The 2023 Lottie Moon Christmas Offering® received a big boost Nov. 1 toward meeting a hefty goal of $200 million for international missions. Paul Chitwood, IMB president, received a check for $4.84 million from the Joy Ledbetter Trust. It was the second largest individual gift in the history of the International Mission Board. “Joy Ledbetter […]
IMB tops 1,200 in missionary pipeline
At the first of March, the International Mission Board counted more than 1,200 candidates in the missionary application process. This is a significant milestone for Southern Baptists, as the number of missionary candidates in 2019 was 300. “The IMB missionary candidate pipeline has now quadrupled over the past four years. Praise the Lord!” IMB President […]
Chicago connection: Missionaries are equipping Hispanics in South Asia
A ministry to Hispanic people in South Asia had roots in Chicagoland, which may seem to be an unlikely origin story. IMB workers Skip and Kim Meyer* have spent their lives on two very different mission fields but with the same purpose: giving hope to people who need it and equipping others to do the […]
Annual offering takes the gospel to unreached groups
Editor’s note: The Lottie Moon Christmas Offering and Week of Prayer for International Missions is Nov. 29-Dec. 7. Anim* remembers the day when an old fortune teller told her mother that Anim had the gift of sight. “My mother and my grandmother were both fortune tellers,” she said, “so my mom wasn’t surprised when the […]
Pray for your missionaries-in-waiting
Over the past few months, my morning routine has consisted of the same few activities: exercising, reading Scripture, and browsing through news sites of my country of service. Every day I hope to catch something––anything––about borders reopening or visas being issued. So far, my browsing hasn’t produced any results. In March of this year, my […]