Category Archives: IMB

Adopting an Unreached People Group (UPG): Where to Begin?

By Scott Pittman | Published: June 26, 2009

 (from the July-August IYW UPDATE) 1.    Pray for God’s Guidance – As in any spiritual endeavor, your search for an unreached people group for adoption must begin with prayer.    2.    Discover Your Church’s Natural Affinity (DNA) – As you pray for God to show you the unreached people group He has for your church, be [...]

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IMB Appointment Service in the Area

By Scott Pittman | Published: June 22, 2009

KBC churches are invited to join in the celebration of God’s continuing call to Southern Baptists to carry the gospel to ALL THE WORLD, as new missionaries will be appointed to serve through the IMB. The appointment service will be held at Urbancrest Baptist Church, 2634 Drake Road, Lebanon, OH, 45036. Lebanon is 45 minutes [...]

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Finding IMB Volunteer Projects On-line

By Scott Pittman | Published: June 16, 2009

The Partnership Missions Department is always eager to help KBC churches and associations get connected with overseas missions opportunities. Through our ALL THE WORLD structure we are able to provide a great number of projects, many of which are offered exclusively by our department. There are many other sources of IMB missionary projects, however, that [...]

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Trip Report: Peru Vision Trip-Part 1

By Scott Pittman | Published: May 29, 2009

DELTA FLIGHT 235 touched down in Lima, Peru at 10:50 pm local time after a 7 hour trip from Atlanta. Aboard were the members of the Monticello Baptist Church Vision team (plus yours truly and Larry Brannin, KBC media) bound for a Peruvian mountain village under consideration for adoption. The team had to find the most comfortable [...]

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Kentucky Natives Now Panama IMB Missionaries

By Scott Pittman | Published: May 4, 2009

From Farming and Freight to Career Missions Kenny and Cheryl Morris, IMB missionaries to Panama, are far from their Nicholasville, KY roots and the daily farming tasks that once was their life. Members of Mt. Freedom Baptist Church, this lay couple never dreamed that one day that they would be serving the Lord on foreign soil. In 1999, God [...]

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Missional — Not Just Missions-Minded

By Scott Pittman | Published: May 4, 2009

From: Impact Your World Acts 1:8 Update Beulah Baptist Church, Hopkins, S.C.  ”We’d been working on our Jerusalem for two hundred years. It was time to go to the ends of the earth,” said Brad Bessent, pastor of Beulah Baptist Church, Hopkins, S.C. He was one of the presenters at the February 2009 Impact Your [...]

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Good Mornin’ PANAMA!

By Scott Pittman | Published: April 29, 2009

  Panama City as seen from the Morris’ back porch After a four hour flight out of Atlanta, a sea of lights appeared below as we approached Panama City, Panama. Exiting the skybridge into the airport terminal, it was kind of eerie to see the airport, immigration, and customs officials donning their masks to protect themselves from [...]

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PANAMA!

By Scott Pittman | Published: April 28, 2009

Today I am flying out of Cincinnati with a volunteer mission team headed to Panama. The team is composed of members of the missions commitee of the Tates Creek Baptist Association located in the Richmond, Kentucky area. They are headed to Panama with the primary purpose of visioning for future opportunities of partnering with IMB missionaries Kenny and [...]

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IMB Structure Change Mobilizes More Churches

By Scott Pittman | Published: April 10, 2009

IMB‘s recent structure change takes the focus off of geographical designations and places it on eight global affinity groups that encompass all of the world’s 11,000-plus known people groups. Affinity groups are defined as “large groupings of related peoples that share similar origins, languages and cultures.” Among the most significant changes is the elimination of [...]

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GAP TEAMS

By Scott Pittman | Published: April 3, 2009

What is GAP? GAP stands for “Gospel Advancement Project”. It is a gospel saturation ministry that seeks to place evangelistic materials in every household and clearly present the gospel in designated areas. This is accomplished through the use of volunteers partnering with missionaries and Baptists in the target areas. The GAP model is from the IMB South [...]

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