Georgia At Georgia Baptists’ inaugural Hispanic Leadership Summit, 115 participants adopted a five-year Hispanic ministry plan, The Christian Index reported. Goals include: 5,000 new converts
International Mission Board trustees unanimously approved the appointment of 80 full-time, fully funded personnel during their Sept. 29-30 meeting. The new missionaries will be sent
Dick Thomassian — “block-party guru” and retired longtime staff member of Whitesburg Baptist Church, Huntsville — died Sept. 18. He was 86. Thomassian started his
What is the future of missions? To answer that question, the International Mission Board commissioned Barna Group this year to conduct a survey and prepare
Zemery Don Reece, a longtime Southern Baptist missionary to Nigeria, died Aug. 22. He was 88. Reece and his wife, Gwen, were appointed by the
By Stella McMillian International Mission Board When International Mission Board (IMB) worker Jack Wattanawongsawang and his wife Prinna moved to Fukuoka, Japan, at the end
Laurelle Stoudenmire — former missionary, missions advocate and Alabama Woman’s Missionary Union (WMU) president — died Aug. 20. She was 80. Stoudenmire worked for many
LIMESTONE ASSOCIATION John Crocker is the new associate pastor for men, missions and evangelism at First Baptist Church, Athens. The church voted on Crocker in-person,
