South Florida Vision Trip members pray over Pastor Wesner from the Venezuelan church at Thrive Community Church. Thrive has has six church plants on one
Spring offers a natural moment for churches to re-engage their communities with intentional gospel focus. The Spring Outreach Strategy is designed to help churches move from prayer to action to celebration. This Spring Outreach Strategy is built around four connected components—each simple on its own, but powerful when practiced together: Who’s Your One, Serve Local, Big Day, and Statewide Baptism Sunday.
Several Arkansas Baptist Collegiate Ministry (BCM) students delayed their Christmas break to serve on mission in the Arkansas Delta. Christmas in the Delta, which was Dec. 12-16, is an Arkansas
Pro skateboarder, Jud Heald, a special guest at a One Day skate park activity in Silver City, talks with three skateboarders about competing for prizes.
JONESBORO, Ark. – Hundreds of Arkansas Baptists could be found ministering to the community throughout the Jonesboro area on Saturday, Oct. 4, as they participated
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Send Network Arkansas on Friday, Sept. 5, hosted a local, one-day event designed to inspire and equip planters, pastors, and followers
Acts 4:20 says, “As for us, we cannot help speaking about what we have seen and heard.” That is the theme for this year’s Dixie Jackson
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. –Multiple pastors, church planters, and lay leaders gathered this past weekend at the Arkansas Baptist State Convention (ABSC) building for Heart and
PARON, Ark. – Hispanic church planters gathered over the weekend, Aug. 15-16, at Camp Paron for a spiritual retreat, where they were refreshed and re-energized
Volunteers came together at the Arkansas Baptist State Convention office on Monday to pack materials for churches to use to promote the annual Dixie Jackson Arkansas Missions Offering (DJAMO).
(Submitted photos) BATESVILLE, Ark. – West Baptist Church of Batesville hosted a No Sale Yard Sale on Monday, July 28. Preparation began months ahead with
(Submitted photos) FORREST CITY, Ark. –Liberty Baptist Association recently took a team to serve in Forrest City, where they partnered with Rusty Nails Cowboy Church
A group of 12 high school students and six adults from Woodland Heights Baptist Church recently spent a week in South Florida on mission serving
The Arkansas Baptist State Convention (ABSC) Missions Team has hosted six Medical + Dental Clinics so far this year, resulting in more than 50 professions
IMB missionary Sue Foster poses for a photo with some members of a local church. She joined them at a local women’s prison to lead
Participants of Engage Missions Camp serve at a local food bank. (Alex Blankenship/ABSC) PARON, Ark. – More than 100 students and adults gathered at Camp
The very first group of Journeymen participants pose for a group photo in 1965. (IMB Photo) By Kristen Sosebee, IMB This year, the International Mission
BROOKLYN, New York – “When we go on mission trips it reignites an awareness of need around us,” said Sarah Bowen of Hillcrest Community Church
LITTLE ROCK – More than 400 people from 54 churches spent Saturday, May 17, at the Little Rock Zoo having fun and learning about missions
GOULD, Ark. – Seventeen inmates at the Varner Unit of the Arkansas Department of Corrections, a high security prison in Lincoln County, donned caps and
The team prays over a pastor in the Dominican Republic. (Submitted) A team of Arkansas Baptists recently traveled to the Dominican Republic where they made
Each spring for the past 16 years, student groups from across the state have come together in April for a weekend of missions and ministry
Osceola Area team missionaries canvas a neighborhood. (Facebook photo) Cross Church middle school students from all three campuses recently traveled to Mississippi County for a
More than 200 Arkansas Baptist college students from around the state recently traveled to Panama City Beach, Florida, to spend their spring break serving others
More than 200 volunteers from at least nine churches came together on Saturday, March 22, to orchestrate a block party at Abundant Life Christian Baptist
(Submitted) Editor’s note: This article was first published in a newsletter from Arkansas Baptist International Mission Board (IMB) missionaries in Sub-Saharan Africa. Due to security
HEBER SPRINGS, Ark. – The Arkansas Baptist State Convention (ABSC) recently partnered with Mountain Top Cowboy Church in Heber Springs to host a Medical-Dental Clinic
Zoe Hill, IMB Journeyman, sorts through letters sent to her during missionary training. (IMB Photo) By Sue Sprenkle, International Mission Board The 20-something held up
In the early 1970s, Greg Hutchison lived just outside Atlanta, Georgia, with his dad, mom and younger brother. His dad had a massive heart attack
Arkansas Baptist churches are invited to participate in the Arkansas Baptist State Convention’s Spring Outreach Strategy, a comprehensive initiative designed to help churches engage their
Pastor and IMB trustee, Marshall Blalock, welcomes newly appointed IMB missionaries to First Baptist Church Charleston, South Carolina, the very first Southern Baptist church. (IMB
A man walks along a street in a city in South Asia (Submitted). Editor’s note: Names were changed for security. Feeling God’s call to missions
A group of Arkansas Baptists recently traveled to South Florida where they visited with and heard the hearts of church planters.
