Category: Cooperative Program

Since 2015, Puerto Rico has been in dire economic crisis. Hurricanes Maria and Irma made the situation even worse, killing thousands and leaving many residents without power for months.   Itamar Elizalde serves as the on-the-ground coordinator for volunteer teams that come to Puerto Rico to help with construction projects. As she helps volunteer teams…

As representatives of the International Mission Board, the Breegs focus exclusively on reaching academics and religious leaders in Central Asia for Christ. Those they try to reach are some of the smartest yet most hostile toward the gospel.   They do ministry as a family because sharing Christ together is a powerful way to model God’s…

Jared and Jennifer Huntley came to San Antonio after planting Pillar Church of Washington D.C, where they engaged the military community of the nation’s capital.   Jared and Jennifer began planting churches in military communities after significant experience of their own in the military. Jared had served in the Army and knew firsthand the unique challenges…

Wesley and Emily Smyth, International Mission Board missionaries, are raising their four children to understand that the Christian life is about glorifying God while serving others.  The Smyths taught their kids this truth by example. Now associate area directors for Send Relief in West Africa, the couple has spent their entire ministry pouring into people…

Ben and Christy Prater, International Mission Board representatives, received bad news from home and went to a little Jerusalem coffee shop to process. José and his wife, Juanita, were Spanish speaking immigrants to Israel and working in this newly opened shop. By the time the Praters finished their cup of coffee, the two families struck…

When Amer and his wife, Vicky, arrived in Cincinnati, they began visiting stores where Arabs worked and shopped. They worked with the English as a Second Language ministry at a nearby Southern Baptist church. They began to lay the groundwork of a new Arabic-language church that launched in December 2019.   The church started with…