Leslie Peacock Caldwell

CHARLESTON, S.C. (BP) – International Mission Board trustees approved the appointment of 39 new full-time, fully funded missionaries and unanimously elected the next vice president of global engagement during their Feb. 4-5 meeting in Charleston. Trustees met in conjunction with a Sending Celebration for new appointees hosted by First Baptist Church, Charleston.

CHARLESTON, S.C. (BP) – The pews of First Baptist Church were filled to celebrate newly appointed International Mission Board missionaries on Wednesday, Feb. 5.

SEOUL (BP) -- If you give 7-year-old Shawn a little of your attention, he’ll tell you a lot about his life in Korea. He’ll also tell you about Jesus and the work his family is doing. He can describe it in English or in Korean.

Korean pastors and church leaders greeted each other warmly, some clearly friends and others meeting for the first time. Representing different churches, they joined in the city of Asan, Korea, for one purpose. More than 40 Korean Baptist leaders met in October for a missions consultation based on the book “Eight Steps of the Missions Continuum.”

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (BP) — International Mission Board trustees approved the appointment of 69 full-time, fully funded missionaries during their Sept. 25-26 meeting near Richmond, Virginia. Fifty-seven of the missionaries participated in a Sending Celebration hosted by First Baptist Church Park Street, Charlottesville — the historic church where the famous Southern Baptist missionary Lottie Moon was […]

EAST JAVA, Indonesia (BP) – A health care triad – including a Baptist hospital, a rural clinic and a nursing college – in East Java is reaching far beyond the island’s, and even the country’s, borders.

INDIANAPOLIS (BP) – In the International Mission Board report to Southern Baptist messengers and guests at the 2024 SBC Annual Meeting June 12, IMB President Paul Chitwood wasted no time getting to the heart of Southern Baptist missions.

International Mission Board trustees approved 83 fully funded missionaries for appointment during their May 15-16 meeting. While gathered near Richmond, Virginia, trustees also affirmed numerous reports from around the world detailing Southern Baptists’ efforts in advancing the Gospel among the lost.

The melody was the same, but the voices united in worship sang in numerous languages. “Then sings my soul,” sang a group in Arabic. Deaf believers lifted hands to sign “My Savior, God to thee, how great Thou Art.” The diverse group of worshipers praised in styles unique to their culture. Their praise, however, was joined to honor one God and their reason to gather was for one purpose — to ask God to send more missionaries from all nations to all nations.

Asians remain the largest ethnic group of missionaries currently serving with the International Mission Board, but they still represent a relatively small number of Asian congregations in the Southern Baptist Convention.