Missions discipleship has been a major focus in recent years at Iglesia Bautista Nueva Jerusalén. Utilizing resources made available by the Woman’s Missionary Union (WMU),
Arkansas Baptists have a lot to look forward for 2025. A few events to mark on the calendar are: Evangelism Conference The 2025 Statewide Conference
From the deployment of Arkansas Baptist Disaster Relief’s first all-women chainsaw unit to the new Missions U training, Arkansas Baptists had a lot of news to share in 2024.
Central Baptist Church in North Little Rock Pastor Wyman Richardson, right, prays during a missions trip to Swerve Church in Brooklyn, New York. (Submitted). The
Sen. Eddie Joe Williams introduces Varner Unit Field Minister Andre Dunn during Tuesday’s building dedication. (Photos by Mary Alford/ABN) GOULD, Ark. – It was a
Students from Crosspointe Church in Bryant prepare for Sunday morning worship at Clarkridge Baptist Church. Fifteen years ago, a small group of Arkansas Baptist students
VALDOSTA, Ga. – Arkansas Baptist Disaster Relief (ABDR) volunteers extend the love of Christ to disaster survivors, offering help, healing, and hope that is found
WHITE HALL, Ark. – Three young ladies recently put together a lemonade stand to raise support for Arkansas Baptist Disaster Relief (ABDR) and Hurricane Helene
ABSC Mission Assistant Team Leader Clint Ritchie shares the most important aspect of One Day at the pre-event leadership banquet. Photos by Mary Alford JACKSONVILLE,
As summer vacation winds down our attention and our calendars turn to the start of a new school year. It’s also that time of year
The last two weeks in July saw several Arkansas Baptist churches serve throughout the state.
Throughout the week, World Changers presented the Gospel 20 times. Five people prayed to receive Christ.
The Arkansas Baptist State Convention (ABSC) Missions Team recently partnered with Grace Cowboy Church in Warren to host a Medical-Dental Clinic on July 13.
A youth group from Iglesia Bautista Nueva Jerusalen in Little Rock recently embarked on their first missions trip to Houston, Texas, sharing the love of Christ.
Messengers and guests at the Southern Baptist Convention applaud IMB missionaries who will serve in countries where it is either illegal to share the Gospel
Carol Jones of Shiloh Community Church advises a seamstress on sewing machine maintenance. (Staff photo by Mary Alford) CLARKSTON, Ga. – Eleven Arkansas Baptist women
Fifty-six salvation decisions were made Saturday, May 4 in Trumann during Trinity Baptist Association’s “T-BA” Day, an annual one-day local missions event.
The Missions Team is always looking for new ways to assist our churches in equipping God’s people to be involved in God’s mission of making disciples who make disciples.
The ultimate reason we serve locally is to intentionally move people from the pews into the lives of the people in their communities to build relationships, share the Gospel, and call people to place their faith in Jesus.
