Chris Doyle

Mitch Englehart identifies himself as a “big thinker.” In 2004, while jogging in Arlington, Texas, God put the number “10 million” on his mind.

TOKYO – Hannah Walker didn’t know sign language when her journey began to serve the Deaf community. As a former Journeyman with the International Mission Board, she was drawn to the lostness of the global Deaf and was led by the Lord to serve them in Thailand.

LUBBOCK, Texas – For the fourth time in 2025, Southern Baptists gathered to celebrate new International Mission Board missionaries on Oct. 27. Southcrest Baptist Church in Lubbock hosted the most recent Sending Celebration in conjunction with the Southern Baptists of Texas Convention’s annual meeting.

CHESTER, Va. – An immigrant couple from a Slavic church in California will continue ministering in Spain, but they will return as International Mission Board missionaries. Another couple is going overseas after a long tenure of serving Southern Baptists through multiple entities. And a young man is returning to do missions in the same country he previously served as a Journeyman.

DAVIS, Okla. – Christ-following college students and young adults have a passion to serve, said Easton Vinson who serves as minister to young adults at First Baptist Church of Lafayette, La.

Ross and Dianna Evans have spent more than three years in Central Asia trying to establish connections with an unreached people group. The International Mission Board missionaries’ journey has been marked by challenges and connections of hope.

Tables are set up in a public area of the large European city where John Everett is serving as a Journeyman for the International Mission Board. He and his friends place Bibles and Christian literature on the tables, as well as coffee and tea, to offer to passersby. Regularly he has opportunities to use his […]

In the heart of Lima, Peru, a church plant blossomed in the backyard of a homein the community of Magdalena. Initially, the congregation was small, but a turning pointcame when the church hosted a medical clinic for residents. This act of kindness and compassion brought about a significant transformation.

“Every day is a little bit different.” That’s how Jim Vale explained what life is like for him and his wife, Ashley. Both are family medicine physicians who serve with the International Mission Board in Southeast Asia.

DALLAS -- Southern Baptists united to celebrate 58 newly appointed International Mission Board missionaries, during the June 10 opening session of the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting in Dallas. Church messengers watched as missionaries took the stage to share their calling and thank those who are supporting their Great Commission task.