chitwood tilted her head as she slowly looked around the courtyard. The wife of the International Mission Board president wanted to take in every aspect of this pastors’ wives tea in Lusaka, Zambia.
Seminary property transfers from IMB to Zambia Baptist Fellowship
LUSAKA, Zambia (BP) -- A Zambian pastor raised the silver plaque high in the air to the sound of applause. It was official. The International Mission Board transferred the Baptist Theological Seminary of Zambia property to the Baptist Fellowship of Zambia July 31.
Global health strategies create Gospel access through CPR certification
The American doctor hummed “Stayin’ Alive” softly to the young Armenian medic kneeling on the floor administering CPR. As she caught the beat, her confidence increased, and the green light on the practice manikin lit up. She smiled, despite feeling tired and sweat running down her face. She was doing chest compressions correctly.
HBCU students experience international missions, see ‘someone like me’
Chyler Hughes had never seen a Black missionary. At church, she learned to minister in her local community, but no one ever talked about international missions.
New IMB missionaries celebrated during SBC annual meeting
INDIANAPOLIS (BP) – Newly appointed missionaries looked around the Indiana Convention Center’s hall at the urging of Paul Chitwood, International Mission Board president. He gestured from the stage to more than 13,000 messengers and guests sent by local churches to the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting in Indianapolis, June 11-12.
IMB dinner focuses on faces of lostness
INDIANAPOLIS (BP) – More than 2,000 people gathered for the International Mission Board dinner June 10 at the 2024 Southern Baptist Convention Annual Meeting in Indianapolis. IMB leaders and missionaries brought to life the faces of the spiritually lost around the world.
IMB, WMU bring interactive Lottie Moon Experience to SBC
INDIANAPOLIS (BP) -- The International Mission Board and Woman’s Missionary Union invite attendees at the 2024 SBC Annual Meeting to see, smell, touch and hear their way through the life of Lottie Moon, a Baptist missionary to China who served from 1873-1912.
South Carolina women ‘Go Experience’ sharing Gospel, partnering with IMB
HONEA PATH, S.C. (BP) – Rwanda? Kenya? No trip sounded right. So, Katie kept searching for the perfect short-term mission trip on the International Mission Board’s Go Experience website. Her women-only team from First Baptist Church Honea Path wanted a place where they could use their gifts and maybe look into a partnership.
Not cliché when missionaries ask for ‘more workers’
Ask David Lee and Zoey Kim about the one thing that can push their ministry in Madagascar to the next level. The International Mission Board missionary couple will answer in unison, “More workers.”
Never too young to share God’s Word
Every Sunday, 8-year-old Micah Singerman heard his parents, International Mission Board missionaries Kevin and Victoria Singerman, tell chronological Bible stories in Kampala, Uganda. He then watched the Ugandan believers go out and share the same story with people in their community.
