Paul Chitwood, IMB President, center, and Dr. Chuck A. Pourciau, lead pastor at Broadmoor Baptist Church, Shreveport, Louisiana and chairmen of the board of IMB Trustees, right, laugh during Rev. Brian L. Zunigha, left, director discipleship ministries at California Baptist University, and IMB trustee presentation of updates from the Training committee to the February 2022 trustee meeting at Mount Vernon Baptist Church in Glen Allen, Va. IMB Photo

Kalaishi M. Johnson, IMB trustee from Mississippi, center, and other IMB staff and trustees, listen to Charlotte B. Madison, left, trustee from Alabama during a break from the IMB trustee meeting at Mount Vernon Baptist Church, Glen Allen. IMB Photo

Todd Lafferty, IMB Executive Vice President presents 93 former colleagues, both staff and missionaries, and one missionary kid who went to be with the Lord during 2021. Here he memorializes Harriett Lennon, age 100, who served 31 years in Thailand. IMB Photo

IMB staff and trustees speaks with newly appointed missionaries and their families after the Sending Celebration at Mount Vernon Baptist Church, Glen Allen, Va. IMB Photo

Vice President of Mobilization, Charles Clark, speaks with newly appointed missionaries and their families after the Sending Celebration at Mount Vernon Baptist Church, Glen Allen, Va. IMB Photo

Bryan Wright, Send Relief president, (second from right), prays with IMB staff and trustees for newly appointed missionaries during the Sending Celebration at Mount Vernon Baptist Church, Glen Allen, Virginia

Families and friends, IMB staff and trustees gather around newly appointed missionaries to pray with and for them during the Sending Celebration at Mount Vernon Baptist Church, Glen Allen, Va. IMB Photo

Paul and Michelle Chitwood pray over missionary Brodie Craig. She is pictured here (center) with her mother, Jill, and grandmother, Suzie Carraco, from Lexington, Kentucky. IMB Photo

Chuck Pourciau, IMB trustee chairman, joins the congregation in a time of prayer for new missionaries. The lead pastor at Broadmoor Baptist Church, Shreveport, Louisiana challenged those attending the IMB Sending Celebration to consider if God was calling them to the mission field. IMB Photo

Jarrett Stephens encourages the newly appointed missionaries that “good things happen when God says, ‘Go,’ and you don’t say, ‘No.'” The senior pastor from Champion Forest Baptist Church in Houston, Texas, addressed the 48 newly appointed missionaries at the IMB Sending Celebration at Vernon Baptist Church, Glen Allen, Va. IMB Photo

Jarrett Stephens encourages the newly appointed missionaries that “good things happen when God says, ‘Go,’ and you don’t say, ‘No.'” The senior pastor from Champion Forest Baptist Church in Houston, Texas, addressed the 48 newly appointed missionaries at the IMB Sending Celebration at Vernon Baptist Church, Glen Allen, Va. IMB Photo

Paul Chitwood shares a moment of fellowship with newly appointed missionaries to Japan, Brandon and Arriah Lipscomb, prior to the February Sending Celebration. IMB Photo

John and Serena Tail are headed to Mexico to serve among Indigenous peoples. IMB Photo

Scott Belmore (second on right) with his pastor, David Denton (far right), from Highland Baptist in New Iberia, Louisiana, and son, Andrew (second from left), spend some time in fellowship during the Sending Celebration reception. IMB Photo

Pastors and church leaders gather with Paul Chitwood, IMB president, to pray for newly appointed missionaries. The IMB Sending Celebration was at Mount Vernon Baptist Church, Glen Allen, Va. IMB Photo