Arkansas Baptists have proven that they believe in the power of cooperative missions and that they believe in the importance of working together to reach the lost right here at home.
This article was written by Leslie Peacock Caldwell, managing editor at the IMB. The call to reach all nations, people, languages and tribes with the
IMB Photo This article was written by Myriah Snyder for the IMB. Twenty-five Embera people were busy at work, taking care as they handmade each
Fellowship Baptist Church Pastor Gary Martin said they surpassed that mark by more than $2,000, raising a total of $26,063 to support worldwide evangelism through the special offering named for famed missionary Lottie Moon
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – The Arkansas Baptist State Convention (ABSC) has a new podcast with a focus on missions for Arkansas Baptists. Missionize with the
Missionary candidates who move through the pipeline are approved by IMB trustees, then blessed by Southern Baptists for service to the nations at Sending Celebrations
Arkansas Baptists were introduced to Hiding Place Hollow in June of 2022. Hiding Place Hollow was born out of a vision that God had given
As usual, Arkansas Baptists have a lot on their calendars to look forward to next year. Pray First To start the year off, Arkansas Baptists
The holiday season is here and Arkansas Baptists around the state are taking the opportunity to share the gospel and God’s love. In Malvern, the
From the announcement of the new Arkansas Baptist State Convention executive director to celebrating the first graduating class of the Arkansas Prison Initiative, Arkansas Baptists
As I think about giving gifts, I am reminded that this season provides a wonderful opportunity for giving to missions.
This was an extra gift made possible by the generous giving of Arkansas Baptists.
“It was God’s call that kept me on the field, but it was the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering and the generosity of Southern Baptists that helped provide the things that were needed to stay on the field,” Moore said, also stressing the importance of prayer support.
Arkansas Baptists sit in the stands at the University of Arkansas at Monticello football stadium before heading out to serve during One Day. MONTICELLO, Ark.
First Baptist Church of Hope served as the host for over 130 participants made up of students and adults from 10 different Arkansas Baptist churches.
Arkansas Baptist women from six different churches recently spent five days in Bay Ridge praying for, ministering among, and learning from the diaspora in Brooklyn, New York.
Editor’s note: This article was first published by the International Mission Board. Linda Gray moved to Benton in 1985. She joined Baring Cross Baptist Church
Editor’s note: This article was written by Northark BCM Leader Jeff Brasel. HARRISON, Ark. — When God’s people come together, amazing things can happen. One
What does it take to confidently share the Gospel with those around us? Often, we want to wait until we feel truly “ready” to share
For the people IMB missionaries Aaron and Sheila Crowder are trying to reach, a coffee meeting can take around three hours. Last year, Sheila was
Four years ago, Arkansas Baptists celebrated the beginning of a partnership with Mid-America Baptist Theological Seminary in Memphis and the Arkansas Department of Corrections. This
River Bible Church in Mountain Home recently partnered with Hillcrest International Collective to provide nearly 30 welcome baskets for incoming international students in Little Rock.
More than 400 took part in the team’s Family Missions Day, where participants learned about missions and unreached people groups through a scavenger hunt, prayer cards, and presentations from missionaries.
We often hear about how Arkansas Baptist Disaster Relief (ABDR) meets the needs of people trying to recover from natural disasters. Storm victims aren’t the
“I did not know how great the need is until I really was the hands and feet. I thought I was involved in church work.
RDNE photo|Pexels This article was written by Heather Keller, the children’s missions consultant at National WMU. It was first published by LifeWay. As part focus
The Arkansas Baptist Convention State (ABSC) Missions Team saw multiple people accept Jesus Christ into their hearts on Saturday, Sept. 9, during a medical-dental clinic at West View Baptist Church in Paragould.
Although the strategy for being obedient to the Great Commission might change from church to church, I believe there are five components that are common in every effective mission strategy.
Arkansas Hispanic WMU and Iglesia Bautist Neuva Jerusalén in Little Rock recently partnered together to provide a student missions event for Arkansas Baptist Hispanic churches.
