Teenage moms find hope, support through pregnancy center
CHIANG MAI, Thailand – Pregnant and 17. Olive was depressed and scared. Being a teenage mom wasn’t what she envisioned for her life. But maybe being a teenage mother didn’t have to be the trajectory of her life. It could all be over with a trip to a clinic, and no one would know. Except her sister and family knew. And they wanted her to keep the baby.
NextGen pathways to mission field continue to be priority for IMB
DAVIS, Okla. – Christ-following college students and young adults have a passion to serve, said Easton Vinson who serves as minister to young adults at First Baptist Church of Lafayette, La.
Indigenous shepherdess puts trust in the Good Shepherd
OAXACA, Mexico – As a shepherdess, Martina resonated with the story of Jesus leaving the 99 to rescue the one sheep who wandered off. Other Bible stories International Mission Board missionaries Phil and Laura Metcalf shared seemed hard for her to understand. The Metcalfs work with Indigenous communities outside of Oaxaca, Mexico. Martina’s husband, Alfredo, […]
Missionaries help train African children to be church leaders
Children aren’t the church of tomorrow, International Mission Board missionary Kathy Shafto contends. They are the church of today!
Building relationships in Central Asia opens doors to sharing Gospel
Ross and Dianna Evans have spent more than three years in Central Asia trying to establish connections with an unreached people group. The International Mission Board missionaries’ journey has been marked by challenges and connections of hope.
SBC DIGEST: IMB alumni hub coming soon; Lifeway Women’s event draws hundreds to NOBTS
The International Mission Board is preparing to launch an alumni hub allowing former workers to connect with one another; Lifeway Women hosted a discipleship event featuring leading speakers that drew hundreds at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary
IMB’s Karen and Richard Lee exhort other Blacks to persevere in rigorous pursuit of missions
RIDGECREST, N.C. (BP) – She was a 16-year-old Karen Wilson when she heard the biblical call to missions, but it would be 22 years later before she received a long-term overseas assignment with the International Mission Board.
Church planter, led to Christ in his native China, now leads growing Dallas church
DALLAS—Jack Tai was supposed to grow up, leave his homeland of China, and get wealthy working for an American company—at least, that was the plan. He was expected to be successful and make his parents proud.
Illinois church provides mentorship, support to persecuted church in South Asia
All the small Illinois church wanted to do was be involved in missions. They prayed about it and prayed some more. Then, they sent two of their own to investigate partnerships with the International Mission Board.
First Zoque believers baptized in southern Mexico
International Mission Board missionary Tammy Richardson knelt beside the river with her phone.
