Praying for missionaries on their birthdays has been a longstanding tradition in Southern Baptist life.
Missionaries throughout the years have expressed appreciation knowing that they are being prayed for specifically on their birthday. Some even wait until their birthdays to make big decisions know that Southern Baptists are praying for them.
While not everyone is called to be a career missionary, all believers can support missions efforts through prayer.
Join us as we pray daily for our Southern Baptist missions personnel using this missionary prayer calendar.
August 4
California: Martin Chan
Colorado: Kevin Hanly
Florida: Alex Chatman, Sean Walker
Ohio: Gregory Draper
Pennsylvania: Wes Winebarger
Texas: David Kim
British Columbia: Joshua Smith
Asian Pacific Rim Peoples: CC, JL, Justin Washer
Central Asian Peoples: JS
European Peoples: JC, Jesse Harris
Northern African and Middle Eastern Peoples: NL
Sub-Saharan African Peoples: Kathy Daniel
Chaplains • Volunteers
State Convention Missionaries
Retired NAMB: Grady Evans, Lawrence Richmond
Retired IMB: Janice Capps, Glenda Davis, Steve Evans, Jim Gentry, Jennifer Kapur, Glenda Miller, MW
August 5
Kentucky: Hunter Line
Maryland: Abraham Quizhpi
Massachusetts: Franco Albano
New York: Luis Modesta
North Carolina: Vince Moua
Texas: Hugo Tovar
Virginia: Salvador Sanchez
Asian Pacific Rim Peoples: Robin Ebeyer, Brandon McCoy
European Peoples: WB, Katie Barnum
Northern African and Middle Eastern Peoples: CH
South Asian Peoples: JD, KH
Sub-Saharan African Peoples: TH
Chaplains • Volunteers
State Convention Missionaries
Retired NAMB: Charles Clayton, Robert Gross
Retired IMB: Mark Caldwell, Paul Cline, Virgil Cooper, Darrel Garner, SL, Jimmy Maroney, Takahiro Oue, Timothy Pelley
August 6
Arkansas: Maurice Brister
Florida: Abdias Jules
Georgia: Nick Carrillo Jr.
Michigan: Robert Lodge
Missouri: Bobby Skinner
North Carolina: Dewey Aiken, Juan Pacheco
Texas: William Ramirez
Alberta: Dustin Conner
American Peoples: JB, Shiana Rios
Asian Pacific Rim Peoples: EL
Central Asian Peoples: AE, SS, JW
Chaplains • Volunteers
State Convention Missionaries
Retired NAMB: Leland Hill, Tae Park, Delia Smith
Retired IMB: Kathie Davis, Phil Dunaway, Thomas High, Debbie McFerron, Wanda Stewart, LT
August 7
Florida: Gene Reitz
Georgia: Will Emery
Louisiana: Matt Butts, Nathan Lloyd-Jones
Ohio: Josh Hargis
Texas: Jacob Willebeek-LeMair
West Virginia: Paul Boekell
Quebec: Cody John Simpson
Asian Pacific Rim Peoples: HR
Central Asian Peoples: ES
Deaf Peoples: DR
European Peoples: Lucy Martin
Northern African and Middle Eastern Peoples: JS
South Asian Peoples: JW
Chaplains • Volunteers
State Convention Missionaries
Retired NAMB: Edward Adams, Peggy Masters
Retired IMB: Phil Anderson, Jennifer Fischer, Jerry Joule, Ruth Stevens
August 8
Colorado: Dennis McDaniel Jr.