While staying at a duck lodge after being displaced by a house fire in February 2022, Drover Cowboy Church Pastor Chance Watson and his family were able to meet and interact with South Africans also staying there.
Bienvenue. Добро пожаловать. Beinvenida. 欢迎. Willkommen. Benvenuta. Those are just a few variations of “Welcome” on a sign that greets visitors at 7:9 Snoball stand in Little Rock.
A group from the Arkansas River Valley Baptist Association recently embarked on a missions trip to the Arkansas Delta, bringing hope and encouragement to some of the churches serving the region.
World Changers from five states assembled in Little Rock last week at Life Line Baptist Church to rehab homes and share the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
Woman’s Missionary Union invites you to participate in a simple and easy project that allows your association, church, or missions group to support North American Mission Board (NAMB) missionaries with “gifts” for their specific ministries.
The Arkansas Baptist State Convention Missions Team saw nine professions of faith this past weekend during a medical-dental clinic in Pine Bluff.
Arkansas Baptists churches have a heart for people all over the world.
Children enjoy VBS at Earle Baptist Church. (Submitted) Louisiana Baptists recently embarked on a missions trip to the Arkansas Delta where they helped two local
The churches of Greene County Baptist Association (GCBA) partnered together on Saturday, May 20, for Jerusalem Day 2023.
A prison seminary largely funded by Arkansas Baptists at the Varner Unit of the Arkansas Department of Corrections, a high security prison in Lincoln County, celebrated its first graduating class on Friday, May 12.
IMB President Paul Chitwood addressed missionary emeriti and new missionaries preparing for their first term. Referring to the faithful service of those leaving the field,
The Missions Team held its first medical-dental clinic of the year on April 29 at Iglesia Bautista Roca Fuerte (Strong Rock Baptist Church) in Little Rock.
The Word of God has a lot to say about training. It speaks of the saints being equipped for the work of the ministry (Ephesians 4:12).
This article was written by Bob Fielding, Arkansas Baptist State Convention Missions Team. The first senior class of the Arkansas Prison Initiative – College at
IMB missionaries Caleb and Carina Beaty sing Christmas carols at their neighbor’s house. The Beaty’s neighbors were moved by the Beaty’s Easter Sunday musical performance
Serve Local is a missions movement that happens on a Saturday in Spring, where churches plan and participate in service-based mission projects to make Kingdom impact on their local community!
Nicholas Walker shares about his mission during the Arkansas Delta Vision Tour in Fordyce. More than 20 pastors and church leaders from across the state
This article was written by Dr. Sam Roberts, the Missions Team Leader at the Arkansas Baptist State Convention. Raised in the Delta of Northeast Arkansas,
In Matthew 28, Jesus commands all disciples to “go and make disciples of all peoples.”
MARVELL, Ark. – At First Baptist Church in Marvell their mission is “Serving the Savior … Touching lives.” “Our goal is to find ways that
A woman and girl walk down a dirt road in the Kingdom of Bhutan. (IMB photo) If you asked many of our ministry leaders around
A look at the windows and walls at a local convenience store serves as a reminder of the needs and opportunities that exist in the
God began to capture my heart for the peoples of the world when I was a child growing up in southwest Arkansas. As a 10-year-old
LITTLE ROCK – Arkansas Baptists gave more than $21 million through the Cooperative Program in 2022, marking the largest year of giving in the history
From the retirement of the Arkansas Baptist State Convention executive director to a Chinese mission becoming an autonomous church after 23 years, Arkansas Baptists had
Marty and Chandler knew, as soon as they left the mission field, that they’d only be gone temporarily. They were only leaving their current assignment
File photo There are several ministry learning opportunities for Arkansas Baptists. Two such occasions on the horizon are the 2023 Arkansas Delta Vision Tour and
Little Cakes with Big Attitude owners Robyn Schwartz, left, and Bridget Vaughn, right, pose for a photo. The bakery and coffee shop donated 10% of
This article originally appeared in the Baptist Press. It was written by Erin Roach. IMB photo. RICHMOND, Va. (BP) – Johnny and Bonita Kron had
Light is scarce during scheduled electrical outages as Ukraine suffers a bombed-out power grid, yet women there are using their light this Christmas to crochet angel ornaments to send churches and other supporters in the U.S.
