Stories tagged with: imb

• FIRST-PERSON: My trip to Africa and the priority of prayer

  by Joel Williams, posted Wednesday, February 19, 2020 (yesterday)

  

  Pastor and IMB trustee Joel Williams recalls how an impromptu gathering after a worship service on a remote African island reminded him of the priority of prayer. Read More

• IMB, NAMB to join in Send Relief efforts

  by By IMB and NAMB staff, posted Tuesday, February 18, 2020 (2 days ago)

  

  Photo by Eric Brown

  NASHVILLE (BP) -- The International Mission Board (IMB) and the North American Mission Board (NAMB) will work together to combine compassion ministry efforts in North America and abroad under the umbrella of Send Relief. Ronnie Floyd, president and CEO of the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee (EC) announced the new working relationship during a plenary session of the EC in Nashville Tuesday, Feb. 18.

  "Today I want to announce to you a formal relationship between the North American Mission Board and the International Mission Board for the purpose of compassion ministry," Floyd s Read More

• Gospel boldness in the Balkans, despite challenges

  by Libby Donaldson, posted Thursday, February 13, 2020 (7 days ago)

  

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  MACEDONIA (BP) -- Before she met Jesus, Gryta* had a very low self-esteem. Her past includes abuse, neglect and health issues. A few years ago, she met Amy Williams, an International Mission Board (IMB) missionary, at an ESL class. Amy befriended Gryta and told her about the boundless love of the Savior. Gryta then went to a Bible study where she received more kindness and acceptance from other Christian women. But her patterns of destructive behavior continued. Read More

• IMB names Somer Nowak as prevention and response administrator

  by Ann Lovell, posted Tuesday, February 11, 2020 (9 days ago)

  

  Photo by Kathleen Murray/IMB

  RICHMOND, Va. (BP) -- The International Mission Board (IMB) has selected Somer Nowak to fill the newly created position of prevention and response administrator for the 175-year-old entity. In this role, Nowak will oversee and manage prevention and response efforts for child abuse (physical and sexual), sexual harassment (including sexual assault) and domestic violence.

  IMB is the first Southern Baptist entity to create a position for this purpose, fulfilling IMB President Paul Chitwood's commitment to lead the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) in abuse prevention and response. Read More

• SWBTS communications director an 'accidental photographer'

  by Art Toalston, posted Monday, February 10, 2020 (10 days ago)

  

  Photo by Reagan Lee

  NASHVILLE (BP) -- On his rollerblades, Adam Covington, then 14, performed as requested by a two-man video crew from the International Mission Board (IMB).

  They instructed the teenager how to operate their state-of-the-art camera to capture some of his rollerblading moves in the Russian city where his parents were missionaries. Read More

• Former IMB executive William R. O'Brien dies at 86

  by Jane Welch, posted Monday, February 10, 2020 (10 days ago)

  

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  DALLAS (BP) -- William R. O'Brien, former missionary to Indonesia and retired executive vice president of the Southern Baptist Foreign Mission Board (now International Mission Board), died Feb. 1 at age 86.

  O'Brien was a creative visionary and an out-of-the-box thinker who led others to do the same, said IMB Executive vice president Todd Lafferty. O'Brien helped Lafferty and others find their place in missions, Lafferty said. Read More

• IMB workers see Light break through Scotland's gray skies

  by Leslie Peacock Caldwell, posted Friday, February 07, 2020 (13 days ago)

  

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  GLASGOW, Scotland (BP) -- Patrick and Erin Schwartz have had to get used to the darkness that often clouds Scotland's beauty. According to the World Weather Information Service, Scotland has only around 100 days of sunshine each year. That leaves most days rainy or cloudy.

  Patrick says their family has missed the sunshine they enjoyed in New England, but after a few months back in the U.S. on a stateside assignment, they are ready to return to Glasgow this spring. Having lived there for three years, it now feels like home. Read More

• SBC DIGEST: SEBTS sanctity of life focus; Chitwood challenges students

  by Lauren Pratt and Ann Lovell, posted Monday, February 03, 2020 (17 days ago)

  

  SEBTS emphasizes sanctity of human life during semester's opening week, celebrates 25 years of The College at Southeastern. Paul Chitwood tells California Baptist University students, "Jesus is worthy of your life." Read More

• IMB TRUSTEES: Chitwood announces five-year plan, new VPs, new missionaries

  by Ann Lovell, posted Friday, January 31, 2020 (20 days ago)

  

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  RIVERSIDE, Calif. (BP) -- IMB president Paul Chitwood announced IMB's five-year plan during meetings with trustees Jan. 29-30 in Riverside, Calif. IMB trustees also elected Charles Clark as vice president of mobilization and Price Jett as vice president of finance, logistics and technology; appointed 21 new missionaries for service around the globe; and recognized 78 former IMB personnel in memoriam.

  Seth Polk, who serves as IMB trustee chairman, presided over the meeting. Polk is lead pastor of Cross Lanes Baptist Church in Cross Lanes, W.V. Read More

• Southern Baptists gather in California to celebrate sending of 21 missionaries

  by Catherine Finch, posted Thursday, January 30, 2020 (21 days ago)

  

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  RIVERSIDE, Calif. (BP) -- Representing Southern Baptist churches throughout the United States, 21 International Mission Board (IMB) missionaries were publicly celebrated during a service at Magnolia Church in Riverside, Calif., Wednesday (Jan. 29).

  The missionaries were voted on and approved by IMB trustees earlier in the week in California. Jeff Iorg, Gateway Seminary president, delivered the message at the service, spurring the congregants and missionary appointees toward their missional responsibility. Read More