33 New Missionaries Affirmed at International Mission Board Sending Celebration in Ohio
Baptist Press reported on November 11 that 33 new International Mission Board (IMB) missionaries were affirmed at a Sending Celebration on November 9 at the Sugarcreek Campus of First Baptist Church Kettering, near Dayton, in Montgomery County, Ohio. Standing before family, friends and supporters, the missionaries affirmed their call to serve around the world. The event launched the State Convention of Baptists in Ohio annual gathering. For security reasons, some newly appointed missionaries were not publicly identified.
A survey highlighted in the same briefing found that most Southern Baptist congregations are stable and confident about their future, while warning signs remain about reaching the next generation and the weight carried by an aging and often bivocational pastorate.
In a Veterans Day item, three North American Mission Board-endorsed Southern Baptist chaplains serve as community service chaplains at Veterans Village in San Diego, California, a nonprofit holistic support shelter that cares for about 3,000 veterans a year.
The briefing also carried state meeting news from Illinois, where Baptists launched multiple missions partnerships, and Iowa, where Baptists were equipped to engage culture with the Gospel.
(Source: Baptist Press)
Source: Baptist Press
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Photo: 图：俄亥俄州 Dayton 的第一浸信会教堂资料图，非本次差遣礼拜会场。Steve Morgan 摄，CC BY-SA 4.0，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Photo: First Baptist Church of Dayton, Ohio (file photo, not the Sending Celebration venue). By Steve Morgan, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
