RICHMOND, Va. (BP) — Sending people to the nations is what we do as Southern Baptists. We go to those who have yet to hear the Gospel. This year has been filled with stories of how, together, we address lostness as the world’s greatest problem.
Let’s look through some highlights of how God transformed lives through you and your International Mission Board missionaries in 2025:
Sending missionaries
We sent missionaries to all parts of the world. We believe the best way to reach a lost world is to live in community with those who need a relationship with Jesus Christ. Southern Baptists have been faithful to support the nearly 3,600 missionaries and 3,000 missionary kids in the IMB family. The number of missionary applications continued to rise to 1,627 in the pipeline.
We gathered four different times for Southern Baptist churches to send 182 new long-term, fully funded missionaries. Many of these missionaries brought their professional career with them as accountants, IT workers, doctors and more…