Thanksgiving presented an opportunity for Arkansas Baptist churches to serve their communities.
For several Arkansas Baptist churches, the arrival of fall also means the opportunity to come together for one weekend to share the Gospel and serve others in Jesus’ name through the CONNECT student missions weekend.
Acts1:8 One Day Mission Trip is an annual opportunity for Arkansas Baptists to be witnesses in their Jerusalem and Judea.
Ten-year-old Mai was in the jungle near her home in Southeast Asia looking for food with her mother when a plastic bag dangling from a tree caught her eye.
Ford and the members of Full Faith Community, with the help of Central Baptist, have been working to be a light in their community as they build relationships and minister to the needs of those around them.
My first time as a camper in the land of a million smiles was the summer of 2017. Our group of six people (four campers
During their first day in Peru, IMB missionary Amy Fisher had the missions team from Iglesia Bautista Nueve Jerusalem, Little Rock, Arkansas, do an activity
We have to share the Gospel and the only way to do that effectively is to share the Gospel through those we have some type of relationship with in our community.
Seven Arkansas Hispanic Woman’s Missionary Union (WMU) members, led by state president Diana Rodriguez ministered to women and children in Lima, Peru during their first international mission trip June 6-16.
While the Supreme Court’s decision supports Christian efforts to defend each and every God-created life, there is still work to be done.
The ladies of the River Valley Christian Life Corps (RVCLC) practiced serving one another by giving manicures in preparation to visit residents of the Community Rescue Mission. Their goal was to get to know each other better and share Jesus’s love through pampering with polish.
Missionaries heading to global areas where security is a concern were shown behind a screen. More than 90% of IMB missionary teams actively engage unreached people groups, many in hard-to-reach places where safety and security are daily considerations.
International Mission Board President Paul Chitwood began IMB’s report to the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting with recent good news from the mission field.
Amid the busy event schedule of the Southern Baptist Convention’s annual meeting, nearly 2,000 attendees gathered for the International Mission Board dinner.
Former National Football League player Benjamin Watson and his wife have collaborated for the third time with the Southern Baptist Convention’s ethics entity to provide an ultrasound machine for the benefit of women in crisis pregnancies.
Across the world, it is estimated that an abortion occurs every 23 seconds.
On the weekend of April 29-May 1, 180 students and their adult leaders from 16 churches came together in Beebe for a weekend of ministry and missions.
A ‘No Sale, Yard Sale’ is just as the name suggests.
During One Day: Serve Local, Immanuel Baptist Church in Monticello hosted an egg hunt to serve special needs individuals and their families.
Hundreds of Arkansas Baptists used part of their Saturday on April 9 to serve their communities during the annual One Day: Serve Local initiative.
Honoring Armstrong’s life means honoring the missions heritage of Southern Baptists and the contributions of Southern Baptist women.
The goal of Serve Local is to provide a cooperative effort that assists churches in moving people from the pew to active ministry.
That is truly what being a part of the yellow shirt family is all about—being a helping hand, wherever, whenever and being the hands and feet of Jesus.
Hosting an exchange student is like taking an international mission trip without ever leaving your home.
On Saturday March 5, First Southern Baptist Church in Bryant partnered with the Missions Team at the Arkansas Baptist State Convention (ABSC) to host the first Medical/Dental Clinic of the year.
275 million people are estimated lost in North America. That’s men, women, young adults and children. Among that population are more than 40 million people
On Tuesday, February 22 the Arkansas Baptist Disaster Relief (DR) team showed up at the Little Rock Baptist Collegiate Ministry (BCM) Center located at 5515 W.32nd St. in Little Rock, Arkansas to train 25 college students in Disaster Relief chainsaw recovery.
