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  • 35 new IMB missionaries appointed
    by Tess Rivers, posted Tuesday, November 10, 2015 (8 years ago)

    Photo by Thomas Graham/IMB
    NEW ORLEANS (BP) -- Joseph Somkhith* understands the plight of today's 60 million refugees. He once lived as one.

    Somkhith was 10 years old when he and his brother fled Laos after a communist takeover in the mid-1970s. The two boys crossed the Mekong River into Thailand, facing what Somkhith described as "insecurity and violence" along the way. Nearly a year later, Somkhith's family was reunited in a refugee camp in Thailand. Read More

  • 42 IMB missionaries appointed; Platt addresses trustees
    by Laura Fielding, posted Friday, August 28, 2015 (9 years ago)

    Photo by Paul W. Lee
    FREDERICKSBURG, Va. (BP) -- Growing up in Brazil, Thiago Montanher de Queiroz came to know Christ at 10 years old and early on felt God calling’s to follow Him into international missions.

    As an adult while attending a local seminary, Montanher had a professor of missions and church planting -- an International Mission Board missionary -- who helped confirm and encourage his calling.

    “[The missionary’s] love for the nations was contagious, and I have never seen anyone so passionate about the Gospel,” Montanher said. Read More

  • Platt: God's greatness compels us to go

    by Tess Rivers, posted Monday, May 18, 2015 (9 years ago)

    IMB photo by Paul W. Lee
    LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Monica Morley* grew up in a Muslim home. She had many spiritual questions as a child and young teen. For a time she attended a mosque, seeking answers from the religious leaders.

    "I wanted to know God and was curious about how sin can be forgiven," Morley said. "I did not find the answers I was looking for." Read More

  • New missionaries join God's 'unstoppable mission'

    by Marie Curtis, posted Friday, February 27, 2015 (9 years ago)

    Photo by Chris Carter/IMB
    HOUSTON (BP) -- The only interest David Kizziah had in church as a youth was the gym at Circlewood Baptist Church. He and his friends broke into the gym to play basketball several times before being caught. But the youth minister showed grace that Kizziah wasn't expecting. He offered Kizziah and his friends an open invitation to play basketball if they would come to church. Read More