Category Archives: Missionaries

Sharing Jesus, One Hug at a Time

By Scott Pittman | Published: March 19, 2010

IMB Missionaries Chris and Melody Julian work in one of the most dangerous jungles in Brazil – the concrete jungle of the city of São Paulo. As part of their ministry in the mega city they have started a house church with an unusual name, Zoe Marajoara. Chris explains the significance of the name, “Zoe is Greek [...]

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How to Connect with a Missionary

By Scott Pittman | Published: October 30, 2009

What’s involved when making a missionary connection? Making a connection with a missionary means to personalize a relationship with an individual or family serving with the IMB. Missionaries need churches that love them and pray for them. You are encouraged to make the connection one that the entire congregation embraces.  Seek God’s guidance in the [...]

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Teresina Brazil Church Plant Targets Upper Class

By Scott Pittman | Published: September 11, 2009

Guest post by Jório and Nordely Francílio, Brazilian Home Mission Board missionaries. With great joy we have started planting the Baptist University Congregation in Teresina! A great blessing we have been reserved by the Lord to send volunteers from Ceara, Maranhao and Para to help us in this blessed task of evangelizing the neighborhood residents [...]

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Trip Report: Peru Vision Trip – Part 4

By Scott Pittman | Published: June 3, 2009

IMB REAP TEAM One of the priviledges of the Peru vision trip was getting to meet the missionaries. When we arrived at the Lima airport we were met by Alan Stone, IMB missionary, who would be working with us the entire week. Alan, a Birmingham, Alabama native, took his first trip to Peru in 1999. [...]

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Over 4000 Families Displaced in Teresina Flooding

By Scott Pittman | Published: May 14, 2009

I received an email from Jório Fracillio, our Partnership Missions Department coordinator in Brazil, relating the need for prayer for flood victims in Teresina, the state of Piauí, and throughout the region, that have been displaced from their homes by recent flooding. Widespread power outages and drinkable water shortages have been reported in several communities. Thankfully, no fatalities [...]

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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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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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Way to GO, JO-REE-O!

By Scott Pittman | Published: April 27, 2009

Most everyone that participated in the last Brazil-Kentucky Partnership will no doubt remember Jório and his sweet wife, Nordely. They contacted me this week with the exciting news that they had been appointed as Junta de Missões Nacionais (Brazilian Home Mission Board)  missionaries! They will be planting a church in the bairro called Ininga located [...]

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It All Adds Up: God Used Short-term Missions to Call Me to Career Missions

By Scott Pittman | Published: March 16, 2009

In 1989 I was in my fourth year as pastor of Simpsonville Baptist Church (KY) and enjoying very much my ministry there. It was a church where I felt I could stay for my entire ministry. I was serving on the KBC Board at the time and at the May meeting in Cedarmore my ears perked [...]

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