Marty Croll

RICHMOND, Va. (BP)–Southern Baptist missionaries living and working with people in areas of the world that restrict the gospel will no longer be named in public prayer lists distributed through the denomination’s information channels. “It’s a very dangerous world we live in,” said Avery Willis, senior vice president for the International Mission Board’s overseas operations. […]

RICHMOND, Va. (BP)–To missionary Andy Norman, itseemed pretty routine. But to Salimatu Jimoh, it made allthe difference in the world. The young Fulani woman had given birth to two childrenbut had suffered in her third labor. As is common inNigeria, she labored in childbirth too hard for too long inthe bush. By the time she […]

PYONGYANG, North Korea (BP)–About 114 tons of aid from Southern Baptists — including some 70,000 children’s coats donated between Thanksgiving and Christmas — arrived in Pyongyang, the capital city of North Korea, late Jan. 18. Borne on the world’s largest air cargo plane, the aidwas unloaded immediately. Coats were distributed to childrenwhom officials feared would […]

RICHMOND, Va. (BP)–Southern Baptists are being urged to raise a special Christmas Day prayer that children’s coats sent to North Korea will bring glory to God and help people in that country sense the love of Jesus Christ.The “Coats for Christmas” effort for North Korean children needs to be bathed in prayer to be truly […]

RICHMOND, Va. (BP)–North Korean officials have asked Southern Baptists to supply 180,000 coats by Christmas Day to protect the country’s children from the upcoming bitter winter. Without the coats, the officials fear children will freeze to death in several North Korean provinces. Flooding in recent years ravaged homes and devastated farmland, triggering a deep food […]

RICHMOND, Va. (BP)–Southern Baptists have increased their giving to human needs this year, allowing the International Mission Board to respond to major world crises that have left people lacking adequate food and water. Through October, the board had received just more than $4 million for hunger and relief, an increase of about 23 percent over […]

Dazed by the explosion, fifteen-year-old Mark Anthony took a step backward. He slipped in someone's blood on the sidewalk. Whether by courage, inspiration from God, or simply a response to hurting people, the son of Southern Baptist representatives John and Connie Anthony had deliberately entered the crowded Ben Yehuda pedestrian mall in Jerusalem just seconds […]

RICHMOND, Va. (BP)–If one way to value a man’s work is measuring the legacy he leaves, then David Coleman’s contributions to the Southern Baptist International Mission Board are significant. Coleman, 55, was recognized for 29 years of service with the board as he retired in October to take the reins of a multi-faceted urban mission […]

BALS, Romania (BP)??Of 850 decisions to follow Jesus Christ registered during a recent crusade of Southern Baptists in Romania, none was more dramatic than one in Bals, often referred to as the country’s “capital of witchcraft.” During an invitation at a public meeting one evening, a “teacher” witch came to the altar, fell on her […]

MOSCOW (BP)??After helping Russian Christians score gains during recent years of religious freedom, evangelical missionaries were faced in late September with how to stay focused despite looming fears of government restrictions or even deportation.Southern Baptist International Mission Board missionaries are expected to be among those least affected by nationalists’ latest attack on non?Orthodox Christianity, which […]