Laura Fielding

RICHMOND, Va. (BP) -- "Why have you come to see me?" family nurse practitioner Jenny Byrd* gently asks a woman named May*.       Without a word, the thin, frail woman lets her wrap fall to her waist. Tears roll down Byrd's cheeks as she stares at the rotting flesh on the woman's chest ...

RIDGECREST, N.C. (BP) -- In a tiny, West African community under a star-filled sky, missionary Marvin Thompson would read Scripture to villagers by the faint light of a kerosene lamp.

RIDGECREST, N.C. (BP) -- In a tiny, West African community under a star-filled sky, missionary Marvin Thompson would read Scripture to villagers by the faint light of a kerosene lamp.

JINOTEGA, Nicaragua (BP) -- Rex Jones knows a thing or two about raising sons -- he's got three of them -- and he's trained them to make an impact on the world for Christ.

BRENTWOOD, Tenn. (BP) -- Nate and Joanna Whitmire* told God they would go anywhere if He called them to missions. "It's not like He'd ever call us to Africa," they thought. But He did.

RICHMOND, Va. (BP) -- Long before he became IMB president, Tom Elliff dreamed of a new kind of missionary -- Southern Baptist business leaders who leverage their resources, global connections and growth strategies to help fulfill the Great Commission.

JINOTEGA, Nicaragua (BP) -- Barrett Jones, a 6-foot-5-inch, 300-pound football player for the University of Alabama would stand out anywhere. But his love for God and his commitment to sharing the Gospel also make him stand out from most of his peers. "I don't want to be known as a football player who happens to be a Christian, I want to be known as a Christian who happens to play football," said Jones, an All-American for the 2011 national champion Crimson Tide. A longtime member of Bellevue Baptist Church of Cordova, Tenn., near Memphis, Jones organized and led a team of 31 of his friends and family members on a mission trip to Jinotega, Nicaragua, during his spring break, March 11-16. The team participated in several nightly revival services at Shalom Baptist Church in Jinotega and visited three public schools and an orphanage. At each location, they gave their personal testimonies, presented the Gospel story and interacted with the children by playing sports and games and simply reflecting God's love. The 21-year-old Jones made his priorities in his testimony at the revival service at Shalom Baptist on March 13. "Tonight, I want to talk to you a little bit about what I'm really passionate about," he told the crowd, "and that's not football -- it's Jesus Christ." This is the third mission trip Jones has organized and led -- the past two spring breaks he has taken mission teams to Haiti where they constructed bathrooms for refugees, painted a school building and built a basketball court.

RICHMOND, Va. (BP) — Taipei is a bit like a waffle — at least that’s how missionary Ward Ferris* sees it. “A pancake, you pour the syrup on and it goes everywhere. But with a waffle … you’ve got to intentionally pour it into each little waffle,” the International Mission Board worker explained. “The same […]

LAKE CHARLES, La. (BP) -- He was a rebellious punk rock skateboarder who openly renounced his family's faith, telling his parents that "God was a joke."

LAHORE, Pakistan (BP) -- The streets of the ancient city of Lahore, Pakistan, anchor majestic buildings in a blend of Islamic, Persian, Turkish and Indian architecture. Known as the cultural capital of Pakistan, Lahore is the country's second-largest city and the capital of the influential Punjab province.