Georgia Baptist pastors fellowship, baptize while on Holy Land trip
“My heart has been moved by the land of Israel …”
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Two surrender to Christ during Belgian street festival
Most people in Belgium are not aware of God and have never met a Christ-follower.
Georgia Baptist Bahamas rebuild begins
MATHER TOWN, GRAND BAHAMAS – A group of Georgia Baptists, in partnership with Baptists for Haiti, completed their third trip to help with recovery efforts in the Bahamas. The team answered a call to “adopt” Shiloh Baptist Church that Stuart Lang, state Disaster Relief coordinator, communicated to The Index last month. This most recent trip, […]
LMCO: Sidewalk chapel [VIDEO]
A Japanese pastor preaches to homeless men and women in Yoyogi Park in Tokyo. Every week, between 80 and 100 homeless people show up for sidewalk chapel in the park to eat a free meal and hear the Gospel. IMB
For Ga. mission team, Missions College leads to new understanding
The mission team at First Baptist Church of Tifton, Ga., re-imagined their mission work in Peru after attending the IMB’s Missions College. BP/Submitted
LMCO: Answering life’s questions [VIDEO]
Robert Pinkston (left), an IMB missionary in Quebec, Canada, talks with a young Quebecois man who serves as a partner in the work. Most Quebecois, including this national partner, grew up without church, and most approach life from a secular perspective. But Robert and others are hoping to change that as God softens hearts to […]
LMCO: Sowing seeds [VIDEO]
Worshipers gather at an Eastern Orthodox church in Bulgaria. Though Eastern Orthodoxy is thecountry’s official religion, many people are atheist and disinterested in spiritual things. IMBmissionaries say they often face apathy on one side and distrust on the other — the Baptist church and others outside Orthodoxy are viewed as sects. But even in the […]
Chinese government designates Lottie Moon’s church as historical site
“We celebrate the decision to protect this location of historical significance.”
LOTTIE MOON CHRISTMAS OFFERING: A new beginning
COLOMBIA — The day they heard Carlos’s story, Paul and Robin Tinley had just dropped off the last little bit of winter clothing they had collected. They had been passing clothes out for months, and this was the first time they had run out. It’s not hard to see why they did. The flow of […]
LOTTIE MOON CHRISTMAS OFFERING: Catching a vision
By Grace ThorntonIm-Sara is a believer — a preacher’s kid too. But she had never been involved in missions. So when Hun Sol asked her if she wanted to be part of the six-monthlong student missions program he runs, she wasn’t sure.“I prayed that God would move her,” said Hun, an IMB missionary.And God did, […]
Maasai in Tanzania touched by Kansas teens’ testimonies
“I’ve never seen anything like it in all of my years there.”
LOTTIE MOON CHRISTMAS OFFERING: Gospel on the move
By Grace Thornton EAST ASIA — Peter Station* lives his life chasing after cows, camels, and “gers” — large, round, felt tents that seem to move more than they sit still. His country has more than a million nomadic people scattered across a land mass about half the size of the US. To say they’re […]