For Tiepeng Lyu, a Chinese church planter with the South Carolina Baptist Convention, the road to ministry was anything but ordinary. His experiences, from attempting to summit Mount Everest to facing unexpected challenges, ultimately led him to plant a church in Columbia, South Carolina. And while summiting Everest was once his dream, Lyu has come
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“You’re the Christian.” Rayanna Cape hears this often during her work on campus at the University of Vermont (UVM). She serves as a collegiate missionary through the North American Mission Board (NAMB). “Yeah, I am the Christian,” Cape responds. She has interacted with countless students on campus who say she is the first Christian they
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This summer, Zora traveled to North Africa with BCMGO to a country that is hostile to Christianity. “Going into a country like that is very scary and daunting, but we could just trust in the Father–that he would protect us,” she said. Zora served with International Mission Board missionaries and shared that they were “doing
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The Leeke family has been fostering for years, always with the hope of reuniting children with their birth families. Throughout their nine year journey, Cathy and Jonathon Leeke fostered a total of 23 children, each with their own unique stories and challenges. They managed this while also raising their three biological children–Meredith, Grayson, and Eleanor.
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Anyone is welcome at Diane Leary’s dinner table. After attending church at Concord Baptist and singing in the choir, Leary heads back home to prepare a table for whoever may show up. Leary, better known as MeMe to her family and her followers, has embarked on a heartfelt mission to reach people with God’s love
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“I’m a young man in ministry who is very grateful for the cooperation of South Carolina Baptists for the sake of the Gospel,” Jonah Sims said. A Greenwood, SC, native, Sims’ call to ministry began as a student at SummerSalt. “I was 13 years old, and I had just met Jesus the year before, and
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Abby Beaty is a young missionary living in Zambia, but she wasn’t always sure of her calling. While a student at Coastal Carolina University, Beaty was heavily involved in the Baptist Collegiate Ministry (BCM) on campus. “I’ve always had a heart for national missions,” Beaty shared. “For five years, I had a seasonal ministry job
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Japan is densely populated with nearly 124 million people — making its historically low crime rate and sparklingly clean cities impressive. While Japan also boasts of academic success and beautiful landscapes, a subtle brokenness lingers beneath the surface: loneliness. Even in densely populated cities, loneliness deeply affects the Japanese people. Suicide rates are high, and
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The International Mission Board (IMB) reports that Northern Africa and the Middle East are regions of extravagant wealth and extreme poverty — with 65% of the world’s current conflicts happening in these regions. The world’s major religions, which are Islam, Judaism, and Christianity, all have significant populations in Northern Africa and the Middle East. All
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Salt Lake City, Utah, was founded in 1847 by a group of Mormons seeking refuge from religious persecution. People quickly flocked to this “New Jerusalem” either to join the Mormon community there or due to the California Gold Rush. Utah and Mormonism Today, Salt Lake City is the world capital of the Church of Jesus
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