“Around the world, as many as 811 million people – 1 out of 9 – go to bed on an empty stomach each night.”
Neither John nor Serena Tail grew up as believers. “We routinely just lived for ourselves,” John explained. As a young person Serena often heard that church was full of hypocrites.
George Liele is one of the most significant figures in the history of Christian missions.
In 1897, Annie Armstrong, recording secretary of the Woman’s Missionary Union (WMU), met with Nannie Helen Burroughs, an up-and-coming leader in the National Baptist Convention (NBC)…
Kara and her husband are refugees from Burundi and live in South Africa. They work with IMB missionaries David and Julie Yngsdal, who serve among refugee communities in Durban, South Africa.
For Jason and Allison Cook* history does repeat itself. Like Philip in the Bible, the Cooks obeyed God’s call on their life and traveled to another land.
“Everybody should be considering how the Lord is calling them to follow Jesus.”
Six months ago, Daler* received a Bible from local Christians who were ministering in his village. Christian worker Brent Dorsett* has made several visits to this town, and he recently accompanied his national partner on a follow-up visit.
The week of prayer for international missions and the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering is Nov. 28-Dec. 5.
To say that missions giving has become a priority for the members of First Baptist Church in Sheridan would be an understatement.
In serving SBC churches, the statement began, NAMB seeks to “fulfill its mission in fidelity” to The Baptist Faith and Message. As part of that commitment, NAMB will endorse or fund church planters whose practices remain consistent with the BF&M.
Even the 2019 kidnapping and torture of two team members, the 2015 kidnapping and brutal beating of his wife Laurie and the 2018 murder of a base manager did not sway medical missionary David Vanderpool to close shop in Haiti.
Five Arkansas Baptist women were involved in English-teaching ministry through the Brooklyn Arab American Friendship Center, October 12-15. Prayer walking, visiting in women’s homes for coffee and prayer, encouraging missions partners, and doing
“There is a difference between living next to someone and being their neighbor.”
Nigeria is increasingly in the news, and not for its tourist attractions. Headlines amplify the spiral of hatred, civil unrest, violence, kidnapping and destruction that is “spinning out of control” in many parts of the African nation, according to some observers.
For southern Louisiana, they are living through the aftermath.
Saturday October 2 – 1100 missionaries from 80 Arkansas Baptist Churches joined together in Russellville and the surrounding areas for the annual One Day Acts 1:8 Missions Experience (One Day). This experience was two years
John Dina’s job description isn’t medicine as missions, but he sees his work in community development in Mozambique as one way of doing healthcare missions.
We rejoice knowing that churches were mobilized for missions, needs were met, the Gospel was proclaimed and more than 100 people came to saving faith in Jesus!
Hello! We are the Pollard* family. Both of us, Adam* and Evelyn*, were born and mostly raised here in Arkansas. We have five children, and four of them were born overseas. We have
The Marshalls are two of the 34 IMB missionaries recognized during the Sending Celebration on Sept. 29, 2021, at Staples Mill Road Baptist Church in Richmond, Virginia. The missionaries were approved for appointment by International Mission Board trustees earlier that day during their meeting.
Tim Beougher considers himself blessed that he already understood evangelism to be a natural part of the Christian life before he realized that for many Christians, it isn’t.
NASHVILLE (BP) — Southern Baptist sacrifice and generosity has pushed cumulative giving to the annual Annie Armstrong Easter Offering® for North American Missions past the $2 billion mark. The milestone was announced by North American Mission Board (NAMB) president Kevin Ezell as he shared a report with members of the SBC Executive Committee Monday evening, September 20.
“From our first meeting she was eager and excited to know God,” said Ellison. “She believed that God’s Word was truth and was eager to learn it for herself.”
When you give to your church, you give to missions through the Cooperative Program, bringing the Good News to the whole world.
We asked some recently returned Disaster Relief volunteers to share their stories and experiences, so far, from Hammond and these are their words.
