Your IMB E-Letter
Nov. 20, 2013
 Where camera lights don't shine
Working alongside Filipinos to help people who are often overlooked by media and larger relief efforts, Southern Baptists from Texas and Missouri answered the call for help in the Philippines. They are providing relief kits to remote island villages and helping Filipino pastors begin relief plans.
Also see: Because of your faithful, ongoing giving to the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering, missionaries already living and partnering in the Philippines are in place to facilitate Southern Baptist relief efforts.
 Online helps for leaders
Pastors and missions leaders (all ages) – we have customized helps just for you as you promote the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering in your church. Start here, find your role and explore resources and stories to help you lead others to give. Don’t miss the online versions of our leader guides which you may have received in the mail earlier.
And thank you for all you do to support your missionaries on the field! Last-minute Lottie
Short on time to put together a presentation to promote the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering this year? No problem! Whether you are the pastor or a missions leader, we’ve designed several presentations using our Web resources. Use them all, pick just one or mix and match.
 CommissionStories Winter 2013
Totally His … It’s an apt description of missionaries who are living it. The Winter 2013 edition of CommissionStories tabloid tells the stories – your stories – of people impacted by your gifts to the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering and Cooperative Program.
If your church is observing Week of Prayer, Dec. 1-8, this edition is the perfect companion to materials you may have already received.  VIDEO: Salvation to the least of these
Missionary Troy Lewis has seen a lot of death from AIDS in Zambia. But he also sees a difference in the lives he’s able to touch, thanks to the Lottie Moon offering. “It doesn’t get more important, more vital or more real than this,” says Troy. Find download options for this and other missionary testimonies at imb.org/becauseyougive.
 Missionaries say thanks!
Your Southern Baptist missionaries say “Thank you!” from the other side of the world in South Asia. Read and share their letters during worship service or small group as a way to promote the offering.
 Businessman leaves largest estate gift in IMB history
Francis Murphy helped build the family-owned tomato distribution business into a multi-million dollar company. The promise of heaven guided Francis to live life generously and obediently to the Lord. In 2010, IMB received a gift of more than $5.3 million for the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering. Francis would make sure people heard the truth of Christ, even after his death.
 Missions is the ‘sugar in the cake’ of LifeWay student camps
Since 1984, students attending LifeWay camps have given $11 million. The offerings come from students ranging from third grade through high school. Summer 2013 was the first time CentriKid partnered with IMB on a specific kid-friendly initiative – to meet needs of orphans in East Asia through a project called One Child.
Your gift of real estate
Do you own real estate you’d like to turn into an income stream for the rest of your life? Perhaps there’s a piece of property you would prefer to give as an outright gift and receive a tax deduction for the fair market value? Learn how – and more. To see a visual presentation about how this can work for you, click on “calculator” and the bottom of the page.
 IMB worker brings Christmas story to those making nativities
Women come to the mission field with a variety of backgrounds and skills. IMB worker Summer Cole (name changed) used her skills in business to help a village family who makes and sells nativity sets. One simple contact in a market led Cole and a national believer to this family to share the meaning behind their craft.
 Hands On student volunteers join real social networks to share the Gospel
Hands On students in Prague learn that true social networking involves face-to-face involvement in people's everyday lives. “Meeting people where they are, loving on them – that’s what it’s all about,” says one Hands On student.
 ‘God can handle anything,’ Elliff promises new missionaries
A service at Hickory Grove Baptist Church in Charlotte, N.C., honored 68 newly appointed IMB missionaries. “I was planning on making a name for myself in the corporate world,” one recalled. “But God showed me … that it was His name that really mattered.”
 IMB leaders report on taking the Gospel to ‘darkest corners’
In a report to IMB trustees during their Nov. 7-8 meeting in Charlotte, N.C., IMB strategist Drew Carson (name changed) shared the story of missionaries willing to pay the ultimate price – their very lives – for the Gospel. Recently, Carson visited missionaries who serve in “a place where it is not a theory that you can die for serving the Lord and proclaiming the Gospel.”
WorldView: Seeking the unseen kingdom
The unseen kingdom of God cannot be found on a map, but it is coming – one soul at a time. Before you can spread the kingdom of God, however, you must seek it with all your heart. The key: surrender to God’s leadership. The reward: union with the Lord. Visit WorldView Conversation, the blog related to this column.
Kingdom Women Web
“At our very doors is the work we crave,” said Lottie Moon. Kingdom Women's Web page has been refreshed with new opportunities for women to impact the world. One click is an open door to find opportunities to go with a short-term team, be involved in a project or give to support ongoing ministries. Lead women to be involved in global missions. Check out kingdom women.imb.org.
Partner Connect Missions College
An intensive week of missions training for churches interested or already engaged in missions opportunities in the Americas – and an opportunity to connect with IMB missionaries and other churches engaging people groups in church planting. Learn about some of the most fruitful missions practices at Partner Connect Missions College, Jan. 13-17, 2014, International Learning Center, Rockville, Va. Learn more about Missions College and register by Dec. 15.
 Creative Missions – Kids On Mission, Volume 3, Edition 2
From sports to baking cookies, Christian workers are getting creative when it comes to sharing the message of Jesus in Taiwan, China, Thailand and Nepal. Use these missions experiences with your children and discover how creative they can be on mission! This second release of 2013-2014 Kids On Mission quarterly resource includes a DVD-ROM, KOM leader's guide and other downloadable resources.
Speaking of missions
Missions by the Book: A light for the nations
“I am the Lord; I have called you in righteousness; I will take you by the hand and keep you; I will give you as a covenant for the people, a light for the nations” (Isaiah 42:6, ESV).
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