Your IMB E-Letter
Oct. 16, 2013
 Food: Centerpiece of life and mission
Have you ever thought of food as part of your mission in life? Jesus, the Bread of life, pursued His mission through food. Flavors of the World, a feature of IMB’s commissionstories.com, will offer you a global “foodie fiesta” that illustrates different ways Southern Baptists are on mission with God through food.
Now featuring: Flavors of Africa Check back every week as we feature flavors of the Americas, Asia and Eurasia. Look for recipes included in each media package, plus prayer cards associated with many of the stories.  More than 130 killed by cyclone, stampede in India
IMAt least 22 people were killed when tropical cyclone Phailin touched down Saturday, Oct. 12, in India’s Odisha state and continued through to Andhra Pradesh state. Sunday, as the cyclone finished its second day of destruction, a stampede near a Hindu temple in Madhya Pradesh led to the death of 109 more people.
Pray as the people of India rebuild and recover physically from this disaster, they would heed it as an opportunity to cry out to the Creator, ask personnel.  Saved in a bar: the story of an accidental church planter
George Mbonye was working in a tin-shack bar when a traveling evangelist entered and began preaching. Mbonye and seven other men were saved that day. The eight men bought the bar, turning it into a church. Thirty years later, Mbonye is a Baptist pastor who serves as the leader of a thriving network of churches in Uganda.
Pray with Mbonye as he tells about Jesus “who brings peace, who brings joy, who brings eternal life,” and that “it will spread and will change every individual.”
 VIDEO: A pulpit point of view
Pastor Ryan Pack of First Baptist, Hendersonville, N.C., says it’s important for eternity to support our workers through the Lottie Moon offering. Working together is biblical, and he’s seen results firsthand.
 Pastor resources for the Lottie Moon season
How can your church be Totally His? This isn’t your average give-a-few-bucks-on-Sunday-morning, pray-every-now-and-then kind of challenge. This is giving your everything, all you have until you’re spent — so that people can know the love of Jesus. Find resources to help you lead your church this Lottie Moon season.
Living Letters: Stories from the Great Commission flier:  Lottie Moon Christmas Offering® edition
This special Lottie Moon Christmas Offering edition of LivingLetters gives a brief look at a Peruvian church planter who followed his missionary mentor across the globe to be Totally His. It also includes fast facts that reveal the results of our giving as well as the challenges we still face.  Week of Prayer bookmarks
This set of eight Week of Prayer bookmarks will remind you and your church to pray during Dec. 1-8 for missionaries, national believers and partnering U.S. churches who are being Totally His.
 ‘It was like the whole world was praying’
Philip and Katherine Walton relied on the prayers of believers around the world during the horrifying hours she and their five children were trapped during the siege in the Nairobi mall that left 67 people dead. Philip was in North Carolina on business when the attack took place. The family gives credit to God for their protection, but did He have a purpose in allowing them to be involved?
Also read MK differentiates between the terrorists and the Africans and find a downloadable Nairobi prayer guide.
 Sherwood Baptist Church presents gift to Global Hunger Relief
For the third year in a row, Sherwood Baptist Church in Albany, Ga., producers of the films Courageous and Fireproof, presented a check for $100,000 for international missions to IMB at its annual staff retreat. This year, Michael Catt, senior pastor of Sherwood, also presented President Tom Elliff a $17,000 check for Global Hunger Relief. Rather than feeling overwhelmed by the needs in Sherwood’s own community, gratitude spurs Catt’s vision “to touch the world from Albany, Ga.”
 Your assets = income for you + help for missions
Do you have highly appreciated assets like stock, real estate or a business you would like to turn into an income stream for the rest of your life? Discover the many options available, and consider one that best fits your family’s needs.
WorldView: Work and mission: no division
Countless American Christians already practicing their vocations have the professional skills the world wants — and the hope of Jesus the world needs. Are you positioned to do mission work as a natural, integral part of your current job? Work and mission need not be separate; they can be an integrated whole. The world is God’s creative workplace. Make it yours. Visit WorldView Conversation, the blog related to this column. Volunteer for health care
Nurses, physical therapists, physicians, dentists, primary care teams — be His heart, hands and voice as you minister around the globe. Check out these health care volunteer opportunities.
 ethneCITY: a new website
God wants so much for His people groups to hear the Gospel that He’s sending them to us! More than a million immigrants come to America each year, plus thousands of international students, refugees, business travelers and tourists. What can your church do? Check out ethnecity.com, a new website providing best practices, tools, stories, networking and training opportunities to help your church be His heart, hands and voice to people groups around the world — including those living next door.
 Pastors partner to embrace unengaged, unreached people group
Two friends, both pastors, attended a breakout session about sub-Saharan African people groups at an IMB Embrace conference. One felt God’s call to go to Africa. The other, however, felt nothing. But God had a plan to involve both pastors in a partnership that is having eternal impact on an unengaged, unreached people group in Africa.
 Prayer Points newsletter
Prayer Points is a print newsletter that contains Scripture, stories, photography and daily prayer requests from all over the world. Tuck it in your Bible or stow it in your car console — use it whenever, wherever, to supplement your daily prayer time.
 East Asia Connect app
Hear what God is doing in East Asia. Discover the countries and cultures of China, Japan, Korea, Mongolia and Taiwan. Learn about the religions they practice, including Buddhism, Taoism, Shintoism, Islam and folk religions. . Get more information about the East Asia Connect app.
Speaking of missions Missions by the Book: Without measure
“See if I will not open the floodgates of heaven and pour out a blessing for you without measure” (Malachi 3:10b, HCSB). Quotable: Never a greater hour
“The problem, folks, is that we don’t understand lostness, and at stake are the lives of billions of people. My prayer is that it will be said that there never had been a greater hour for missions.”
— Tom Elliff, IMB president, from a NEW VIDEO, Never a greater hour | 
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