By Leslie Peacock Caldwell
IMB news office
ANAHEIM, Calif. — International Mission Board president Paul Chitwood began IMB’s report to the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting with recent good news from the mission field. He recounted a message he received the previous night from a pastor whose daughter serves overseas. Chitwood shared that three Muslim women had accepted Christ as Savior. These salvations were the first the IMB missionary team had seen among this people group.
Chitwood brought greetings and thanks from IMB’s 3,600 missionaries and their 2,850 children. These children were on his mind, he said, as he thanked messengers for the significant steps they approved to prevent sexual abuse.
“At the IMB, we have made sweeping changes,” Chitwood said. “Just as we have seen the Lord honor transparency, humility and repentance in this area at the IMB, I believe we will see Him honor these things in our denominational family.” Information about IMB’s response can be found at imb.org/abuseresponse. [Read more…]