Stories tagged with: vri

• IMB missionaries welcomed by N.C. Baptists

  by K. Allan Blume/Biblical Recorder, posted Tuesday, March 29, 2016 (6 years ago)

  

  Photo by K. Allan Blume

  WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (BP) -- Addressing 33 retired International Mission Board missionaries at a dinner, North Carolina Baptists' Executive Director Milton Hollifield said, "Even though your place of assignment may be changing, you are still Southern Baptist missionaries."

  The audience was part of the 80 IMB missionaries from North Carolina who accepted the organization's Voluntary Retirement Incentive (VRI) or Hand Raising opportunity (HRO) during the past few months as part of IMB's organizational "reset." Read More

• Platt asks state papers to encourage unity

  by David Roach, posted Wednesday, February 17, 2016 (6 years ago)

  

  Photo by Shawn Hendricks.

  PONCE, Puerto Rico (BP) -- International Mission Board President David Platt has asked Baptist state papers to encourage unity among Southern Baptists following the announcement next week of how many IMB personnel have left the board through a series of voluntary resignation programs.

  Addressing a gathering of Baptist state paper leaders Feb. 16 in Ponce, Puerto Rico, Platt also detailed what he deemed some of the most exciting work God is doing through IMB missionaries across the globe. Read More