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Week of Prayer Day 1: Missions on and off the street
IMB Staff
November 29 2020
IMB missionary Kristen Lowry works with the Naivasha Children’s Shelter to give boys who sleep on the streets of Kenya personal attention and encouragement, all building to the goal of being reunited with their families. read more
WMU leaders rally churches for LMCO
Sarah Alexander, IMB*
November 25 2020
Leaders of the national Woman’s Missionary Union (WMU) are working on a plan to send hand-written appeals to 20,000 Southern Baptist churches to encourage every church to give to the annual Lottie Moon Christmas Offering (LMCO)... read more
Medical missions leads to church planting
International Mission Board
November 24 2020
Doug Derbyshire goes to many places in Thailand with no Christians and no churches, and it troubles him deeply. But the lack of a gospel witness in Baan Po troubled him the most. Derbyshire is a medical doctor with the International Mission Board (IMB) who serves in Thailand with his wife, Cheryl... read more
Southern Baptists celebrate sending 79 new missionaries
Caroline Anderson, IMB
November 20 2020
The International Mission Board (IMB) celebrated the appointment of 79 new missionaries in a virtual Sending Celebration streamed on Facebook and through the IMB: Advance the Kingdom app Nov. 18. The missionaries, who were previously approved by IMB trustees, come from 21 states and will serve in eight of IMB’s nine affinities... read more
Refugees in Southeast Asia find home in Christian community
Caroline Anderson, IMB
November 18 2020
They left their world behind in search of a safer one. On their journey, they found the Creator of the world. Fourteen thousand refugees in Southeast Asia are waiting to transition to Australia, Canada and the U... read more
