A French pastor was setting up for a community outreach event during the Olympics. He recalled a conversation he had overheard years ago and never been able to forget. A mother and child were walking along the street in front of his church. “What is this place, this building?” the child asked. “It’s a museum,” […]
Chinese churches join IMB outreach in Paris
Paris | Reports continue coming from Paris. The Summer Olympic games are impacting the City of Lights while Christians are sharing the light of the gospel. Eric and Su-Jeong Kuykendall are International Mission Board missionaries who serve Chinese churches in Paris. The Kuykendalls said there are 600,000 Chinese living in Paris with less than 5% […]
Short-term trips meet long-term strategies during Olympics outreach
“We can’t control the results, but we can measure our faithfulness,” said Jason Harris, team leader for the International Mission Board’s Paris team, explaining their strategy for gospel outreach during the 2024 Summer Olympic Games. Part of that strategy includes facilitating and mobilizing more than 300 short-term volunteers to hit the streets of Paris sharing the gospel. […]
Let the games begin! Southern Baptists ready for Olympics kick-off
Paris | Right now, more than 10,000 athletes are gathering for the start of the 2024 Summer Olympic Games. They are accompanied by coaches, spectators, vendors, journalists, media professionals and volunteers. It is estimated that 15 million visitors will pass through the French capital this summer, people from nearly every nation on earth, in one […]
Hundreds of Southern Baptist volunteers Paris-bound as Olympic Games near
The 2024 Summer Olympic Games in Paris are just days away! The city is abuzz with shops and merchants in full prep mode for an influx of 15 million visitors — athletes, spectators, media professionals and volunteers — strolling along the Seine, clamoring for sights of Paris’ legendary art and architecture, and sampling local fare […]
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