Stories tagged with: imb

• SE Asian earthquake victims find healing

  by Lucy Campbell, posted Wednesday, August 21, 2019 (7 hours ago)

  

  IMB photo

  SOUTHEAST ASIA (BP) -- He sped home on his motorbike, desperate to see his family in the wake of a 7.0 magnitude earthquake. He had waited 30 minutes -- long enough to let the tremors subside -- but a sudden landslide took him by surprise.

  The treacherous trip for Cahya* affected his life forever. Read More

• MacDonald named IMB VP of marketing, communication

  by Julie McGowan, posted Monday, August 12, 2019 (9 days ago)

  

  IMB photo

  RICHMOND, Va.(BP) -- International Mission Board trustees voted to elect Mark MacDonald as the mission organization's vice president of marketing and communication during a virtual meeting Monday (Aug. 12).

  MacDonald currently serves as strategic communication catalyst for the Florida Baptist Convention in Jacksonville, Fla., and executive director of the Center for Church Communication, based in Los Angeles, Calif. He has led BeKnownForSomething.com, a national consulting agency that helps churches and people become relevant in their community so they can share the Gospel effectively, and he is the author of "Be Known For Something." ... Read More

• East Asian college student discovers Gospel

  by Stella McMillian, posted Friday, August 09, 2019 (12 days ago)

  

  IMB photo

  EAST ASIA (BP) -- Statistics put the number of university students in East Asia in the tens of millions. When students in East Asia move to a city to go to college, many are able to hear the Gospel for the first time ever.

  Living in a small town with a Buddhist mother and an atheist father, Karen* had never met a Christian until she moved to the city where a Southern Baptist worker served. Still today, no one in her family shares her faith, and she doesn't know any other believers in her hometown. Read More

• Muslim who became Hindu finds Jesus in South Asia

  by Lucy Campbell, posted Wednesday, August 07, 2019 (14 days ago)

  

  IMB photo

  SOUTH ASIA (BP) -- Zoya's* family life was a mess. She had fallen in love with a Hindu man, and consequently, her Muslim family disowned her. As the years went by, she became the mother of two and a dutiful Hindu. But her marriage suffered when her husband Azad* began drinking too much.

  A friend brought Zoya to the home of Baptist workers, where Zoya found a job as a language tutor. As she taught the couple, Zoya heard stories from a children's Bible. And as time went on, Zoya began coming early to read God's Word and pray. Slowly, she started falling in love with Jesus. Read More

• Why we must send more missionaries of color

  by Doug Logan, posted Thursday, August 01, 2019 (20 days ago)

  

  IMB file photo

  RICHMOND, Va. (BP) -- I grew up in historically black churches. I planted an inner-city church. Now I pastor a multi-ethnic congregation, and I work with planters in urban communities around the world. But I only know one black missionary serving on the field today.

  Just one. Read More

• Deaf adults eager to hear Gospel in South Asia

  by Caroline Anderson , posted Wednesday, July 31, 2019 (21 days ago)

  

  IMB photo

  SOUTH ASIA (BP) -- International Mission Board missionary Bethany meets regularly with a group of four Deaf friends from South Asia. These friends are Hindus and are eager to know more about the one true God.

  Bethany (name changed for security) teaches the group Bible stories in sign language. Each night, Bethany and the group discuss a different story, and she has presented the Gospel multiple times. They've talked about baptism and discussed the story in Acts 2 where 3,000 people were baptized after they heard Peter's address. Read More

• Boats, buses, trains & bikes: Gospel modes of travel

  by IMB Staff, posted Friday, July 26, 2019 (26 days ago)

  

  IMB photo

  RICHMOND, Va. (BP) -- Whether "metro surfing" in one of the world's megacities or bumping along dirt roads, a missionary's daily commute can look -- and feel and smell -- very different from typical transportation in America.

  Sometimes it's eyes squeezed shut and a prayer on your lips as your bus careens down the road. Sometimes it's like a real-life video game, dodging obstacles on a motorbike. And sometimes it's just a normal car ride -- on the left side of the road. Read More

• MedAdvance connects medical workers to missions

  by Chris Doyle/Baptist Messenger, posted Friday, July 26, 2019 (26 days ago)

  

  Photo by Brian Hobbs

  OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. (BP) -- Medical professionals and medical missionaries met together this month to discuss how to share the Gospel and care for health needs around the world.

  Attendees gathered July 18-20 for the MedAdvance conference at Quail Springs Baptist Church in Oklahoma City. The event is part of the International Mission Board's (IMB) strategy to introduce medical missions opportunities to Southern Baptist healthcare professionals. Read More

• Gardening cultivates work in the Lord's fields

  by Madeline Arthington, posted Wednesday, July 24, 2019 (28 days ago)

  

  IMB photo

  HUNGARY (BP) -- International Mission Board missionaries Gary and Carolyn Miller are tapping into a Hungarian love of nature to build bridges for gospel work through a program called "The Master's Gardeners."

  The idea of using a horticultural program to share the Gospel came to Gary several years ago while he was prayerwalking. He stopped to chat with an elderly woman hoeing her garden. His background in farming led him to identify ways the woman could improve her garden. Following the conversation, Gary realized gardening could open doors for deepened relationships and gospel conversations. Read More

• She continues husband's ministry legacy

  by Madeline Arthington, posted Tuesday, July 23, 2019 (29 days ago)

  

  IMB photo

  SOUTH ASIA (BP) -- Shreya's grief remains raw. Only a few months ago, her husband was alive. Now he is dead. They were such good partners.

  They ministered together in their church, where he was a pastor, and in the surrounding villages. She was devoted, always accompanying him in ministry, sitting on floors with poorer women, and making food for guests. Read More