Southern Baptists are ready to share the hope of Christ with the nations! As the 2026 Winter Olympic games get under way, International Mission Board missionaries from all over Italy are teaming up with hundreds of U.S. volunteers.
“You left us!” Liberian Baptist leaders teased the new arrivals about going decades without an IMB missionary presence. “Now we rejoice in your return.”
Baptist missionaries will make the most of this unique moment in the coming days, with hundreds of volunteers joining forces alongside International Mission Board missionaries to proclaim Christ boldly throughout the city.
International Mission Board trustees approved the appointment of 41 new full-time, fully funded missionaries during their Feb. 4–5 meeting. IMB President Paul Chitwood announced the IMB’s five strategic priorities for the next five years.
Southern Baptists gathered at First Baptist Rogers of Rogers, Arkansas, Wednesday, Feb. 4 to support and send 41 International Mission Board missionaries who are going to the nations to share the gospel of Jesus Christ.
About 200 participants gathered for the 2026 Missions College, held Jan. 21–24 at the IMB’s International Learning Center in Rockville, Virginia.
It began on a sunny day at a local park in Belfast, Ireland. International Mission Board missionaries Russell and Tori Minnick were watching their kids have fun on a playground.
When Jonathan and Sarah Alexander met in Central Asia in the early 1990s, most of the countries in the region were a part of the Soviet Union.
