International Mission Board

SOUTHEAST ASIA – Miss Mya was the first person in her village who ever talked to God. 

When Song, a Hindu woman, and her family moved to the outskirts of a large, South Asian city for work, she prayed for God to teach her more about Himself.

Churches encouraged to observe George Liele missions emphasis; Seminary Hill Press releases e-book on multicultural missions in Asia.

Yacouba couldn’t stop the tears from flowing. He heard there had been an attack on his brother-in-law’s village by a terrorist group. They hadn’t been able to get in touch with him, so he and his wife went to the village to search for her brother.

It took weeks of research, both online and in person, to come up with a guess on where the Sys people lived in South Asia. Even then, the information contradicted itself. One finding listed 300 people among the group while another had 230,000. There was not even a digital footprint for International Mission Board missionary John Pratt to follow in his search for this unengaged, unreached people group.

RICHMOND, Va., (BP) -- Sending people to the nations is what we do as Southern Baptists. We go to those who have yet to hear the Gospel. This year has been filled with stories of how, together, we address lostness as the world’s greatest problem.

Colson Brooks learned the importance of taking just one step during the two years he spent as a Missionary Explorer for the International Mission Board.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (BP) — Alex Lyons was touring the International Mission Board’s training center in late April, lagging behind the group, when he spied the life-sized, black-and-white Lottie Moon cutout familiar to many churches. And as Lyons is prone to do, he had an idea and acted on it.

MOORE, Okla. – The Lottie Moon Christmas Offering is an important part of the Christmas season for Southern Baptists all over the world. It not only allows them the opportunity to honor Moon’s legacy of mission work and give to international missions, but it also gives them opportunity to inspire the next generation of missionaries.

Southern Baptists first arrived in Nigeria when it existed as independent kingdoms. Now, 175 years later, Southern Baptists continue to serve in the West African country home to diverse ethnic groups.