mission:world News

February 11, 2025

BMA Bible College in the Philippines Approaches 50th Anniversary

Missionaries across the centuries have had the enormous responsibilities of providing the training needed to sustain the work of bringing converts to Christ and establishing churches. In fulfilling this colossal task, BMA Global missionaries over the past 75 years have founded Bible colleges and institutes in the United States and around the world.  I’ve had the distinct pleasure to teach in many of these institutions.
February 4, 2025

The Legacy of Church Planting

On December 26, 1979, my wife Shelby and I left central Arkansas headed to Marion, IL, to pastor West Boulevard Baptist Church. This is where a journey of friendship and ministry with men our tribe referred to as interstate missionaries began. These families had moved to the “fringe” areas of our association to reach people far from God and plant churches in states some refer to as unreached people groups.
January 28, 2025

A United Mission

In 1965, a visionary named Harold Morris, the first missionary commissioned by the Baptist Missionary Association (BMA), set out to change the way the gospel was spread. After retiring from his mission field in Brazil due to health concerns, Morris had a bold new idea: using media to reach the masses with the message of Christ. He launched the Harvest Gleaner Gospel Hour (HGH) in St. Louis, with a clear mission—to “make Jesus known to the multitudes.”
January 21, 2025

Remembering Missionary Rufus Crawford

I was invited by Pastor Jarede to speak for a few minutes about Pastor Rufus Crawford, but I have already encountered a major problem: how to summarize, in so few words, the life of a great missionary? Nonetheless, let's talk about some traits of Pastor Rufus and a little information about the great work he accomplished.
January 14, 2025

John Elliott: Early Missionary to Brazil

Life as a missionary in Brazil in the 1950s was quite an experience with travel by foot, bus, train, and riverboat to carry the gospel. But for John Elliott, seeing lives transformed by the light of Jesus was worth it. He was one of those missionaries who trusted God to provide his needs. Later, Harriet became a missionary’s wife and joined him on the mission field, together working to tell the story of Jesus.
January 7, 2025

Send Me!

For seventy-five years, BMA Global Missions has been a testament to God’s faithfulness, weaving a story of sacrifice, transformation, and hope across generations. Reflecting on its rich history, one cannot help but feel a deep sense of nostalgia—images of missionaries embracing foreign cultures, building bridges of trust, and planting seeds of faith come to mind.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

BMA Global Values
1. Motivated by the Mission of God
2. Discipleship-based Multiplication
3. Local Church Driven
4. Indigenous Missions
5. Holy Spirit- led “Risk”



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throughout all nations.


 

 

"Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”

 

Matthew 28:19-20