The Winter Olympics have come to a close, but Southern Baptist missionaries are just getting started! While athletes competed for the gold, silver and bronze across northern Italy, Southern Baptist volunteers, International Mission Board missionaries and local Italian believers shared the gospel with thousands of spectators and athletes from around the world — planting seeds […]
Southern Baptists serve at 2026 Winter Games
More than 3,500 athletes from 93 countries are gathered in Milan, Italy, competing for Olympic gold in sports like skiing, figure skating, and ice hockey. So far, these Winter Olympic Games have seen their share of drama, surprises, and triumph. Organizers anticipate by the end of the Winter Games, more than 2 million spectators […]
Southern Baptists bring timeless message to Winter Olympics
Southern Baptists are ready to share the hope of Christ with the nations! As the 2026 Winter Olympic games get under way, International Mission Board missionaries from all over Italy are teaming up with hundreds of U.S. volunteers from South Carolina, South Dakota, Louisiana, Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia, Alabama and Georgia to reach Milan with the […]
‘God has put us in this place’, says missionary couple
When Jeffrey and Theresa Stafford got engaged, he drew two large circles on a map of the Amazon and mailed it to her with a note. God willing, he wrote, our family will one day live and work in one of these places. Today the Staffords, along with their four children, serve as International Mission […]