Georgia: Christian White
Louisiana: Joel Smith
New York: Alberto Monero Rijo, Josh Muchmore
North Carolina: Barry M. Matos
Oregon: Nelson Castro
South Carolina: William Pruitt
British Columbia: Juhyun Park
Ontario: Robin Wasti
American Peoples: CA, Clifford Case, Dan Potter, Mark Robertson
Asian Pacific Rim Peoples: Alex McDonald, Danielle Pirtle
Central Asian Peoples: JH
European Peoples: FH
Northern African and Middle Eastern Peoples: ER, JS
South Asian Peoples: KL
Sub-Saharan African Peoples: Kristen Miller
Chaplains • Volunteers
State Convention Missionaries
Retired NAMB: John Durham
Retired IMB: KA, Bob Barbe, Bob Blevins, Vern Hancock, Choon Pak, DR
August 9
Arizona: Mark Pratt
New Jersey: Samuel Ventura
Texas: Jon Canterbury, Raph Peters, Peter Won
Virginia: Colby Garman
American Peoples: CM, KN
Asian Pacific Rim Peoples: Isaiah Cavanaugh, AP
Central Asian Peoples: MC, GH, KH, KM, DW
European Peoples: Cara Griggs, CJ, Janice Seely
South Asian Peoples: JC
Sub-Saharan African Peoples: BE
Chaplains • Volunteers
State Convention Missionaries
Retired NAMB: John Shaull
Retired IMB: PB, Claudia Brown, Jerry Clower, Daryl Cox, Linda Gaddis, Dick Greenwood, Barry Hill, KM, JP, Peggy Rutledge
August 10
Florida: Paul Chernikov, Jawaan Wilson
Georgia: Frantsner Samedi
Kentucky: Audra Hatfield
Maryland: David Penn, Brandon Sams
Michigan: David Drake
Missouri: Aldo Parker Cardenas
Oklahoma: Bo Holland
Texas: Mace Perez
Ontario: Seth Beebe
American Peoples: Kurt Urbanek
Central Asian Peoples: KE, DH, MS
European Peoples: Andrew Liebler
Northern African and Middle Eastern Peoples: LF, ES
Sub-Saharan African Peoples: MA
Chaplains • Volunteers
State Convention Missionaries
Retired NAMB: William Tua
Retired IMB: Ann Beighle, Richard DeLeon, LR, Larry Randolph, Kimberly Ratliff, Nema Westmoreland
August 11
California: Andrew Formby-Carter
Florida: Samuel Delphin, Bruce Sabin
Louisiana: Ryan Rice
Alberta: Josh Capule
American Peoples: Tisha Jones
Asian Pacific Rim Peoples: Su-Jeong Kuykendall, PN, Hyosik Song, EW
European Peoples: JB, JF, WJ
Northern African and Middle Eastern Peoples: LH, AS
South Asian Peoples: KA, SC, MD, BS
Chaplains • Volunteers
State Convention Missionaries
Retired IMB: Carol Bowers, Brad Chow, RD, Phala Echols, SM, Frances Ann Smith, Eulene Smothers, John Terry, Sherri Watson
August 12
Arkansas: Blake Duvall
Florida: Marcos Oliveira Andrade
Kansas: Matt Narsh
Minnesota: Marshall Posey
New Jersey: Rob Matthews
Tennessee: Lee Harrison
Virginia: Ronaldo Munoz, Hugo Preza
British Columbia: Marcel Mitchell, Sasha Sokolov
Central Asian Peoples: JA, JB, AC, MH
European Peoples: Heather Bates, AT, Casey Tuminello
Northern African and Middle Eastern Peoples: AI
South Asian Peoples: JC
Sub-Saharan African Peoples: Shelley Riggs
Chaplains • Volunteers
State Convention Missionaries
Retired NAMB: Jerry Passmore
Retired IMB: Allen Alexander, Eleanor Verdery
August 13
Arkansas: Charles Simmons
California: Andres Camarena, Joo Han
Florida: Bobby Brown
Kentucky: Harrell Riley
Michigan: Joe Brown
Oklahoma: Cara York
Pennsylvania: Chris Cope
Asian Pacific Rim Peoples: MC, GD, MM
European Peoples: Zeth Hill, JM
Northern African and Middle Eastern Peoples: LW
Sub-Saharan African Peoples: John Kim, HM
Global: CM
Chaplains • Volunteers
State Convention Missionaries
Retired NAMB: Patrick Bullock
Retired IMB: Orvell Bryant, John Copple, Diane Ellis, Kathy Politowski, John Ramsey, Grace Lyn Shockey
August 14
California: Chris Chang
Florida: Fred Pitts
Georgia: Michael Hamilton
Missouri: Vova Zolotov
Ohio: Nick Abraham
Asian Pacific Rim Peoples: EC, JH, RO
Central Asian Peoples: VP
European Peoples: EF, Jason Harris
Northern African and Middle Eastern Peoples: HG, JR
Sub-Saharan African Peoples: Brooke Newby
