RICHMOND, Va.—The International Mission Board (IMB) will celebrate the appointment of 79 new missionaries from 21 states with a virtual Sending Celebration, Nov. 18 at 6:30 p.m. CST. The missionaries were previously approved for appointment by IMB trustees.
The celebration will include an address by IMB President Paul Chitwood, missionary testimonies and a time of prayer. As country borders open, they will depart to serve among eight of IMB’s nine affinities.
Viewers can join the celebration livestream on Facebook, Vimeo and on IMB’s Advance the Kingdom app. Missionary testimonies and downloadable prayer cards will be available at www.imb.org/send.
Missionaries in November Sending Celebration by state
(as available on 11/06/2020)
*Names changes for security
With open security personnel, churches and cities have been identified.
Alaska
Abigail Winters*
Alabama
Beau and Heidi Jones*
Arkansas
Scott and Hope Cornell*
California
Marlon and Ximena Way*
Colorado
Westley and Emma Gold*
Florida
Arthur and Olivia Hartsfield*
Brant and Kara Bauman, Naples, Fla., First (Open security)
Ross and Sarah Ponder, Lakeland, Fla., Redemption
Georgia
Charles Jotham*
Florence Ekholm*
Sam White*
Indiana
Nick and Melissa Scott, Evansville, Ind., Oakhill (Open security)
Brennan and Isabel Andrews*
Iowa
Philip and Ashley Bonner*
Kansas
Shane and Rebekah Reddick*
Madison Bailey*
Kentucky
Dalton and Margaret Starnes*
Jane MacNair*
Jessica Baniewicz, Louisville, Ky., Clifton Baptist (Open security)
Chris and Rhonda Richard, Hebron, Ky., Hebron (Open security)
Mississippi
Grover and Rose Dukette*
Missouri
Warren and Charlene Grayson*
Brett and Kaylee Highland*
John and Mollie Yandell*
Nebraska
Josh and Rebekah Storey, Omaha, Ky., Emmaus Bible (Open security)
North Carolina
Nathan and Eunice Finley*
Maggie Bills*
Drew and Morgan Williams, Raleigh, N.C., Wake Cross (Open security)
Josh and Jessica Cobb, Durham, N.C., Summit (Open security)
George and Anna Jones*
Katherine Brown*
Eugene and Rachel Simms*
Jackson and Ella Mabry*
Sam and Caroline Mackenzie*
Brett and Savannah Whittington, Concord, N.C., West Cabarrus (Open security)
Oklahoma
David and Britney Warden, Norman, Bethel (Open security)
Tennessee
Ryan and Natalie Polk*
Texas
Aaron and Olivia Bragg*
Hayley Jones*
Elliott and Sara Watkins*
Virginia
Silas and Emily Jameson*
Curtis and Betty Biggsby*
Wolfgang and Athena Rivers*
Washington
Nadia Lynne*
Jane Moorefield*
Nina Griffin*
West Virginia
Keith and Kristen Miller, Charleston, W.Va., Randolph Street (Open security)
