In accordance to this year's theme, "Devoted to Serve with Delight", We are excited to announce our 2026 "Missionary Marathon" social media campaign! Our goal is to highlight several of our missionaries each week until you've been introduced to ALL of our BIMI family!

As we enter 2026, please pray for God’s guidance and our church to share the vision of Growing in Grace. Please pray for God to use our teen camp starting on 5 January. Also, pray for God to unify us as we step toward officially chartering the church! #BIMI #Australia #2026

First up on our "Missionary Marathon", the Abbett Family! Serving the Lord with BIMI since 1996, please pray for them as they continue to serve in France! #BIMI #MissionaryMarathon

Bro. Huestis reports a blessed trip to the Duarte Mission. He preached and one Venezuelan boy was saved! Despite weather, he flew over the Amazon to teach Bible lessons to two tribes; in the second, 14 children raised hands to accept Christ! #Brazil #Missionary #AmazonforChrist

Up next in our marathon, we have Kevin & Roxanne Akana! This dear couple partnered with us in 1993 and have been serving the Lord in Hawaii faithfully. Pray for them as they continue to serve! #BIMI #MissionaryMarathon

BIMI is stepping out in faith to start something new! As we have prayed for more laborers, the Lord burdened us to inspire this generation to impact every nation for Christ! Pray for the first Global Impact Rally, a rally unlike any other! #BIMI #GlobalImpactRally #youthministry

Report from Luke and Tonya Shelby — Kenya God gave us a great opening day in Kibura Village with 65 in attendance. Through visitation, market preaching, and Sunday services, 21 people were saved and 15 were baptized with more planning to follow! #Kenya #toGodbetheglory #saved

The Akuokoh Family has been a part of the BIMI family now for several years, partnering with us in 2020. Pray for them as they serve in West Africa! #BIMI #MissionaryMarathon

Randy and Jeanette Alderman have been serving faithfully with BIMI since 1998 in Togo, West Africa. Recently, they transferred to become part of our "ARM" (Assistance & Relief Ministry). Pray for them as they continue to minister to those serving! #BIMI #MissionaryMarathon

The first Global Impact Rally is in the books! Thank you to all those who worked to make it possible! Special thanks to Heritage Baptist for hosting this event, and to the singing group from @WCBCedu! Here are some highlights from this weekend! #BIMI #GlobalImpactRally

Our first new missionary couple in our marathon, Michael and Deborah Allunis became part of the BIMI family last year. They are currently out on deputation, raising support to serve in Madagascar! Pray they are able to raise their support quickly! #BIMI #MissionaryMarathon

Another new addition to the BIMI family, the Amedees joined BIMI this past December! Pray for them as they begin deputation to raise support to go serve in Africa! #BIMI #MissionaryMarathon

Update from Matt Gardner: I would like to thank everyone who gave towards this tragedy. God bless all of you for showing me what Gal. 6:2 looks like. I'm thankful that God has been so gracious and loving to me." Read the entire post on our BIMI Facebook page.

Tony & Kristy Applegate have been with BIMI since 2003! Serving faithfully in Uganda, Africa, they are actively training national pastors and planting local churches throughout the country. Pray for them and praise the Lord for their faithfulness! #BIMI #MissionaryMarathon

BIMI also has missionaries serving in the U.S. (America is most definitely a mission field). The Azzarellos have been serving with BIMI since 2014, they currently are in the state of North Carolina. Pray for them as they serve the Lord in the homeland! #BIMI #MissionaryMarathon

Our Marathon now brings us to the Badgett Family. This couple partnered with BIMI back in 2002, and have been serving in South Africa for the Lord since! Please continue to pray for them, and each missionary we present in our marathon! #BIMI #MissionaryMarathon

Our first Director in our marathon line-up, Bryan Baggett and his wife Kris serve as our Director of Military Missions. Pray for them as they are constantly travelling around the globe to support our missionaries serving our military! #BIMI #MissionaryMarathon

RALLY CANCELED! In the last 24 hours, the winter weather forecast for this weekend has deteriorated. In the interest of safety, we have made the decision to cancel this weekend's rally. We will reschedule for another date later this year! Stay tuned! #BIMI #GlobalImpactRally

The Bakes are next in our missionary marathon! Partnering with us last year, they are out on deputation raising support to prepare for the Congo. Pray for them and all our missionaries on deputation, that the Lord would give blessing and safety! #BIMI #Missionarymarathon

Next, we have the first of the Barrett families to Brazil. Meet David & Aline Barrett, 2nd-gen missionaries! Saved young & called as teens, they joined BIMI in 2022. Now they are planting churches, producing Christian music, and translating literature. #MissionaryMarathon #BIMI