Sue Sprenkle

SÃO PAULO, Brazil – When Peter and Tina Kim arrived in São Paulo, they felt right at home. The new International Mission Board missionaries expected a lot of culture shock with their move from Rockville, Md., to South America. Instead, the biggest city in the southern hemisphere felt like moving to an urban area in the United States.

KINGSTON, Tenn. – Eight women sat around a table, their laughter filling Union Chapel Missionary Baptist Church. Flour flew in all directions as Janice Poland instructed the group of 70- to 82-year-old women on how to make fried apple and peach pies. They have a hefty goal of making 2,000.

Africa has an urgent need for laborers to share the Gospel. The image among Christian circles often portrays this area as mostly evangelical and reached. But according to International Mission Board missionary Josh Rivers, that’s not really the case.

Short-term volunteer mission projects can make a long-term impact. The key, according to International Mission Board missionaries Cade and Ginny Wheeler, is for the local church to be fully invested and use volunteers within an already existing strategy.

Sometimes missionaries share the Gospel through unexpected ways – like with carrots.

The pastor warned the mission team they might not verbally share the Gospel with Central Asians during their partnership with the International Mission Board. The young adults from a church in Georgia couldn’t believe their ears. Evangelism was something they worked hard at doing in their diverse community. They trained for it. They practiced. They shared.

COLUMBIA, Miss. (BP) – The 20-something has a fistful of letters. Inside the old-fashioned style of communication were words of encouragement and advice for the new International Mission Board missionary. 

A South Carolina business found a unique way to support International Mission Board missionaries. Golf Carts.

University students from Zambia, Mississippi and Tennessee sat around a blazing fire pit in Lusaka, Zambia. Songs and laughter filled the night air. And as often happens with college students, conversations moved deeper the longer they hung out.

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (BP) – English club in Buenos Aires started out simple enough. Participants learned a few phrases, talked about American culture and listened to English vocabulary.