Today is the last day to register so don’t wait!
Cabrera was sent to partner with IMB missionary Jeremy Taliaferro’s team serving these refugees earlier this summer. The team’s main objectives are humanitarian aid and spiritual aid. He plans to be in the country for a minimum of three years.
On almost any given day throughout the year, Arkansas Baptist churches are actively meeting needs and sharing Jesus in their local communities.
The Dixie Jackson Arkansas Missions Offering and Week of Prayer officially kicks off this Sunday, September 12 and concludes on Sunday, September 19.
We’ve covered many aspects of Arkansas Baptist life to share just how far your giving can go to reach the state alone. We wanted to share an update on how one of the ministries that Dixie Jackson impacts is going from last year’s campaign.
Through the IMB Summer Sojourners program, four U.S. university students braved COVID-19 and unrest in Columbia to spend the summer serving with the Touch of Life Foundation in Bucaramanga, which ministers to Venezuelan refugees.
The impact that short-term missions can have on an individual is immense.
Church planting has been about more than just starting a church. It has been about igniting light in a very dark place.
For believers in South Asia, persecution comes in many forms. Often, professing faith in Christ can affect their standing within their communities and their ability to secure a means of providing for their families.
Arkansas Disaster Relief is already preparing to help our neighbors as they begin to recover.
Pastor Terry Dale Hudgins was in chapel at Mid-America Baptist Theological Seminary 27 years ago when he thought he heard God’s call to international missions.
One Day Acts 1:8 Missions Experience provides an annual opportunity for Arkansas Baptists to impact lostness in a specific area of our state.
International Mission Board missionaries saw 18,380 churches planted, 144,322 new believers and 86,587 baptisms in 2020. This could not have happened without the prayers and financial support of Southern Baptist churches.
Vazgen Zohrabyan was nine years old, living in Soviet Union-controlled Armenia when the Iron Curtain began to crumble in 1990.
When you give to your church, you give to missions through the Cooperative Program, bringing the Good News to the whole world.
When a natural disaster hits, Arkansas Baptist Disaster Relief is almost always the first to arrive and the last to leave.
On Jan. 13, 2020, the first confirmed case of COVID-19 outside of China was reported in Thailand. Since then, Southeast Asia has experienced wave after debilitating wave of the virus.
At first glance, Korean and Zambian cultures don’t share many similarities.
Camp Siloam is a place of eternal, global impact, where life change happens from the worship center to the water slide and anywhere in between.
The team distributes a pamphlet that explains each of their pins. If people have time, they share their faith and use the pins to talk about faith, grace and God’s redemption.
NAMB mobilizes college students across North America each summer. These GenSend student missionaries work with church planters and compassion ministry missionaries, helping them serve and reach their communities for six to eight weeks.
Since 2010, thousands of underserved Arkansans have received free medical and dental care and hundreds have trusted Christ through Medical and Dental Missions of the Arkansas Baptist State Convention (ABSC), a mission funded 100% through Dixie Jackson.
IMB missionary Donn Broeker said he believes many Japanese are eager to connect with others, especially after 17 months of COVID restrictions.
“The calling keeps you, and seeing lives transformed by the Gospel motivates you.”
Ramsey* didn’t want to take his own life. Instead, he accepted missions that put him in harm’s way. Years later, after he became a Christian, Ramsey still doesn’t want to take his own life, but is willing to lay down his life for the sake of Christ and accepted a mission that puts him in harm’s way.
The SBC’s future hinges on a reemphasis on evangelism and missions, four former presidents agreed during a panel discussion before the 2021 SBC Annual Meeting.
Houston’s First Baptist Church not only takes reaching the nations seriously, but they also take their call to reach the nations that have come to Houston seriously.
This article was written by Corley Shumaker. She is the assistant campus minister at Arkansas State University BCM. Shumaker lives with her husband, Kevin, and daughter Ellie Joy in Jonesboro. They love taking road trips, visiting National Parks and attending ASU football games.
