Impact Missions International

03/23/2026

Join believers from around the world for an hour of focused prayer and intercession for Lebanon. Partners in the region will share how the Church in Lebanon is responding to this current crisis, followed by a devotional and brief time for Q&A, and ending with dedicated time for corporate prayer. Register at the link provided for a powerful time of learning and prayer!

https://mebo.org/lebanon-prayer-gathering-webinar/

02/28/2025

Refugees and immigrants are our Neighbors.

Impact Missions is blessed with mission partnerships in the European Baptist Federation (EBF), which includes Baptist unions in the Middle East and in Central Asia. Much of this work supports ministries amongst displaced persons.

As the refugee “crisis” has unfolded in Europe and in the Middle East in recent years, many within the EBF have had the Christian insight and courage to respond compassionately and effectively. Through our connections with them we have a great opportunity to learn and to be inspired. We have seen how small as well as large Baptist Unions can make a huge impact, witnessed God’s love for the stranger in action, and experienced how the refugee “crisis” is actually an opportunity to see God’s Kingdom grow.

We do not lack for opportunity to put “loving our neighbor” into action at home. Through prayer, financial support, and service engagement, BGAV churches and individuals can engage in refugee ministry in our own communities. Let's pray that our work is fruitful and that it furthers the reality of God’s Kingdom on earth.

02/20/2025

“My grandparents and parents were poor. I am poor, so my children will also be poor.” According to Juan Pablo Belmonte, field liaison manager for Food for the Hungry (FH), this often characterizes the worldview in communities which have experienced poverty over several generations. FH is helping communities in many countries depart from that kind of fatalistic thinking. Turning away from a mentality of scarcity toward God's abundant resources and partnerships, they develop a customized, result oriented roadmap for graduating a community from extreme poverty. This is the case in Nicaragua, where FH’s indigenous team engages in long term, asset based community development. The process includes church-to-community partnerships (C2C) in which congregations outside Nicaragua can join one-on-one with communities there during a typically 8-12 year development plan. These partnerships are based on developing long term relationships, they include financial support, and most importantly, they emphasize the mutual transformation of together growing in faith in a resourceful God.

02/11/2025

Haiti: Thank you for praying for the Source of Light Centre!
We continue to be deeply concerned about the situation in Haiti. In our last update we learned that violent gang rule was encroaching on the heretofore relatively safe neighborhood of Delmas 19. The school was forced to take yet another break, and teachers were not able to come to work safely. As the violence and scarcity of resources ebb and flow in the communities many families are moving around quite a bit - sometimes pupils don’t come to school because they have moved to a safer place, only to reappear when their families can return home.
Thankfully, during the past two weeks school has been up and running again! In addition, over 40 neighborhood children who have no place to play have been coming to the Centre after school. It’s another way that the Centre is being a blessing for its community.
Pastor Ronel sent us this picture on Monday – it’s a greeting from the kids and young adults who live there full-time. Pray that this season of relative safety will continue!

12/18/2024

Please pray for our friends at the Source of Light Center in Port au Prince, our partner school and children's home. During Haiti's ongoing security and infrastructure crisis the communities around the Center successively have become controlled by gangs, but the Center and its own neighborhood of Delmas 19 have been spared direct violence. Pastor Ronel informed us today, however, that the situation has become more dire: "In reality the Center is in much more in danger than before. The bandits are circulating around the Center, though they have not attacked ... We need prayer for the country and mainly the Center - please ask your churches to pray for us!"

10/07/2024

November 11th, 4:00pm-6:00pm, FBC Alexandria
“Helping communities in Nicaragua graduate from extreme poverty” – a church-to-community partnership opportunity

Learn how your entire church can be involved in community development. Join us for a face-to-face update and dialogue with Michael Mancari and Juan Pablo Belmonte, Food for the Hungry's coordinators in our Nicaragua partnership.

Registration link: https://vbmb.wufoo.com/forms/kw0l3ej0m511co/
Under “Meal Selections” please reserve your spot at the “Impact Missions Dinner”, even if you already said you are attending!

09/19/2024

As we pray for Lebanon, our partners there are doing amazing things for the Kingdom of God!

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06/14/2024

"Let’s pray together on June 20th for the people in conflict and disaster zones around the world. Let’s pray for those who have been displaced and those forced to flee. Let’s pray that we will do what we can to mirror toward them the generosity that God has demonstrated toward us. Make it a prayer emphasis in your worship service in the month of June!"

Let’s pray together on June 20th for the people in conflict and disaster zones around the world. Let’s pray for those who have been displaced and those forced to flee.…

01/22/2024

focus:refugees
There is still time to register for the Refugee and Immigrant Volunteer Summit! Covering crucial topics for neighboring with newcomers, the Summit is a combination of in-person and virtual gatherings. https://www.reestablishrichmond.org/raivs2024

11/23/2023

Happy Thanksgiving from your Impact Missions family! We are thankful for you!

10/31/2023

Nicaragua focus:poverty Luncheon - Mon, Nov 13th 12-3pm
Location: Bon Air Baptist Church

BGAV and Food for the Hungry are connecting Virginia Baptist churches with Nicaraguan communities to help them graduate from extreme poverty. This church-to-community partnership addresses poverty with sustainable development methods and healthy relationships. Join us if you would like to learn more about how God can help your church and its partner community thrive together!

We are providing the lunch, as well as:
-Updates and input from the churches already engaged
-Education about the fatalistic cycle of extreme poverty
-Opportunities to see the communities first-hand
-Information about how to get involved.

If you have any questions, contact [email protected]

BGAV and Food for the Hungry are connecting Virginia Baptist churches with Nicaraguan communities to help them graduate from extreme poverty. This church-to-community partnership addresses poverty with sustainable development methods…