Travis Brian, Worship Pastor at Utica Baptist Church in Seneca, had the opportunity to go on a mission trip to Athens, Greece, to work with refugees. While on the trip, he met Majed, a refugee from Iran, who was learning at the center each day. Travis and Majed had the privilege of sharing their stories
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In the mountain community of Doi Chang, Thailand, stands a small coffee shop that is unlike any other. The owners, Go and Oil, were Christians who met in seminary and felt called to return to their childhood home to open a coffee shop and help on Go’s family farm. Through a friendship with an IMB
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WorldCrafts, a compassion ministry of WMU, was established in 1996 with one artisan group – Thai Country Trim from Bangkla, Thailand. As WorldCrafts became known and grew, the numbers of artisan groups and countries they represented expanded. They now work with many artisan groups that provide fine, handcrafted items from around the world. WorldCrafts is committed to
“My life is not my own,” Jonathan Edney said. While many believers may come to this realization at one point or another in their spiritual walk, Jonathan realized this while he was actively going through radiation and cancer treatment. “God had broken me physically through the illness and the treatment,” he said. He felt that
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As a means of helping churches Advance through mission sending to the nations, the South Carolina Baptist Convention has established a fund to assist SCBC churches in the catalytic sending of mission leaders to serve with Qualified Great Commission Partners. Criteria for Grant
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Recently a group of youth pastors and mission leaders from SC traveled to Puerto Rico for a Catch the Vision Tour led by the North American Mission Board. The island of Puerto Rico is only one 1400-mile flight away from South Carolina but worlds apart in culture and diversity. Planting and Outreach Efforts In 2004
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Jarod Davis (pictured left) is a missionary in the Asia-Pacific Rim, or APAC, and has been now for eighteen years. His focus is on helping Asian churches send out their own missionaries to join with the IMB towards the advancement of the Gospel. “There are many unengaged, unreached people groups that are unreachable to Americans
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