International Mission Board (IMB)

North American Mission Board (NAMB)

Based in Richmond, Va., the International Mission Board (IMB) (formerly the Foreign Mission Board) of the Southern Baptist Convention sends missionaries to minister to the physical and spiritual needs of people around the world.

The International Mission Board is an agency of the Southern Baptist Convention, which, with more than 15 million members, is the nation's largest non-Catholic Christian denomination. The board maintains the world's largest evangelical career mission force with headquarters in the United States.

Currently the mission board has more than 4,000 missionaries assigned to more than 133 countries in almost every part of the world.

Key email addresses are as follows:

• To participate in special prayer ministries: prayeroffice@imb.org
• To learn how you may serve overseas as a volunteer for four months or less: dee.stewart@imb.org
• To learn how you may serve overseas from four months to two years: isc@imb.org
• To learn how you may serve overseas as a career or associate missionary: initial.contacts@imb.org

The North American Mission Board (NAMB) "exists to proclaim the gospel of Jesus Christ, start New Testament congregations, minister to persons in the name of Christ, and assist churches in the United States and Canada in effectively performing these functions."

The NAMB is based in Alpharetta, Georgia.