For more than 30 years, East Cooper Baptist Church in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, has remained committed to missions locally and internationally. Their commitment includes
Akio, a college student in Osaka, Japan, was lonely when he moved away from his hometown to Osaka for school. He didn’t know many other students there, and Osaka’s population of almost 19 million people made it easy to feel anonymous …
The international Mission Board released highlights of how God worked through IMB missionaries in 2024.
If you give seven-year-old Shawn a little of your attention, he’ll tell you a lot about his life in Korea. He’ll also tell you about Jesus and the work his family is doing. He can describe it in English or in Korean.
“My medical skills opened doors to communities. It helped build trust,” noted IMB missionary Ginny Wheeler. “I became convinced of the biblical model and importance of caring for needs as we share truth.”
“When I’m searching for an unengaged, unreached people group, I ask the Holy Spirit to show me someone open to the gospel,” writes IMB missionary explorer John Pratt.
As Jay looked into the valley below, he noticed dots of flickering lights, the tiny glow of open fires from the villages at the base of the mountain. In the dark of the night, they were the only light except for the stars above…
David York still gets tears in his eyes when he remembers God speaking to him through Ephesians 3. In the isolation of the pandemic, David asked God for a vision for the work on the islands where he and his wife Regan serve with the IMB.
