Stories tagged with: hand raising opportunity

• Platt announces live streamed Q&A

  by Diana Chandler, posted Monday, February 29, 2016 (6 years ago)

  

  RICHMOND, Va. (BP) -- International Mission Board President David Platt will host a one-hour live streamed video session on the entity's future at 11 a.m. Eastern Time March 3, answering questions and responding to comments submitted via Twitter under #IMBLive.

  Platt has expressed a desire to move the conversation beyond discussion of the 983 missionaries and 149 stateside staff members leaving IMB through a Voluntary Retirement Incentive (VRI) and a Hand Raising Opportunity (HRI) collectively aimed at balancing the entity's budget. Read More

• Platt: IMB to handle added VRI, HRO costs

  by Diana Chandler, posted Friday, February 26, 2016 (6 years ago)

  RICHMOND, Va. (BP) -- The International Mission Board is "fairly confident" it will be able to handle additional costs incurred by a larger than anticipated reduction of its workforce in the organization's "reset" to balance its budget, according to IMB President David Platt.

  The 2016 budget already had a $23 million deficit, based on an anticipated 600-800 personnel taking the Voluntary Retirement Incentive (VRI) and Hand Raising Opportunity (HRO). But 1132 missionaries and stateside staff opted to take the incentives, Platt announced Feb. 24. Read More

• IMB: 1,132 missionaries, staff accept VRI, HRO

  by BP Staff, posted Wednesday, February 24, 2016 (6 years ago)

  

  NASHVILLE (BP) -- The International Mission Board announced today (Feb. 24) that 983 missionaries and 149 stateside staff have transitioned outside the mission entity during the past six months as a result of its voluntary retirement and resignation programs.

  IMB President David Platt told trustees the organization now expects to operate a balanced budget for 2017 due to its 2015-16 organizational "reset" processes and the generosity of Southern Baptists who have given sacrificially. Read More

• IMB to close Richmond communications office

  by David Roach, posted Thursday, January 14, 2016 (6 years ago)

  

  NASHVILLE (BP) -- The International Mission Board has announced the closure of its Richmond Communications Center effective April 29 and the accompanying layoff of 30 stateside staff members, according to a Jan. 14 IMB news release. Ten additional communications staff members are being transitioned to other positions. Read More