IMB President Paul Chitwood speaks at the missionary Sending Celebration on Feb. 14, at North Phoenix Baptist Church, Phoenix, Arizona. The church hosted new missionaries for training and IMB trustees who met Feb. 14-15. IMB Photo

Danny and Eunice (Park) Kwack share greetings at the Sending Celebration on Feb. 14 in Phoenix, Arizona. The Kwacks will be serving in São Paulo, Brazil. They are sent from Global Mission Church of Greater Washington, Silver Springs, Maryland. The Kwacks are an example of how God is moving among the nations to call people across cultures. From Korea to the U.S. to Brazil, God is mobilizing His Church to spread the gospel. IMB Photo

Priscila (in yellow) and Cheyenne Solis (center) greeted attenders in Spanish before sharing that they will be serving among Southeast Asians. They are being sent by Stonegate Fellowship in Midland, Texas. IMB Photo

Chad and Miriam Pumpelly are returning to Africa where they first met and became high school sweethearts. This is their second appointment as career IMB missionaries. IMB Photo

This single man is heading to an area of the world that cannot be publicly named. Counting the cost and finding Christ worthy, IMB missionaries face the edge of lostness and people often hostile to the gospel. IMB Photo

IMB President Paul Chitwood spent time talking with missionaries and praying with them before they took the stage at the Sending Celebration held on Feb. 14 at North Phoenix Baptist Church. IMB Photo