Platt to new missionaries: Trust Gospel to prevail
RICHMOND, Va. (BP) -- When Rachel Emerson* arrived at a university in Europe as a Journeyman, the task of sharing the Gospel among so many who'd never heard of Jesus overwhelmed the Georgia native. "I thought, 'God, I am just one girl. What can one girl do?'" she recalled during her appointment as an International Mission Board missionary on Tuesday (May 10). "I watched as God moved in the hearts of students, teachers, administrators and families. I learned that it did not matter what one girl can do, it mattered what our God can do."
‘Limitless opportunities’ to highlight IMB message at SBC
ST. LOUIS (BP) -- Southern Baptists will learn more about how the International Mission Board partners with churches to overcome barriers and cross bridges together to effectively send missionaries to difficult-to-access places and global cities during the Southern Baptist Convention's June 14-15 annual meeting in St. Louis.
TRUSTEES: IMB leaders honored, budget approved
NEW ORLEANS (BP) -- International Mission Board trustees recognized four key leaders who represent IMB's global engagement with the Gospel and unanimously approved the organization's 2016 budget designed to enable IMB's mission to make disciples and multiply churches among unreached people and places. The business was conducted during trustees' quarterly business meeting Nov. 5-6.
Winter Olympics initiative to ‘Engage Sochi’
SHAWNEE, Okla. (BP) -- With the 2014 Winter Olympic Games less than a year away, Southern Baptists are preparing for opportunities in Sochi, Russia, to turn hearts and minds toward a relationship with Jesus Christ.
Twins, 97, honored for teaching careers
SHAWNEE, Okla. (BP)--Two 97-year-old twins, retired teachers Sadie Gardner Blanton of Shawnee, Okla., and Madie Gardner Shaffer of Guymon, Okla., have been named as recipients of the Profile In Excellence Award by Oklahoma Baptist University's alumni association.
Exec recounts Hobby Lobby’s ministry
SHAWNEE, Okla. (BP)--Steve Green's father, David, started his retail career in high school through the DECA program. Never the model student, but with an affinity for math, David Green embraced the opportunity provided by the work program, starting the art-supplies store Hobby Lobby in a 300-square-foot space in 1972.
Spanning the Globe With the Gospel
Eighty-seven Southern Baptists will cover the globe as they take the Gospel to ten of the International Mission Board's eleven administrative regions following their appointment September 13 during a service at First Baptist North Spartanburg in Spartanburg, South Carolina. The event, which kicked off the church's Global Impact Conference, brings the total number of IMB […]
87 new IMB missionaries to span globe with Gospel witness
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| Eighty-seven new IMB missionaries are presented Sept. 13 at First Baptist North Spartanburg (S.C.) by IMB board of trustees chairman John Floyd. The missionaries comprise the eighth-largest group to be appointed in IMB history. Photo by Roy M. Burroughs |
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| The children’s choir from First Baptist North Spartanburg (S.C.) kicks off the International Mission Board appointment service Sept. 13. The event coincided with the church’s missions summit. Photo by Roy M. Burroughs |
The event, which kicked off the church’s Global Impact Conference, brings the total number of IMB missionaries to more than 5,100. Many of the new appointees experienced a call to international missions during similar church-related activities or on volunteer mission trips. “When I boarded a plane returning from a short-term mission trip, my heart broke, I didn’t want to leave, and I realized [I had a] heart for missions,” said one new missionary who will serve in the Pacific Rim region. “I’ve found no greater joy than sharing the name of Jesus with someone who has never heard."
Ninety-five new IMB missionaries exemplify God’s worldwide call
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (BP)--Ninety-five Southern Baptists were appointed as International Mission Board missionaries during a May 23 service at Hoffmantown Church in Albuquerque, N.M. The service was part of an IMB trustee meeting also held in Albuquerque, May 22-24.
45 ‘ordinary’ people answer God’s call as new missionaries
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| Children’s choirs sing an anthem, “Tell the World,” and represent the nations of the globe by wearing traditional ethnic costumes during an International Mission Board missionary appointment service March 22 at Idlewild Baptist Church in Tampa, Fla. Forty-five new missionaries were appointed at the service. Photo by Bill Bangham |
The service culminated an IMB trustee meeting conducted in Tampa -- and kicked off an international missions summit focusing on West Africa held at the Idlewild church.
“I was just a regular guy living my life for myself,” said one new missionary who will serve in the Last Frontier -- that part of the world with little or no access to the Gospel. “But then God saved me, changed my heart, and He showed me there was more to being a Christian than just going to church on Sunday.
