International Mission Board

For more than 35 years, Tim Kunkel has served as an International Mission Board missionary in South America, serving with global missionary partners and other IMB missionaries. He travels often to other South American countries, including Uruguay and Argentina, from his home base in Chile.

LANHAM, Md. — Despite an expected snowstorm, more than 100 people attended the third annual George Liele Missionary Breakfast at Sharon Bible Fellowship Church earlier this month.

ALBANY, Australia (BP) – He stood in front of a group of children sharing a Bible lesson during Holiday Club. Churches in Australia have Holiday Clubs instead of Vacation Bible Schools, and this was one of the activities Danylo “Daniel” Ibrahimov led as a summer missionary with the International Mission Board at a church in Albany, Western Australia.

For Muslims around the world, the annual observance of Ramadan will begin the evening of Feb. 28 and last through March. During the month, the International Mission Board is asking Southern Baptists to commit to pray for the salvation of Muslims and for missionaries who live and serve among them.

CHARLESTON, S.C. (BP) – International Mission Board trustees approved the appointment of 39 new full-time, fully funded missionaries and unanimously elected the next vice president of global engagement during their Feb. 4-5 meeting in Charleston. Trustees met in conjunction with a Sending Celebration for new appointees hosted by First Baptist Church, Charleston.

CHARLESTON, S.C. (BP) – The pews of First Baptist Church were filled to celebrate newly appointed International Mission Board missionaries on Wednesday, Feb. 5.

ALPHARETTA, Ga. – After five years serving as president of Send Relief, Bryant Wright is set to retire at the end of March.

Alcoholism has its claws wrapped tightly around the souls of the small town I grew up in, here in the Amazon region of South America.

NAIROBI, Kenya (BP) – International Mission Board missionaries commissioned a new facility, Lead Global Training Center, in Nairobi Jan. 26 to prepare Africans to reach the nations. IMB missionaries, along with senior leaders from IMB offices Richmond, Va., gathered to pray for healthy African churches to send African missionaries and to praise God for the work He is already doing across the continent.

Editor’s note: The following is an excerpt from “The Church and the Missionary,” The Great Commission Baptist Journal of Missions, published by the International Mission Board. The IMB has always required church endorsement for service overseas. Most missionaries were part of a healthy church where discipleship and accountability shaped their call. Churches committed to pray […]