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Milestones from the Past 175 Years - International Mission Board


Milestones from the Past 175 Years
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IMB Staff
20 Major Moments in IMB History
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IMB Staff
December 29, 2020
Foreign Mission Board Formed: May 10, 1845
The newly formed Southern Baptist Convention established the Foreign Mission Board as part of the “one sacred effort, for the propagation of the gospel” and placed its headquarters in Richmond, Virginia.
First African American Missionary Appointed: 1846
Southern Baptists’ first African American missionary, John Day, was appointed to Liberia. He was a free man already living in Liberia who started churches and discipled believers while working within the government to help establish Liberia as a nation.
 
Single Females Granted Appointment as Missionaries: July 12, 1871 ....

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