Posts with the category “missions”

DALLAS (BP) – As early as 1884, Southern Baptist mission leaders sensed a need for something other than “spasmodic” giving to fund denominational work at home and abroad.“Our people must be taught to give by system,” Home Mission Board Secretary I.T. Tichenor put it at the time. “They must be taught that when each does his part, how easy it would be to supply all that is needed for the spread of t...  Read More

Aaron Taylor hates running. Period.“My church knows how much I despise running,” he said. “It’s kind of a running joke. No pun intended.”However, as the church planter of Living Hope Church, Columbus, and a Church Planting Catalyst for Send Network Ohio, he has a true passion for church planting and the Annie Armstrong Easter Offering.During a spring break vacation in March, Taylor decided to run ...  Read More

International Mission Board missionaries commissioned a new facility, Lead Global Training Center, in Nairobi, Kenya, on Jan. 26 to prepare Africans to reach the nations.IMB missionaries, along with senior leaders from Richmond, 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.  Chad Pumpelly, who ser...  Read More