March 1-8 is the Annie Armstrong Easter Offering and Week of Prayer for North American Missions. The national goal is $80 million to support church planting and compassion ministries. One of the featured stories in the prayer guide is a couple serving at Purdue University in West LaFayette, Indiana. “I’m seeing things I’ve never seen […]
Illinois church planters’ adoption surprises
When Jacob and Makenzie Goble settled in their seats at NAMB’s Send Luncheon during the Southern Baptist Convention’s Annual Meeting this past June, they had a surprise coming. “When they started talking about foster care and adoption in-depth, I thought, ‘This is so exciting!’” Jacob said. Months before, the Gobles had finalized the adoption of […]
Young missionaries join call to take the gospel across North America
Southern California sounded like a vacation spot to Ebbie Davis at first, not a location for serious mission work. Besides, the seminary degree she was working on at the time focused on international church planting, not North America. But as she looked at an opportunity to serve in San Diego through the North American Mission […]
Sending hope: Annual offering aids missionaries reaching the nations here at home
Philip Nache could have given in to despair. Boko Haram, the jihadist militant group located in Nigeria, had threatened his life, martyred a convert to Christianity, and continued to intimidate Christians. But despite the danger, Nache expected to return and work among the people he’d served for nearly 20 years. He had come to the […]
‘The Lord hasn’t forgotten this city’ Former East St. Louis resident returns to plant a new church
Kempton Turner grew up on the same streets where he now serves as a church planting missionary and pastor. “Because I was raised here, I’ve got a real heart for the people.” Read…