November 2025 Top Five
The Baptist Resource Network's Elizabeth Benge shares the top five resources and opportunities for November 2025.
CP Stories: Owen and Mila Stoddard, South Asia
Missionaries Owen and Mila Stoddard moved to South Asia when their son Jamin was just six months old to serve the people in that region.
CP Stories: Dave and Amy Knotts, Central Asian Peoples
Missionaries Dave and Amy Knotts utilize digital engagement strategies to reach some of the least reached people in Central Asia.
Teenage moms find hope, support through pregnancy center
Pregnant and 17. Olive was depressed and scared. Being a teenage mom wasn’t what she envisioned for her life. Olive’s 14-year-old sister, Violet, was also pregnant and already connected with Christians from a pregnancy center in Chiang Mai that was founded by IMB missionaries.
CP Stories: Andrew and Beth Hipps, Thailand
Missionaries Andrew and Beth Hipps prayed for years to establish a crisis pregnancy center in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Eventually they helped establish the ELM Pregnancy Center, which now has seven care teams across Thailand.
CP Stories: Campbell and Elizabeth Bach, South Asian Peoples
Missionaries Campbell and Elizabeth Bach lead a dedicated team focused on sharing the gospel and planting churches across tens of thousands of South Asian villages, spanning hundreds of miles and reaching millions of people
Grief leads widow to international missions
When her husband died, Sue Foster’s world was upended, until she felt the Lord calling her to long-term service in international missions.
CP Stories: Nathan and Stephanie Crandall, Thailand
IMB missionaries Nathan and Stephanie Crandall serve in Chiang Rai, Thailand, leading a church that started with a few drops of sweat and a CrossFit style gym.
CP Stories: Jacob and Julie Stanley*, Asia Pacific Rim
A couple of years ago, Jacob and Julie Stanley, missionaries in an island nation in the Asia Pacific Rim, partnered with local believers to stage a dramatic presentation of Jesus’ miracles, death, burial, and resurrection in public spaces around town