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.
April 10
Illinois: Wael Dawahir
North Carolina: Jason Brulet
Ohio: Binod Rai
Oklahoma: Shelby Ortiz
Virginia: Gregory Gibson
Ontario: Dayo Bankole
Asian Pacific Rim Peoples: CP, TR
Central Asian Peoples: RD, JM
European Peoples: Kristen Hayes, JK
Sub-Saharan African Peoples: AO, Trevor Yoakum
Chaplains • Volunteers
State Convention Missionaries
Retired NAMB: Timothy Bender, Mary Bingham, Leroy Fountain, Barbara Oden
Retired IMB: Glenn Borders, Claudia Hood, Cindy Kennedy, Paul Kim, Ellis Leagans, Sandy Wilson
April 11
California: Jeremy Whittington
Florida: Janna Josafat
Maryland: Anthony Oni
Massachusetts: Luke Callender
North Carolina: Josiah McDill
Oklahoma: Joshua Burr
Texas: Miles Morrison
Virginia: Tanner Hogue
Asian Pacific Rim Peoples: DB, WF, SH, KS
European Peoples: BO, Chris Robinson
South Asian Peoples: HK
Sub-Saharan African Peoples: Sally Pepper
Chaplains • Volunteers
State Convention Missionaries
Retired NAMB: Rosemary McMurray, Donald Smith
Retired IMB: Dorothy Evans, Mark Grumbles, Donna Thommarson
April 12
California: Shengmin Jiang
Colorado: Eshaq Alizada
Georgia: Wanderson Goncalves, Gabe Veazey
Indiana: Jose Santos
New Mexico: Thomas Kulp
North Carolina: Timothy Gardner
Texas: Joshua Clark
Virginia: Jared Hogston
Washington: Yonas Debella
British Columbia: Abdul Qadir Anwari, Chris Synesael
Central Asian Peoples: KS
Northern African and Middle Eastern Peoples: AC
South Asian Peoples: LS
Sub-Saharan African Peoples: SN
Chaplains • Volunteers
State Convention Missionaries
Retired NAMB: Julio Cornelio, Stephen Melvin, Louis Minner, James Phillips
Retired IMB: JB, Charles Bradshaw, Linda Davis, Gene Dubberly, Rich Fleming, ML, Paul Siebenmann
April 13
Arkansas: Daniel Armendariz
California: Ricardo Martinez Poumian
Florida: Carlos Diaz, Daniel Ford
North Carolina: Brian Beasley, Jamal Hyman, James Kim, Diwei Shi
Texas: Shawn Kemp
Utah: Jonathan Perkins
American Peoples: Caron Johnson, Chuck Nelson
Central Asian Peoples: QG
European Peoples: Kara Bauman, DD
Northern African and Middle Eastern Peoples: AG, MN, WR, BS
Chaplains • Volunteers
State Convention Missionaries
Retired NAMB: Ted Knapp, Timothy Logerquist
Retired IMB: Jackie Bell, Faye Burkwall, Betty Jane Hunt, KN, Tom Thurman
April 14
California: Bruce Wood
Florida: David Headley, Charles Matlock
North Dakota: Jimmy Ward
Oklahoma: Elois Taff, Jarah Whitfield
Alberta: Steven Hilton
British Columbia: Yang Sup Lee
Quebec: Emmanuel Antoine
Asian Pacific Rim Peoples: OD, Steven Kunkel, OS, SS
Central Asian Peoples: LB
South Asian Peoples: AS
Chaplains • Volunteers
State Convention Missionaries
Retired NAMB: Duane Davis, Terry McIlvain, Margaret Rivera, Pamela Smith
Retired IMB: Jane Parker, Kathy Weaver
April 15
Iowa: Nicholas Powell
New York: Nur un Nabi
Puerto Rico: Benjamin Canfield
Quebec: Mauricio Carrillo Sanchez
Asian Pacific Rim Peoples: TW
Central Asian Peoples: RE
European Peoples: JC, Heidi Sivonen
Northern African and Middle Eastern Peoples: PS
South Asian Peoples: TM
Chaplains • Volunteers
State Convention Missionaries
Retired NAMB: Henry Blackaby, Bobby Duffer, Renita Duncan
Retired IMB: Barry Barnet, Ken Blackwood, Jim Palmer, AS, Larry Verlander
April 16
Alabama: Robert Smith
Arkansas: Pranay Borde
Colorado: Michael Van Waardhuizen
Florida: Trenten Roseman, Julio Viera
Georgia: Dustin Lee
New York: Roberto Jimenez
Utah: Jonathan Moore
Virginia: Hedey Daniel Tesfasselase
Ontario: Henry Frimpong
Asian Pacific Rim Peoples: EK
European Peoples: Joshua Cobb, PD, E. B. Mark, Bethany Sharp
Northern African and Middle Eastern Peoples: CS
South Asian Peoples: MC, CI
Sub-Saharan African Peoples: David Miller
Chaplains • Volunteers
State Convention Missionaries
Retired NAMB: Marta Clay, Gail Hallman, Virgil Stoneburner
