SBC Life Articles in International Mission Board

Before former International Mission Board worker Allison moved back to the United States, she’d already developed a deep love for and passion to reach the Central Asian diaspora. Working with Central Asian refugees and asylum seekers in Europe opened her eyes to the felt needs of the people, as well as their spiritual condition. Her friend Aziza’s story often comes to mind.

RICHMOND, Va. (BP) – National Hispanic Baptist leaders met with leaders at the International Mission Board’s main offices in Richmond to discuss ways for involving more Hispanic Baptists in worldwide missions.

INDIANAPOLIS (BP) – In the latest “Road to Indy” video leading up to the 2024 SBC Annual Meeting in June, International Mission Board President Paul Chitwood joins SBC Executive Committee Interim President and CEO Jonathan Howe to discuss the IMB’s plans for the meeting as well as to share updates from the entity’s work around the world.

Laura Martinez’s letter to her supporters in Mexico is reminiscent of New Testament letters. Recently, she wrote about adapting quickly to the culture, climate, geography and gastronomy of Colombia. She enumerated the differences in seasons and interpretations of certain Spanish words, and she was pleasantly surprised the quality of water in Colombia is higher than where she’s from in Mexico.

Manith Sanchez, a Cambodian refugee who fled Pol Pot’s brutal dictatorship in the late 1970s, had never heard the name of Jesus. But as she recalled her escape, the evidence of God’s provision for her was unmistakable.

RICHMOND, Virginia (BP) -- Mark Hearn, senior pastor of First Baptist Church, Duluth, Georgia, has been strengthening discipleship in his church. In the process, he’s seen that, “a natural part of discipleship is equipping people to go.”

BOGOTÁ, Colombia – When a group of eight Send Network church planters traveled to Bogotá, Colombia, to learn from and work alongside International Mission Board (IMB) missionaries for a week, they had no idea the kind of lasting impact their collaboration could bring.

Global rural network wants rural churches to partner with IMB; O. Wyndell Jones, former BCI executive, dies at 90.

MIXCO, Guatemala (RNS) — As you arrive at the public school in Terra Nueva, a neighborhood in this city connected by bridges to Guatemala City, the high-pitched babble coming from the other side of the school wall, if you close your eyes, could be coming from happy, excited children anywhere.

Steve Gaines provides encouraging health update, preaches on walking with God; Ramadan prayer guide available for download.