Wang and Hyeonah Lee, along with their children, Immanuel (11), Irene (7), and Isaac (5), are being sent by New Song Church in Carrolton, Texas, to join the team in São Paulo, Brazil, and provide sound theological education there. IMB Photo

Patrick and Kathryn Thompson surrounded by friends and family during the prayer time at the IMB’s Sending Celebration. Jeff Gin, IMB’s vice president of mobilization, led attendees in prayer. He asked them to “hold the ropes” as William Carey, the father of modern missions, requested of the church in his day. IMB Photo

“God expects that we tell others what He has done. Our world is full of people who don’t know the enemy has been defeated,” IMB President Paul Chitwood told Florida Baptists and others gathered at the November 14 Sending Celebration. IMB Photo

“If God is calling any of you to go, the IMB is hiring!” IMB President Paul Chitwood tells the crowd at the Sending Celebration on November 14 at Idlewild Baptist Church in Tampa, Florida. IMB Photo

Cara Griggs said she first learned about missions through Girls in Action, a Woman’s Missionary Union organization for young girls. She shared a brief testimony at the most recent Sending Celebration, held in conjunction with the Florida Baptist Convention annual meeting in Tampa. “Hearing the stories of faithful missionary women dedicating their lives for the sake of the gospel struck a chord of passion in my heart.” IMB Photo

A missionary gives her testimony to attendees at the Sending Celebration, held in conjunction with the Florida Baptist Convention annual meeting. She is obscured from the crowd by a partition because she is called to a people group that may be hostile toward the gospel. For her safety and those she serves among, she is not publicly connected with IMB. In her country of service, she will generally be known by her real name or maybe by a nickname given to her by local friends. IMB Photo

Patrick and Kathryn Thompson are excited about taking what they learned as New York City church planters to Nice, France, to reach the post-Christian society there. They participated in the November 2023 Sending Celebration in Tampa, Florida. IMB Photo

Many from the Florida Baptist Convention annual meeting stayed for the Sending Celebration held in conjunction with the meeting. A choir of Florida Baptists from all across the state led worship alongside the Idlewild Baptist Convention orchestra. IMB Photo