Louis Moore

FREDERICKSBURG, Va. (BP)–One was a political exile from Bulgaria 20 years ago. Another spent time in a Cambodian concentration camp. Two were born in Asia (Singapore and South Korea), met on a mission trip to Africa, then settled in the United States. Another husband and wife were nonbelieving U.S. Marines when they met and fell […]

LANSING, Mich. (BP)–To rousing applause from Michigan’s largest Southern Baptist gathering ever, the SBC’s 26 newest international missionaries shared stories of their calls, including testimonies of dramatic overseas adventures that etched into their hearts love and concern for those dying daily without Christ. “I came to America 19 years ago to escape the oppression of […]

LANSING, Mich. (BP)–International Mission Board trustee chairman Bill Sutton and four other IMB trustees say they have seen firsthand how God is at work overseas bringing the lost to salvation, and they say they will never be the same because of those experiences. Sutton, pastor of First Baptist Church, McAllen, Texas, recently returned from a […]

RICHMOND, Va. (BP)–Leaders of the Southern Baptist International Mission Board say they are “appalled” at a situation in which an African American family in Richmond, Va., was forced to move out of its suburban neighborhood over racial slurs and hate mail. “This cannot occur without our lifting our voices in protest,” said IMB Executive Vice […]

HOUSTON (BP)–Riding the crest of historic increases in missionary appointments, the Southern Baptist International Mission Board’s first appointment service of 1999 spotlighted the obedience and courage required to serve God in the far-flung corners of the world. More than half the new Southern Baptist international missionaries appointed in the Jan. 26 service at Houston’s First […]

HOUSTON (BP)–Southern Baptist International Mission Board trustees voted to more aggressively pursue African American involvement in missionary efforts, declined to change the board’s current policy on divorced people serving overseas and received a report showing that the rate of missionary retirements and resignations remains low. The actions came Jan. 26-27 during a regularly scheduled board […]

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (BP)–With the 21st century looming, the International Mission Board appointed its largest group ever of new missionaries — 90 — strongly indicating the agency’s total active missionary force will eventually top the Bold Mission Thrust goal of 5,000 missionaries. The Nov. 17 appointment service, held in conjunction with the Florida Baptist Convention, […]

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (BP)–Because of their “Experiencing God” studies, Stewart and C.L. Pickle wanted so much to be obedient to God’s call on their lives, even if that meant — as they thought — going back overseas as international missionaries. Instead, these Floridians and former missionaries to Ecuador found themselves sitting a few rows behind […]

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (BP)–International Mission Board trustees, meeting in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Nov. 16-18, approved spending $1 million from the board’s operating reserves for special hurricane relief efforts in Central America. Trustees also adopted the largest budget in IMB history, tabled until January a convention-requested discussion on the board’s policy on not appointing divorced people […]

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (BP)–Because of their “Experiencing God” studies, Stewart and C.L. Pickle wanted so much to be obedient to God’s call on their lives, even if that meant — as they thought — going back overseas as international missionaries.Instead, these Floridians and former missionaries to Ecuador found themselves sitting a few rows behind Southern […]