Steadfastly present.
Through the International Mission Board, Southern Baptist churches send and sustain missionaries among people and places where Jesus is not yet named or known.
The problem is lostness.
Billions of people live without meaningful access to the good news of Jesus.
The solution is the gospel.
Only the gospel can reconcile people to God and transform lives, families and communities.
The strategy is presence.
Missionaries learn language and culture, build relationships and remain where gospel access is limited.
From first contact
to local ownership.
IMB missionaries do more than travel and preach. They pursue a deliberate, biblical process that leads toward healthy churches carrying the gospel to their own people and beyond.
Live among people.
Learn language and culture, meet needs and build trust in communities with little gospel access.
Share the gospel.
Clearly communicate the good news of Jesus and invite people to repent and believe.
Make disciples.
Teach new believers to follow Jesus, obey Scripture and share their faith with others.
Gather the church.
Help believers form biblical, worshiping congregations rooted in their own communities.
Equip local leaders.
Train pastors and church leaders who can shepherd, teach and multiply faithful ministry.
Multiply the mission.
Shift leadership to local churches that carry the gospel to new peoples and places.
God is at work among the nations.
the gospel
faith in Christ
baptized
planted
Statistics reflect ministry reported for calendar year 2025.
Pray. Give. Go.
International missions is not work CVBC watches from a distance. Through prayer, generosity and personal obedience, our church helps sustain missionary presence around the world.
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Ask God to open hearts, strengthen missionaries and raise up local churches among every people.
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CVBC sends 9% of undesignated giving through the Cooperative Program, helping sustain this global work.
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God still calls ordinary believers to cross cultures—on short-term teams and for a lifetime of service.
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Thousands of churches. One shared mission.
CVBC’s Cooperative Program giving joins the faithful generosity of Southern Baptist churches nationwide. Those gifts provide dependable support so missionaries can remain focused on sharing the gospel, making disciples and planting churches.
We send. They go.
God saves.
Every prayer, every gift and every willing life helps carry the hope of Jesus to people who have never heard.
Sources: IMB Global Impact , 2025 Annual Statistical Report , What IMB Does , and IMB Brand Resources . Annual report information provided by the International Mission Board, Global Research, February 2026.