Ethnically diverse support shores Cooperative Program
The Cooperative Program of supporting local, national and global Southern Baptist work draws support from a diversity of the 50,000 Southern Baptist churches and missions in the nation.
Bears quarterback Nick Foles partners with Chicago church to help students
Foles, an evangelical Christian who runs the philanthropic The Foles Believe Foundation with his wife Tori, launched a program in September to serve low-income communities during the COVID-19 pandemic in cooperation with The Chicago Partnership for Church Planting (TCP).
BRN’s bridge to Bogota
Plans for a mission trip to Bogota, Colombia, by four BRN pastors were well underway when COVID-19 arrived. Even though their travel plans for this year were upended, God still provided a way for the pastors to have a presence in that city.
Upcoming Event: IMB ‘Future of Missions’
God’s mission never changes. John’s vision, revealed in Revelation 7:9, remains our vision—a multitude from every language, people, tribe and nation knowing and worshiping our Lord Jesus Christ.
TRUSTEES: NAMB celebrates offering, passes reduced budget, looks to 2021
2020 was the greatest Annie Armstrong Offering in the history of the North American Mission Board.
Permanent resettlement not a reality for 99 percent of refugees
For some refugees, asylum seekers and internally displaced people, resettlement is as close as a lamp in the window of a neighboring house. For others, it is a light glimmering on the horizon. For most, the light of permanent resettlement is like chasing the setting sun.
Ezell: ‘Greatest Annie Offering ever’ despite steep decline
"This year, Annie giving was down, but I am humbled and even more grateful for what was given. To me it is the greatest Annie Offering ever. For Southern Baptists to have so sacrificially given during a time when most churches were not even meeting for worship is nothing short of a miracle,” said NAMB president Kevin Ezell.
Cooperative Program giving in 2019-20 testament to Southern Baptists’ faithfulness
The 2020 fiscal year for the Southern Baptist Convention ended September 30, 2020, and despite challenges related to the COVID-19 global pandemic, giving by Southern Baptist churches through the Cooperative Program for national and international missions and ministries totaled more than $192.9 million.
Personal evangelism gets creative, overcomes coronavirus barriers
While masks, social distancing and extra time cloistered at home have made personal evangelism more challenging, some evangelism leaders have found ways around those challenges.
Hillview Baptist Church teams up with Camp Susque to provide safe places for online students
Hillview Baptist Church assists families faced with students forced to study at home during the pandemic.