North American Mission Board

DALLAS – A sweltering Saturday in Dallas served as the capstone to a week of Gospel-centered outreach and service to the communities in the metroplex as Southern Baptists gathered for Crossover Dallas to reach the city.

MOBILE, Ala. (BP) – First in Fallujah, Iraq, then in Djibouti, Africa, and finally Mobile, Alabama, the Memorial Day Flag Relay (MDFR) has been bringing encouragement and healing to active-duty servicemen, veterans and their families for 20 years.

BELLE FOURCHE, S.D. (BP) – Connections are important at Connection Church. This has been the case since Stephen Carson arrived in 2014 with his wife, Kaye, to become the pastor. “Connection,” as a concept, doesn’t end with the town of a population around 5,800, either. It extends to missions and church planting.

PROVO, Utah – Culturally speaking, David Gaskins is as far removed from the Bible Belt as a North American missionary can be. And yet Gaskins, who planted Mosaic Church in Provo, still knows first-hand this foundational truth of Southern Baptist life: “People,” he said, “always show up for food.”

SANTA CLARITA, Calif. (BP) — Sometimes the news you never wanted to hear isn’t the end of something; it’s an invitation to join God’s mission in a new way.

ALPHARETTA, Ga. — Members of the Board of Trustees for the North American Mission Board (NAMB) gathered at NAMB’s building May 5-6 where they endorsed 31 new Southern Baptist chaplains, reelected officers and expressed appreciation for trustees who are concluding their service to the Board.

ATLANTA – After seeing a church advertised on social media, a recently divorced father happened into All Grace Church in Atlanta with his two daughters. All Grace wasn’t the church he’d seen online, but it turned out to be the one he needed. “He was like, ‘I’m kinda starting over in life right now, and […]

LAUREL, Md. (BP) — Temidayo Akinsanya wasn't planning to start a church. The engineer-turned-seminary student envisioned serving an existing congregation through his ministry calling.

HATTIESBURG, Miss. — Church planting is not a one-size-fits-all process — neither is training church planters. Each church planter has a unique calling that must be fostered by established ministry leaders who are properly equipped to guide them in their ministry context. To help facilitate and encourage this process, 10 trainers gathered April 7–9 for […]

NAMB’s Youth Leader Coaching Network hosts nearly 200 student leaders; Seven Lifeway releases honored as award finalists; University of Mobile launches ‘Great Commission Fund.’