Heroes and ghosts

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Oct. 29, 2014   GIVE Heroes and ghosts Photographer Joseph Rose recently covered the crisis in northern Iraq and shares the impact it had on him through a series of photos and video clips. “It’s kind of like a gallery of images in my mind – a gallery of heroes and ghosts,” Rose says. He prays God will use these images and stories “to stick in people’s minds … to haunt them into action – into prayer for these people, into giving toward this crisis and into even going.” Also see: ‘God has the last word’ in Middle East crisis– An old-fashioned love story in northern Iraq took a horrible turn toward tragedy – but God has the last word.   Baptists work to educate West Africa about Ebola The 2014 Ebola outbreak in West Africa continues to be the deadliest Ebola epidemic in history. Baptists in West Africa and Baptist Global Response (BGR) have implemented strategies to provide basic education about the virus, including storying and role-playing and distribution of brochures explaining how the disease is spread.   Also see: WorldView: Quarantine fear – Even bold, impetuous Peter, who walked with Christ Himself, experienced fear when He looked at the world. There’s a disease even more deadly than Ebola: fear. Jesus is the cure.   IMB workers exceed expectations through missions offering gift Fueled by the same passion that led them to invest their lives cross-culturally, a group of IMB missionaries far exceeded a challenge goal for the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering – resulting in the largest offering ever received from a single gathering of IMB missionaries.     PRAY Virtual prayerwalk through the streets of Macau Macau is the most densely populated region in the world as well as the world’s largest gambling center. Though the city is constantly changing, God remains firm in His love for the people of this city. Be inspired to pray for the people of Macau as you learn about their daily challenges through this gallery of photos and stories. Find prayerwalking resources.   Scarf ministry helps meet needs of Southeast Asian women For many workers serving overseas, extensive poverty and physical needs tear at heartstrings each day. An idea that was meant simply to meet physical needs came to be something much bigger as a small sewing group evolved into a life-changing Bible study in Southeast Asia.       GO Louisville Deaf Church engages Buenos Aires to plant a church Drawn by tens of thousands of Deaf people who live in Buenos Aires, Argentina, with no church to call their own, a group from Louisville Baptist Deaf Church is working to empower the Deaf people of Buenos Aires to reach their city with the Savior. The Louisville team represents the first Southern Baptist Deaf church to embrace a city with the intention of planting a Deaf church.     Pastor renews passion for reaching European people group Through a program called Partners in Embrace (PiE), a Texas pastor is leading his church to take the Gospel to one of Europe’s unengaged, unreached people groups. “This is more than an opportunity to do missions,” said Keeney Dickenson, pastor of First Baptist Church in Crockett. “This is an opportunity to reawaken in us what true ministry really is, what evangelism is really about and what it should be.”     Platt ‘listens and learns’ among missionaries IMB President David Platt met with Southern Baptist workers from all over the world in Asia at a recent strategy conference to discuss breakthroughs and barriers. During their time together, missionaries surrounded their new president to pray for him as he seeks to mobilize churches.     Resources VIDEO: One sacred effort When man fell, God sent His son to save us. And now He calls all of us to be part of one sacred effort to redeem mankind, to proclaim together that Jesus is Lord! Set the stage for this year’s Lottie Moon Christmas Offering with this theme video and find more for the season.   Week of Prayer bookmarks This eight-bookmark set coincides with each day of this year’s Week of Prayer, Nov. 30-Dec. 7, 2014. The bookmarks serve as a reminder to pray for missionaries, national believers and partnering U.S. churches joining God in His redemptive story. Useful also as stand-alone prayer bookmarks for churches that do not observe the Week of Prayer. Find all the resources you need to promote the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering in your church.       Forward to a friend   ------- You are currently subscribed to A missions update: Your IMB as: sallee.missions@blogger.com. If you do not wish to receive further updates click unsubscribe. -------