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Your generosity changes lives. See More Coronavirus Response IMB’s current guidelines for personnel and their partners Read More Pray Join the critical work of praying for unreached peoples. Learn more. Give Empower IMB missionaries to make disciples. Learn more. Go Explore opportunities to take the gospel to the nations. Learn more. We believe every church has a role to play in reaching every nation with the gospel. Latest Articles Celebrate Giving , From the Field , General , News , Southeast Asian Peoples - Featured , Southeast Asian Peoples - Updates November 12, 2020 By: Caroline Anderson Your Generosity Makes It Possible in Thailand “Today was a glorious day,” Dr. Doug Derbyshire said, a smile spreading across his face. A patient committed their life to Christ that day at a mobile medical clinic in rural Thailand. Doug and his wife, Cheryl, moved to Thailand as IMB missionaries in... European Peoples - Featured , European Peoples - Updates , From the Field , News November 10, 2020 By: Caroline Anderson Fires in Greece refugee camp don’t stop gospel spread In early September, fires destroyed Moria, the largest migrant camp in Greece on the island of Lesbos. Thirteen thousand refugees were without shelter. Kashef* is an Afghani Christian who lives on Lesbos in order to minister among the refugee communities. Kashef landed on the... General , Giving , News November 9, 2020 By: Dr. Paul Chitwood Your Generosity Reaches Nations Watch and listen as IMB President Paul Chitwood explains the importance of increasing Lottie Moon Christmas Offering giving by 6% each year. This amount is needed to send an additional 500 fully funded missionaries to the unreached by 2025 and is vital to the... News November 9, 2020 By: IMB Staff IMB to host virtual Sending Celebration, November 18, 2020 The International Mission Board will celebrate the appointment of 79 new missionaries from 21 states with a virtual Sending Celebration, November 18, 2020, at 7:30 p.m. EST. The missionaries were previously approved for appointment by IMB trustees. The celebration will include an address by... General , News November 5, 2020 By: Leslie Peacock Caldwell Hawaii Pacific Baptist Convention and IMB strengthen partnership with signed agreement Hawaii Pacific Baptist Convention Executive Director Chris Martin and International Mission Board President Paul Chitwood signed a three-year agreement at IMB’s home office in Richmond, Virginia, on August 31, 2020. The official announcement is in conjunction with this week’s HPBC annual meeting. As stated in... Celebrate Giving , From the Field , General , News , Sub-Saharan African Peoples - Featured , Sub-Saharan African Peoples - Updates November 4, 2020 By: IMB Staff Your Generosity Brings the Gospel to Kenya and Tanzania Kenya looks a lot different than Alabama, but Eric and Heather McDonald made it safely to Africa with their seven children, six travel partners and around 75 pieces of luggage. One month into their new lives as IMB missionaries, they remain hopeful, content and... General , News October 30, 2020 By: Leslie Peacock Caldwell Registrations top 5,200 for IMB Future of Missions simulcast Participants from 48 states and 30 countries connected with IMB leaders, missionaries and a panel of experts Thursday, October 29, 2020, to address the global, cultural and spiritual realities that are impacting the future of missions. The two-hour simulcast was broadcast in five languages:... General , News October 30, 2020 By: IMB Staff Downloadable Tech Backgrounds for November 2020 Remember to pray for missions with these custom backgrounds for your computer and mobile devices. Using IMB photos from around the world, you can focus your attention on an area of the world in need of prayer using the chosen background. Check each month... American Peoples - Featured , American Peoples - Updates , From the Field , General , News October 29, 2020 By: Hugh Johnson Missionaries pray for eternal life for worshipers of Saint of Death Casting a long shadow across one of Mexico City’s poorest and most crime-ridden neighborhoods stands a seven-story tall image of Santa Muerte – the Saint of Death. She takes the form of a human skeleton clad in black plastic sheeting with arms outstretched, inviting... Central Asian Peoples - Featured , Central Asian Peoples - Updates , From the Field , General , News October 27, 2020 By: Madeline Arthington First Person: Finding Meaning in a Broken World My first Sunday back after quarantine, I sat in a daze on the pew in my Central Asian church. The IKEA Christmas star still hung suspended from the ceiling above the baptismal in the corner. To my side, the audio-visual equipment that made our... See More Featured Projects CUBA TO THE NATIONS Help Cuban Baptists take the gospel to the unreached world. GOAL: $1,350,000 SEE DETAILS > LOOKING FOR LYDIA: WOMEN REACHING WOMEN Equip South Asian women to become bold disciple-makers. GOAL: $105,000 SEE DETAILS > CENTRAL ASIA SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF Provide operating expenses for the Central Asia School for the Deaf. GOAL: $30,000 SEE DETAILS > KOREAN INTERNATIONAL MISSIONS Fuel a missionary movement from Korea to East Asia. GOAL: $750,000 SEE DETAILS > CHURCH PLANTING IN FRANKFURT AND BEYOND Train new church planters to reach diverse Frankfurt communities. GOAL: $1,188,200 SEE DETAILS > MACEDONIAN PROJECT Open doors for a unique group of candidates to immediately deploy to the mission field. GOAL: $46,780,000 SEE DETAILS > ONE CRISIS RESPONSE - YEMEN Provide food, shelter, and medicine to the displaced and most vulnerable. GOAL: $615,000 SEE DETAILS > PRESCHOOL BREAKS DOWN WALLS Provide quality preschool education, opening doors for gospel sharing in a spiritually oppresive country. GOAL: $1,500,000 SEE DETAILS > ARNETT SCHOLARSHIP TO ADVANCE MINISTRY Honor the mission legacy of Randy and Kathy Arnett by funding a scholarship for academic and ministry excellence for West Africa students to continue their education at the masters and doctoral level. GOAL: $10,000 SEE DETAILS > All Projects Become a missionary What are the Options? 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