Author: mnwibaptist

Sonya Herron stood beneath a large tent among a group of lepers and others from the village and shared the gospel with boldness. She called people to walk in the light as Jesus is the Light and challenged them to be fully committed to Christ. Afterward, an older man, missing one leg, came forward on…

A healthy woman in her early 40s, an International Mission Board (IMB) missionary in Uganda, began feeling an intense, unexplainable exhaustion. With a full schedule, including planning her family’s stateside assignment, her oldest son Elijah’s move to the U.S. for college, and an upcoming family vacation to the U.K., she thought the fatigue was just…

For Josh and Madison Oakes, being missionaries doesn’t feel like a sacrifice; they are simply following God’s call to bring the gospel to the nations. A mosque stands on nearly every corner, a reminder that many in the community do not yet know Jesus. Shopping is done at small neighborhood stores, with different shops for…

IMB missionary Gary Warrior and his friends enter a small restaurant in Central Asia. A large cast iron pot of *plov*, a popular rice pilaf, cooks on an open fire near the entrance. Gary chooses a booth where they can draw a curtain for privacy, a space typically used for business discussions. But today, Gary’s…