Category: Cooperative Program

Brianna McKinney served at the Send Relief ministry center in Denver, a city that is a lonely place and in need of many more missionaries. For example, Denver has only one evangelical church for every 32,000 people. While the city is beautiful and attracts many people, there is much ministry to be done as well. …

Den and Dimi are Ukrainian refugees displaced by the war between Ukraine and Russia. Caroline Anderson met their family during the height of the conflict when refugees poured over the borders to Romania. This family found refuge in a Baptist church. The church offered support on many levels: food, safety, counseling, and some even gave…

Cesár Guzmán started a church at Universidad de Puerto Rico that was markedly different from the darkness and sin that often surround secular college life. A year after planting Iglesia Batista Sobre la Roca, the church opened the Student House near where the church met. The Student House acts as a “home away from home”…

The Cooperative Program has allowed Richard and Karen Lee to show African Americans they have a place and role to play in the missionary task. When churches see missionaries who look like them, they feel represented. African American Southern Baptists aren’t the only people who’ve been surprised to meet them. Tanzanian Christians celebrated their arrival. …

Gatineau sits on the border between the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec. Ottawa is Canada’s capital city and is on the English-speaking Ontario side. Gatineau is in French-speaking Quebec. Many of the people in Gatineau work in the government in Ottawa but live in Gatineau. To help reach the people of Gatineau, Josias and…

International Mission Board summer missionary, Courtney Mobbs, served in Colombia at a refugee center. She was discouraged at the start of her time there, however, because few refugees would engage. Courtney struggled with her purpose for even being there. One day Courtney was to teach a women’s group, but when it came time to start,…