International Mission Board
Heads of SBC mission boards say they will not fund new abuse reform nonprofit
By Bob Smietana — February 21, 2024
(RNS) — Leaders of Send Relief, an SBC-related humanitarian group, say funds earmarked for abuse response have to be used within the SBC.
Will the Southern Baptist Convention’s Cooperative Program crumble?
By Bob Smietana — February 19, 2024
(RNS) — For nearly a century, Southern Baptist churches have banded together to raise funds for mission in the US and around the world, raising more than $20 billion through their Cooperative Program. But the trust that once held the program together is fraying.
At 79, famed SBC missionary surgeon Rebekah Naylor is about to retire. Again. But she’s not done yet
By Bob Smietana — June 30, 2023
(RNS) — In India, Naylor went from staff doctor to medical director to hospital CEO, treating thousands of patients and delivering a host of babies.
Missionary pilot Ryan Koher remains in custody in Mozambique, 6 weeks after arrest
By Bob Smietana — December 8, 2022
(RNS) — Government officials arrested the missionary and two South Africans, under suspicion they were supporting insurgents.
Adam Greenway resigns as Southwestern Seminary president
By Bob Smietana — September 23, 2022
(RNS) — In resigning, Greenway said he was unprepared for the enormity of the 'legal and financial realities' facing the seminary.
Polish Baptists, Southern Baptist mission board rally to aid Ukraine
By Bob Smietana — March 1, 2022
(RNS) — Baptist missionaries have jumped in to help assist refugees from Ukraine.
Southern Baptists to launch sexual abuse advisory panel
By Liam Adams — July 27, 2018
(RNS) — The creation of an advisory panel marks an early concrete step as the denomination aims to root out sexual abuse and coverups.
Churches pray for refugees on fifth anniversary of Syrian civil war
By Timothy C. Morgan — March 14, 2016
(RNS) The Southern Baptist Convention’s International Mission Board and a dozen other Christian groups will raise awareness in American churches through the #PrayForRefugees campaign.
Southern Baptist foreign missionaries drop by nearly 1,000
By Adelle M. Banks — February 24, 2016
(RNS) The numbers -- strikingly higher than officials expected or needed -- mean the mission board will be in improved financial health, said International Mission Board President David Platt.
Southern Baptist mission board to cut as many as 800 positions
By Adelle M. Banks — August 27, 2015
(RNS) The International Mission Board of the nation’s largest Protestant denomination is running out of cash reserves.
For SBC missionaries, the Baptist Faith and Message is the touchstone (COMMENTARY)
By David Platt — May 18, 2015
(RNS) Last week's vote to allow potential missionaries to speak in tongues addressed issues of candidates' qualifications, not the practical work of actual missionaries on the field.
Southern Baptists to open their ranks to missionaries who speak in tongues
By Greg Horton — May 14, 2015
(RNS) Allowing Southern Baptist missionaries to speak in tongues, or have what some SBC leaders call a “private prayer language,” speaks to the growing strength of Pentecostal churches in Africa, Asia and South America, where Southern Baptists are competing for converts.
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