Jenny Rogers

RICHMOND, Va. (BP)–More than 36,000 blankets — a love gift from Southern Baptists — set sail for Kosovo Sept. 30, said Jean McDaniel, transportation freight specialist at the International Mission Board. The blankets were sealed in 12 40-foot containers and loaded onto the SL Meteor docked in Norfolk, Va., for the three-week trip ahead. From […]

RICHMOND, Va. (BP)–Convention leaders in East Asia are calling for volunteers from Southern Baptist churches across the United States to help spread revival in their homelands, W.H. “Dub” and Doris Jackson, International Mission Board crusade coordinators in Asia, report. “Our churches have stopped growing. Will you please send 1,000 Christians from 100 U.S. congregations?” asked […]

RICHMOND, Va. (BP)–Look out, baby boomers: You are about to become one of God’s most valuable — and abundant — resources in missions. The number of Americans over age 50 swelled to 72.4 million in 1998, more than a quarter of the population. By 2001, baby boomers (Americans born between 1946 and 1964) will be […]

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (BP) -In one of the largest journeyman commissioning services yet, 114 college graduates accepted a challenge from the Southern Baptist International Mission Board to take their callings and talents across the world to spread the gospel. Located near the sprawling national capital and historic home of the IMB in Richmond, Va., First Baptist […]

SYDNEY, Australia (BP)–American and Australian Baptists are shooting hoops and honing their soccer skills in preparation for the 2000 Summer Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia. But they’re not out to win medals. They’re out to win souls. All 330 Baptist churches in New South Wales are joining forces to create “Reach Out 2000,” an evangelistic […]

RECIFE, Brazil (BP)–Bible studies and music lessons have netted at least 120 decisions for Christ in Barreto Campelo Penitentiary in Recife, Brazil. Volunteers from First Baptist Church in Norman, Okla., and inmates of the prison helped build a chapel there to allow the Bible studies to expand. About 220 prisoners indicated interest in participating. Construction […]

RICHMOND, Va. (BP)–Seventy emeritus missionaries were honored for their servant hearts before a packed house at Second Baptist Church in Richmond, Va. on May 23. More than 750 people attended the recognition service, which opened with a parade of flags and music by Second Baptist Church’s combined choir. In an address to the missionaries, who […]

ARMENIA, Colombia (BP)–In the aftermath of an earthquake that shook the Armenia area of Colombia in January, Colombian Baptists are mobilizing to meet physical and spiritual needs of thousands of quake victims. Local Baptists have trucked food, water, plastic and hygiene supplies into the city with help from the International Mission Board’s hunger and disaster […]

RICHMOND, Va. (BP)–Volunteers from a cross-section of church positions are needed in Hong Kong for a summer 1999 evangelistic campaign, said W.H. and Doris Jackson, International Mission Board crusade coordinators in Asia. With Hong Kong now under the control of mainland China, time for evangelism may be running out, Jackson said. “Presently we seem to […]

KAABONG, Uganda (BP)–Missionaries Bruce and Martha Schmidt and two of their children narrowly escaped when unidentified gunmen fired on their double-cab pick-up truck Feb. 14 near Kaabong, Uganda. The Schmidts, Southern Baptist International Mission Board missionaries in Uganda, were traveling from Kampala, Uganda’s capital, to their home in Kaabong when assailants shot three bullets into […]