Retired IMB: Jack Kinnison, JN, Bonnie Wiggs
April 17
Alabama: Todd Panter
California: George Golden, Brad Ormonde
Illinois: Erik Johnson
Virginia: Girum Kifle
Newfoundland and Labrador: Adam Diamond
Asian Pacific Rim Peoples: SB, MC, Joanna Dickins, SL
European Peoples: MN, RW
Northern African and Middle Eastern Peoples: KB, KN, NP
Chaplains • Volunteers
State Convention Missionaries
Retired NAMB: Patricia Hughes, Gary MacManamy, Charles Williamson
Retired IMB: DB, PS, Harold Watson
April 18
Arizona: Christopher Menicucci
Georgia: Patrick Fielder
Missouri: Alex Rodriguez
Virginia: Yanni Tsamoutalidis
American Peoples: Beth Burkhalter, Johnny Maust
Asian Pacific Rim Peoples: JC, ML, JY
European Peoples: Cheryl Dietz, Sarah Mejia
Northern African and Middle Eastern Peoples: JL
South Asian Peoples: AL, ZL
Chaplains • Volunteers
State Convention Missionaries
Retired NAMB: Randy Bennett
Retired IMB: Phillip Cole, Jan Cook, Jeff Deasy, Ila-mae Dueck, Peggie Harmon, Gwen Wilkinson, Larry York
April 19
California: David Gill
Georgia: Christopher Rourk
Ohio: Luke Peterson
Texas: Nelson Peraza Marin
Alberta: David Ugalde
Asian Pacific Rim Peoples: AG, JK, JS, Michelle Tankersley
Central Asian Peoples: JB, SR
European Peoples: Taylor Edmonds, Lorri SeGraves
Northern African and Middle Eastern Peoples: EY
South Asian Peoples: LM
Sub-Saharan African Peoples: Taylor Ney, Joy Tiebout
Global: TS
Chaplains • Volunteers
State Convention Missionaries
Retired NAMB: Catherine Ward
Retired IMB: Alison Blackwood, Pat Hoaldridge
April 20
California: Phillip Aaron
Florida: Jeffrey Cranford
Maryland: Justin Woods
New York: Jacob Ramos
Asian Pacific Rim Peoples: JK, LR
European Peoples: Van Ingram
Northern African and Middle Eastern Peoples: SR
Sub-Saharan African Peoples: JE
Chaplains • Volunteers
State Convention Missionaries
Retired NAMB: Jorge Garcia, Gloria Grogan, Carolyn Hocking, James Stewart
Retired IMB: Sanan Brazzeal, Sharon Cook, Monty Thompson
April 21
California: Karo Ku, Kevin Mahaffy
Florida: Braydon Hotchkiss, Moises San Martin
Georgia: James Amos, Jeremy Bryan
New Jersey: Pedro Hernandez
Ohio: Joshua Steele
South Dakota: Paul Betts
Texas: Alfonso Molina
Utah: Samuel Torres
Alberta: Brenda Hale
American Peoples: Jared Mitcham
Asian Pacific Rim Peoples: SK, SM
Central Asian Peoples: DS, MS
European Peoples: CB, FB, LaRissa Silva
Northern African and Middle Eastern Peoples: TC
South Asian Peoples: LS, BW
Sub-Saharan African Peoples: Tessa Baker, Jamie Schilt
Chaplains • Volunteers
State Convention Missionaries
Retired NAMB: George Pringle
Retired IMB: Gerald Burch, Lisa Paris, Clayton Rock, Ken Sorrell
April 22
California: Jose Pena Gonzalez
Delaware: Chris Baber
Florida: Peter Sarmiento
North Carolina: Jagger Brantley
Virginia: Cody Snyder, Joseph Tanner
American Peoples: David Bledsoe, RT
Asian Pacific Rim Peoples: JG
Central Asian Peoples: CB, SB
European Peoples: Steve Booth
South Asian Peoples: NB, BW
Chaplains • Volunteers
State Convention Missionaries
Retired NAMB: James Carpenter, John Head, Bruce Sloan, Diana Suarez
Retired IMB: Howard Atkinson, Karen Collins, James Crittendon, DF, EF, Beverly Hicks, Devra Morris, AO, JS
April 23
Connecticut: Rocco Gammone
Florida: Justin Serra
Illinois: Kevin Huang
Nebraska: Alexander Bartle
Pennsylvania: Ernest Bebang
Ontario: Houman Abharihoushmand
American Peoples: CH
European Peoples: Judy Jones
Northern African and Middle Eastern Peoples: KL
South Asian Peoples: CF, EH, TT
Sub-Saharan African Peoples: HM
Chaplains • Volunteers
State Convention Missionaries
Retired NAMB: William Allen, Lonette Godwin, Celia Holland, Edward Smith, Lesley Wetherington
Retired IMB: Chan Huen, Beverly Richardson, WS, Auttie Sibley, Cathy Warren
Prayer Calendar Key
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.