Stories from the Field

April 2004

Reaching internationals in Boston -- and around the world

Michael Dean, who coordinates ministry to internationals for the Greater Boston Baptist Association, teaches a Bible study for international students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Photo by Gibbs Frazeur)

In many respects Michael Dean's work is as an international missionary, planting seeds of the gospel in students, business professionals and their families before they return to share what they’ve experienced in their home countries. But Dean and his wife, Michelle, are among nearly 5,200 missionaries in the United States and Canada supported by the Annie Armstrong Easter Offering for North American Missions being received in many churches now. IMB President Jerry Rankin urges Southern Baptists to give just as sacrificially to the Annie Armstrong Offering as they have to the Lottie Moon offering. "The North American Mission Board also has had to defer sending missionary personnel in a crucial hour," he said. "Southern Baptists must seize the opportunity to impact our nation and Canada with the gospel."

Read more about the Deans and about the offering.

Your church can befriend internationals in your community. Check out colleges, international corporations and other businesses that use international workers. Find out whether any of the people groups represented are unreached.