News Articles by Laura Fielding

RICHMOND, Va. (BP) -- From a young age, Julie Linfield* thought missionaries were "those" people -- the adventurous types who like to travel to interesting places and eat strange foods. Such a life was not for her, she thought; she never had the desire to eat bugs or anything unusual like that.

RICHMOND, Va. (BP) -- Two friends, both pastors, attended an Embrace conference hosted by the International Mission Board. One felt called to "embrace" a people group in sub-Saharan Africa, the other wasn't ready to make that commitment.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (BP) -- He stood at the podium, almost too emotional to speak. Drew Carson*, an IMB strategist, shared the story of missionaries willing to pay the ultimate price -- their own lives -- for the Gospel in a report to IMB trustees during their Nov. 7-8 meeting in Charlotte, N.C.

HOUSTON (BP) -- Steve Vaughan had almost given up on his church's endeavor to take on an unengaged, unreached people group and share the Gospel with them.

HOUSTON (BP) -- The importance of leaving a legacy -- both financial and spiritual -- was conveyed to 900 pastors and church members at a luncheon hosted by the IMB during the Southern Baptist Convention's annual meeting in Houston.

HOUSTON (BP) -- International Mission Board President Tom Elliff challenged Southern Baptists to commit to being "Totally His" and cooperate for the sake of the Gospel during the mission board's report at the Southern Baptist Convention's annual meeting in Houston.

RICHMOND, Va. (BP) -- They were running out of options.       The team of IMB missionaries, national believers and partnering U.S. churches seeking to reach the Songhai people of West Africa with the Gospel kept encountering travel restrictions in many locations where the Songhai live.

VERONA, Mo. (BP) -- Some children are raised in and by the church, and Jane Wise* was definitely the "church's kid."

BANGLADESH (BP) -- Geri Hennerman* stands in her living room balancing 19-month-old Chloe* on her hip, talking with her national partner and flipping through her blue day planner as she tries to set up their next prayer meeting.

BANGLADESH (BP) -- In an apartment building just a few blocks from where Minara* is begging, a teenager in a neatly pressed pink-and-green uniform sits at a long, wooden table. Her thick braid of curly hair falls over her shoulder as she bends over a notebook, jotting down math problems. Her brow furrows in concentration as she erases what she just wrote and starts again.