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February 10, 2025

Check out these recent headlines, reported by The Baptist Paper.

IMB trustees appoint 39 missionaries, elect new VP of global engagement

February 6, 2025

International Mission Board trustees approved the appointment of 39 new full-time, fully funded missionaries and unanimously elected the next vice president of global engagement during their Feb. 4–5 meeting in Charleston, South Carolina.

39 new missionaries celebrated at South Carolina’s historic Baptist church

February 6, 2025

The pews of First Baptist Church, Charleston, South Carolina, were filled to celebrate newly appointed International Mission Board missionaries on Wednesday, Feb. 5.

IMB missionary emeritus William Thomas Espy dies at 87

February 4, 2025

William Thomas “Tom” Espy, an International Mission Board missionary emeritus who shared the gospel in the United Kingdom, died Dec. 13, 2024, in Canton, Georgia.

Missionary kid: God helps people make 180-degree turns

January 31, 2025

“Amid this darkness shone one light: Mario’s mother, Miriam. She was a woman on fire for the Lord,” writes Ruth Bowles.

New training center prepares African missionaries to reach nations

January 28, 2025

“Our hope is for African believers to own their part in the Great Commission and for us to equip those who are already called,” said Miriam Pumpelly.

Missionaries and their ‘home church’: How that relationship plays ‘pivotal role’

January 24, 2025

In the last few years, the International Mission Board began initiatives to more closely involve churches in the preparation and deployment process. See excerpt from “The Church and the Missionary” …