Author: mnwibaptist

  • Pierce & Casey Bennett*

    Pierce & Casey Bennett*

    Pierce and Casey Bennett serve as International Mission Board missionaries in. South Asia. They and their teammates are responsible for ministering to twenty-seven unreached people groups living in remote regions. People living in a remote South Asian village gathered around a screen to watch a video about the rise and fall of mankind and the…

  • Justin & Lacy McKay

    Justin & Lacy McKay

    As Justin and Lacy McKay celebrated their new marriage in Denver, Colorado, they looked around and asked a question they couldn’t answer: “Where are all the churches?” As they did some research, they realized Denver was in a Gospel desert and desperately needed more churches. To help engage metro Denver with the Gospel, the couple…

  • Hands of Hope 2024

    Hands of Hope 2024

    Nearly 50 volunteers from churches in Minnesota and Wisconsin gathered at the Church at Wazeecha in Wisconsin Rapids, Wis., June 15-21 to work alongside that congregation in impacting their community with the love of Jesus. Three local churches participated: Church at Wazeecha, River Cities Community Church, and First Baptist Church of Wisconsin Rapids. Church at…

  • Matt and Ruth Lahey

    Matt and Ruth Lahey

    God called Matt and Ruth Lahey to start a church in Kilbride of St John’s in Newfoundland, Canada. For many Newfoundlanders, the idea of church is associated with a building. It’s something you attend, not something you are. Church planting in Kilbride isn’t quick and isn’t easy, but the Laheys are committed to the long,…

  • Jack Wattanawongsawang and Prinna Puakpong

    Jack Wattanawongsawang and Prinna Puakpong

    Jack Wattanawongsawang and his wife, Prinna Puakpong, watched the news on March 11, 2011, documenting the triple disaster unfolding in Japan – the earthquake, the tsunami and the nuclear power plant meltdown. With no intention to go, Jack and Prinna prayed and asked God to send someone who wasn’t them to tell the Japanese they…

  • John and Tiffany Jou

    John and Tiffany Jou

    Planted in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic, One Six Eight Community Church intentionally meets community needs. For example, they partner with an autism school. The church longs to be a part of its community’s flourishing. John teaches the congregation to get involved in the lives of their neighbors, inviting them into their daily lives…