Peter Station* lives his life chasing after cows, camels, and gers—large, round, felt tents that seem to move more than they sit still. His country in East Asia has more than a million nomadic people scattered across a land mass about half the size of the U.S. To say they’re hard to find is an […]
Every church, every nation: 2018 Lottie Moon Christmas Offering
Editor’s note: Charlotte Digges Moon was a teacher in the U.S. before joining her sister as a missionary in China, where she served 39 years. Through her letters home, Moon lobbied for more support for missionaries on the field. In 1918, six years after her death, Woman’s Missionary Union named the annual Christmas offering for […]
Chitwood unanimously elected as 13th IMB President
Dr. Paul Chitwood was elected unanimously as the 13th president of the Southern Baptists’ International Mission Board on Thursday, Nov. 15, during trustees’ regularly scheduled meeting near Richmond, Virginia. Chitwood, 48, who has served as executive director of the Kentucky Baptist Convention, took office immediately as the president of the 173-year-old entity, the largest denominational […]
Platt to step down from IMB; Meador named interim president
Richmond, Va. | After receiving the resignation of Dr. David Platt, IMB president, to be effective at the Sept. 27, 2018, trustee meeting, the Executive Committee of the board of trustees of the International Mission Board voted in a special meeting Sept. 13 to approve Dr. Clyde Meador as interim president starting Sept. 27, subject […]
IMB President David Platt asks trustees to begin search for successor
Richmond, Virginia | International Mission Board President David Platt has asked the mission agency’s trustees to begin searching for his successor. Platt announced his decision to IMB field personnel and staff on Monday, Feb. 12, in person and via email to those not in Richmond. While requesting that the search for the IMB’s next president […]