
NAMB year in review: Continued growth in baptisms, church planting highlights of 2025
Nills Recinos, a member of First Baptist Church, Dallas, Texas, prays over a couple who recently began attending the church. The couple responded to a

Nills Recinos, a member of First Baptist Church, Dallas, Texas, prays over a couple who recently began attending the church. The couple responded to a

Alex Edwards, students and young adults team leader at New Hope Baptist Church in Senoia, Ga., baptizes a student during the church’s September baptism service.

FORREST CITY, Ark. – Ministry leaders recently gathered for a weekend of encouragement and equipping at Beck Spur Baptist Church in Forrest City. The Church

Send Network church planting missionary Justin McKay baptizes a new believer during The Local Church’s first anniversary service. Planted in Arvada, Colo., a suburb of

Potential church planters recently gathered at the Arkansas Baptist State Convention (ABSC) to confirm their calling and become better equipped as they embark on their church planting journey.

Editor’s note: This article was written by Scott Barkley, national correspondent for Baptist Press. ROCKWALL, Texas (BP) – Messages of condolences and prayer support came

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.

By Brandon Elrod, staff writer for Send Relief. ALPHARETTA, Ga. – Wars, natural disasters and famines have been displacing tens of millions of people around

Kevin and Casey Kilgore decided in 2021 to sell everything they had, purchase an RV and travel North America to encourage church planting missionaries who have been sent out by the North American Mission Board (NAMB). Together with their four kids, they’ve visited more than 125 church planters in 27 of NAMB’s send cities.

By Brandon Elrod, who writes for the North American Mission Board. NAMB photo. ALPHARETTA, Ga. – Southern Baptists and the North American Mission Board (NAMB) had a

Reaching the next generation doesn’t happen without intentionality.

Honoring Armstrong’s life means honoring the missions heritage of Southern Baptists and the contributions of Southern Baptist women.

A Disaster Assistance & Response Team (DART) of Southern Baptist Disaster Relief (SBDR) and volunteers returned from Poland last week to survey ways volunteers from the United States might engage and serve Ukrainian refugees fleeing the invasion of their homeland.

New Send Network church planting missionaries can take advantage of increased support through the North American Mission Board (NAMB), anchored by a slate of customized benefits from GuideStone Financial Resources

The North American Mission Board (NAMB) announced Thursday, Jan. 27, that more than 50,000 people had, through the Who’s Your One evangelism campaign, represented their commitment to pray for and share the Gospel with at least one person by placing their “one” on the Who’s Your One map.

One hundred years ago a solemn procession made its way from the US Capitol, past the various National monuments, and across Memorial Bridge into Arlington National Cemetery.

Kitchens and his wife, Sherri, expressed their sincere gratitude to Southern Baptists for their faithful support and prayers during his decades of ministry as an endorsed Southern Baptist military chaplain.

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.

“There is a difference between living next to someone and being their neighbor.”

After a pandemic-influenced decline in 2020, Southern Baptists rallied to give $66.5 million to the Annie Armstrong Easter Offering® (AAEO) in 2021, the highest amount ever given to the offering that supports missions in North America.

As feeding begins to wind down in Louisiana, most Southern Baptist Disaster Relief (SBDR) sites will continue assisting homeowners into October. Some sites will remain active until the middle of the month, while at least one will continue until the end of October.

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.

Members of First Baptist Church of Sutherland Springs voted 69-35 on Aug. 22 to demolish the 100-year-old building that had been preserved as a memorial.

Send Relief, Southern Baptists’ compassion ministry arm, has begun the process of helping Afghan refugees as they resettle around the world by working with World Relief and other ministry partners.

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.

The Supreme Court of the United States denied a petition by the North American Mission Board (NAMB) to review its ongoing case involving a lawsuit filed by a former Southern Baptist state executive director.