IMB president witnesses church-planting movement in Cuba
By Will Stuart HAVANA, Cuba—The recent storm took everyone by surprise. It turned streets in...
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FIRST-PERSON: ‘Whatever it takes’ to reach nations
Kevin Ezell EDITOR’S NOTE: The Lottie Moon Christmas Offering for International Missions and Cooperative Program fund the presence and missions outreach of nearly 5,000 Southern Baptist personnel internationally. Gifts to...
Read MoreGrace, forgiveness taught in Nepal
by Tess Rivers EDITOR’S NOTE: Jewel and Lane Deckard* are Southern Baptist representatives serving in South Asia through Southern Baptists’ gifts to the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering for International Missions and...
Read More125 years of WMU and the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering
By Wanda S. Lee BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (BP) — WMU and the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering are celebrating their 125th anniversary this year! The first missions offering for international missions was the result of pleas from...
Read More‘Doesn’t matter,’ as homeless lament, tugs at Baptist staffer
by Tobin Perry ATLANTA (BP) — Some interactions change your day. Others can change your life. Just ask North American Mission Board staff member Deborah McCutchen. McCutchen’s interaction with a homeless woman under...
Read MoreMissouri Baptists bring relief to Philippines
CEBU, Philippines (BP) — Southern Baptists spent all of Monday Nov. 18 packing relief kits for the inhabitants of Gibitngil Island in the Philippines. Typhoon Haiyan swept over the island, leaving the community battered...
Read MoreCP undergirds ministry to local community
HARRISBURG, Pa. (BP) — The 190 people who worship on Sunday mornings at East Shore Baptist Church are spread pretty thin. They minister at a halfway house, truck stop, school and race track. They’re also involved in...
Read MoreCowboy Church Draws Crowd
John Shaull, D. Min. Associational Missionary/Church Planter Catalyst Metro Baptist Association After a horsemanship demonstration by a guest, Pastor Mike Stanley of Right Turn Cowboy Church in Adel, preached on the parallels....
Read MoreNovember Ministry Report – The Salt Company Iowa City
Jenny Calsyn, Salt Company Coordinator We have continued to meet every Thursday night and are so amazed that God continues to bring students each week. We usually have a significant decrease during November and December, but...
Read MoreSharon Wu – The Salt Company Iowa City
This story is one that has been unfolding since Sharon gave her life to Christ a few years ago. She was the first Chinese student at the Salt Company to give her life to Christ. Since then, she has been witnessing to other...
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Friday, August 28 @ 8:30 am - 3:00 pm at First Family Church Ankeny2026 “For The Church” Conference – MBTS
Monday, September 28 @ 4:00 pm - Tuesday, September 29 @ 4:45 pm at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary2026 BCI Annual Meeting
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