Chris Martin

International Mission Board trustees approved the appointment of 62 new full-time, fully funded missionaries during their Feb. 14-15 meeting in Phoenix, Arizona. Learn more about our latest trustees meeting at: imb.org/2024/02/15/imb…

The greatest problem in the world is lostness. The only solution to this problem is the gospel. Your high schoolers can have an impact on lostness today and experience missions, working alongside IMB missionaries. 🔗 Explore opportunities at: imb.org/go-impact/.

Today, I was on an ordination council for an @IMB_SBC missionary deploying to South Asia w/ his wife & child! Thirteen men affirmed his gifts & calling. Tomorrow, Current Church, Hillsdale MI will decide whether to stand w/ him. @SendMichigan @MIBaptists

Join us in three weeks as we celebrate more missionaries going to the nations! Connect with the work God is doing and learn about where our new missionaries are being sent. 📹 Watch the Sending Celebration live on our Facebook, app or website on Wed., February 14 at 9pm ET.

Our church gives sacrificially because we believe the world’s greatest problem is lostness. @IMB_SBC makes it possible for us to send missionaries to people who have never heard the good news. We are grateful to be on the team for this life-giving adventure!

If you were heading off to an anti-Christian country in Southeast Asia to share the gospel, how would you prepare? Two of our missionaries who went — whom we’ll call Thomas and Samantha —got great training at @SEBTS #52Sundays @IMB_SBC hpbaptist.net/thomas-and-sam… @SBCCP

What an honor to pray over @IMB_SBC missionaries from Japan, Ryan and Michelle Tankersley. Pray for the hard soil/souls to be softened in Japan and for our missionaries to be faithful in planting and watering the seeds of the Gospel!

We are incredibly grateful for the generosity of Southern Baptists during this past #LMCO season! One church in particular, Fellowship Baptist Church of Witcherville, Arkansas, takes seriously the command of the Great Commission. 🔗 Read more at: bit.ly/47DwyFL.

While William Carey is called the father of the modern missionary movement, George Liele went to Jamaica a decade before Carey left England. Although he was born a slave, he lived as a free man as he followed Christ and shared the gospel. 🔗 Learn more: imb.org/george-liele/.

Thank you, ⁦@KentuckyBaptist⁩ for giving generously and sacrificially to support our ⁦@IMB_SBC⁩ missionaries as we partner together to address the world’s greatest problem - lostness. kentuckytoday.com/baptist_life/p…

Southern Baptists unite to serve diaspora peoples in U.S. imb.org/2024/01/16/ser… via @IMB_SBC

We are one month away from our next Sending Celebration! Join us as we celebrate our growing missionary presence. 📹 Watch the event live on our Facebook, app or website on Wednesday, February 14 at 7pm MT/9pm ET. 🔗 imb.org/send.

This week, we mourn the loss of Leland Franklin Webb, a writer and editor at the International Mission Board for 32 years. While his name may not sound familiar to some, Webb helped change the face of modern Christian media. 🔗 bit.ly/4aMLuV3.

Black Christians have a unique role in global missions as we seek to bring the gospel to diverse cultural backgrounds. God uses our experiences to better connect with who we want to reach! 🔗 Learn more and find resources for George Liele Sunday at: imb.org/george-liele/.

🎉 NC Baptists, you’ve made history. THANK YOU for your record-breaking generosity in 2023! 🙌 📈 $15 M+ to Lottie Moon 📈 $7 M+ to Annie Armstrong 📈 $2.3 M+ to NCMO 📈 4% + increase to CP #OnMissionTogether vimeo.com/901647162/36bf…

Just heard from Rex Horne, executive director of @arkbaptists that @Hebron_Baptist in Little Rock, with 50 or so mostly senior adults on fixed incomes, gave over $30k to the Lottie Moon Offering. Thank you Pastor Ed Hinkson & HBC!

Going back almost 20 years, the largest Lottie Offering at High Street Baptist Church in Somerset, Ky, was $5,000. This year, God challenged them. Towards a goal of $7k the members have given over $8k! Thankful for Pastor @ed_amundson and HSBC!

What a blessing to be at @NationalWMU January board meeting in Birmingham with @swisdommartin and leaders from across the country. There are no stronger advocates for @IMB_SBC missionaries nor better partners in addressing the world’s greatest problem—lostness—with the gospel!

More incredible news—Mandarin Baptist Church in Los Angeles has given $448,978.06 towards a Lottie Moon Christmas Offering goal of $350,000! MBC is a Chinese Southern Baptist congregation and among the most generous churches in our SBC.