Chaplains • Volunteers
State Convention Missionaries
Retired NAMB: McDuffie Bowen, Douglas Cantrell, Jack Coward, John Farris
Retired IMB: Edmund Brannen, David Crane, Billie Dixon, Richard Folkerth, SH, LaVeta Sergeant, KW, Bert Yates
August 15
Arizona: Ricardo Felix Miranda
Florida: David Aguilar, Wes Stapp
Missouri: David Mutoni
Montana: John Finley
Oklahoma: Johnnie Jones
Tennessee: John Quintero
Asian Pacific Rim Peoples: TH, Jesse Jennings, SM, SS
European Peoples: Kaylee Akers, Chris Wong
South Asian Peoples: JC, RY
Sub-Saharan African Peoples: Deborah Hoskins, CP
Chaplains • Volunteers
State Convention Missionaries
Retired NAMB: Concepcion Chapa, Benjamin Kim
Retired IMB: Rebecca Epley, Allison Holman, Phillip Kesler, Leroy Seat, Laura Spiegel, Brenda Tolosa
August 16
California: Martin Casas, Jordan Rodseth
Florida: Javier Alfaro, Miguel Estevill
Idaho: Eugene Shkarovskiy
Nebraska: T. Barlow
Oklahoma: Will Sandmann
American Peoples: Shelah Fathauer, AS
Asian Pacific Rim Peoples: TS
European Peoples: CC, Ghiyoung Im
Northern African and Middle Eastern Peoples: HC, MD, SS
South Asian Peoples: BW
Sub-Saharan African Peoples: Ryan Curry, ML
Chaplains • Volunteers
State Convention Missionaries
Retired NAMB: Jerry Reynolds
Retired IMB: Carroll Golden, Pamela Henagan, Barney Hutson, David Johnson, Susan Ludwick, Trisha Price, Manuel Sosa
August 17
California: Stephen Hayworth
Indiana: Ryder Lucas
New Mexico: Randi Lash
North Carolina: David Parsons
South Dakota: Ryan McGehee
American Peoples: ER
Asian Pacific Rim Peoples: KA, Pierce Hite, A. J. Lewis
Central Asian Peoples: RB
Deaf Peoples: AA
European Peoples: KN, Matthew Smith
Northern African and Middle Eastern Peoples: MH
Sub-Saharan African Peoples: Dohee Kim
Chaplains • Volunteers
State Convention Missionaries
Retired NAMB: Bobby Lovejoy, Michael Procter
Retired IMB: DB, Oakie Blevins, Sharon Fairchild, John Fischer, EH
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The North American Mission Board serves a diverse and complex region comprised of: United States, Canada, and US territories of Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa.
National personnel serve in roles related to developing strategy and providing training and support other NAMB-endorsed personnel.
Global personnel serve in roles related to developing strategy and providing training and support other IMB-endorsed personnel.
Chaplains are endorsed by the SBC via NAMB but are not listed as they do not receive financial support through NAMB.
Volunteers are individuals who are not funded through SBC mission boards; they are self-funded. They are not listed here because of the inability to compile a complete list of these people, but they do need your prayers daily. The exception to this policy is the listing of self-funded missionaries who are affiliated with NAMB.
State Convention Missionaries are personnel not related to NAMB or IMB but who receive primary support through state conventions.
Note on NAMB missionary listings: Most NAMB-endorsed missionaries are considered as a couple, therefore the spouse is not listed separately. Some endorsed missionaries, husband/wife, both serve in a missionary role and will both be listed. Due to security reasons, some NAMB missionaries may choose to opt out of inclusion in the prayer calendar or some may request only their first name be used.
Prayer Contact Information
The North American Mission Board and the International Mission Board provide missionary names and related information for the missionary prayer calendar. Should an error or omission be discovered, please address your concerns to NAMB at namb.net/contact or 1-800-634-2462, or IMB at imb.org/contact-us or 1-800-999-3113.