by Sharon Mager | Nov 14, 2025 | Missions
IMB Missionary Home Visit Inspires Renewed Focus on Global Outreach By Sharon Mager NEWARK, Del. — Ogletown Baptist Church (OBC) member and International Mission Board (IMB) missionary James Edinger visited his home church on Oct. 26 to share updates about his...
by Sharon Mager | Oct 27, 2025 | International Mission Board
86-year-old takes 107th mission trip with IMB, but who’s counting By Sue Sprenkle and Shane Adams Larry McCallon is 86 years old, but don’t tell the group of 13-year-old boys clustered around his table. Sure, they see him as an adult; after all, they respectfully call...
by Sharon Mager | May 19, 2025 | Missions
Zambian missions trip part of larger effort to strengthen churches near and far By Shannon Baker LUSAKA, ZAMBIA — The last few minutes spent in the small airport gift shop summed up the whole mission experience. Sarah, the merchant selling the stuffed safari animals,...
by Sharon Mager | Dec 13, 2023 | International Mission Board
I remember exactly where I was the first time I heard the name Lottie Moon. I was sitting at the Sunday dinner table talking with my aunt, who worked at Lifeway (then known as the Baptist Sunday School Board). One of the jobs she had at the time was to produce and...
by Sharon Mager | Jun 23, 2023 | Featured, Missions
NEW ORLEANS, LA — Ogletown Baptist Church, Delaware, member James Edinger stepped forward on the stage at Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans, to share his God-given calling to be a career missionary in Sub-Saharan Africa. Edinger was one of 79 newly...
