Prayer Calendar
October 1
Arkansas: Ahmad Muqtasid
Florida: Jeremy Hobbs, Brian Shealy
Illinois: Samuel Copeland
Kentucky: Sara Bowers
North Carolina: Andrew Browder
South Carolina: James Jackson
Texas: Christopher Millar
American Peoples: Carson Coleman, Gina Spano
Asian Pacific Rim Peoples: SB, AI, Sook Kim, RP, PT
Central Asian Peoples: TG, CJ, JR, LS
European Peoples: BW
Northern African and Middle Eastern Peoples: NC
South Asian Peoples: CH, AM
Sub-Saharan African Peoples: MC
Chaplains • Volunteers
State Convention Missionaries
Retired NAMB: Betty Brantley
Retired IMB: Fred Harner, Ginger McMinn, Gerry Milligan, Jana Seaborn, Lanette Thompson
October 2
Arkansas: A. Neal Scoggins
California: Slaney Stringer
Connecticut: Dennis Gervais
Florida: Presnel Castin, Robert Hall, Tyler Mingonet, Daniel Noles
Indiana: Phillip Fisher
Louisiana: Danny Carpenter
American Peoples: Anna Moles
Asian Pacific Rim Peoples: HH, SL, AN
Central Asian Peoples: LC, SH
South Asian Peoples: KA, JC
Sub-Saharan African Peoples: MH, HJ, JM, Melody Raines, Debra Story
Chaplains • Volunteers
State Convention Missionaries
Retired NAMB: William Gandy
Retired IMB: David Jackson, Archie Jones, Tommy Larner, Quentin Roberts
October 3
Arkansas: Douglas Jones
Colorado: Girma Asfaw
Florida: Daniel Garcon
Missouri: Emmanuel Joseph
North Carolina: Ryan Smith
Oklahoma: Ben Hanes, Douglas Melton
Texas: Alexander Montilla
Washington: Timothy Howe
Ontario: Woo Ik Han
Quebec: André Fénel
Asian Pacific Rim Peoples: BB, JP, Tara Rice
Central Asian Peoples: GH, BO, SP
European Peoples: SJ, TJ Odom, JW
Northern African and Middle Eastern Peoples: CB
South Asian Peoples: LT
Chaplains • Volunteers
State Convention Missionaries
Retired NAMB: Candace Harper
Retired IMB: Joe Bruce, Larry Davis, Bobby Grayson, SH, Kyung Hwan Kim, SS, Steve Sloas
October 4
California: Jason Soto
American Peoples: Teresa Perkins, Gary Stone
Asian Pacific Rim Peoples: SK
Central Asian Peoples: LB, LK
European Peoples: LD, Ryan Thomas
Northern African and Middle Eastern Peoples: EB, HN
South Asian Peoples: MB
Chaplains • Volunteers
State Convention Missionaries
Retired NAMB: Stephen Davis, Ronald Lawson, Bettye Stevenson
Retired IMB: Hubert Fox, Rayella Johnson, Paula Kilpatrick, Linda Phillips, Betty Smith
October 5
Arizona: Jesus Bustamante, Daniel Diffey
California: Fermin Hernandez
Florida: Jamil Ribeiro, Brian Tavormina
Rhode Island: Jacob Van Sickle
Ontario: Ai Tran
American Peoples: LH
Asian Pacific Rim Peoples: Jiseong Kim, EL, MR
Central Asian Peoples: AB, RF, EK
European Peoples: Pam Lynch, BS
South Asian Peoples: LG, AH, NM, ST
Sub-Saharan African Peoples: James Thompson
Chaplains • Volunteers
State Convention Missionaries
Retired NAMB: Gail Dover, James Williams
Retired IMB: Debra Inselman, BJ, Hope Martin, Nancy Muskrat, Francis Ng, Shirley Whittington
October 6
Alaska: Amanda Parazoo
California: Matthew Crane
Florida: Rashard Wright
Indiana: Erick Sessions
Missouri: Joel Mantonya
Ohio: Hunter Sipe
Texas: Leslie Williams
Virginia: Jingku Zhan
American Peoples: Capron Kester, Callie Thackston
Asian Pacific Rim Peoples: CM, DS, JS
Sub-Saharan African Peoples: SP
Global: SG
Chaplains • Volunteers
State Convention Missionaries
Retired IMB: Bettie Addleton, SB, Joel Brandhorst, Mark Driggers, Janet Hill, Ramona Hodges, SW
October 7
California: Jailyn Patrick
New Hampshire: Shane Becton
New Mexico: Stephen Soto
Newfoundland and Labrador: Matthew Lahey
Ontario: Benjamin Verdejo
American Peoples: Chad Reynolds
Central Asian Peoples: EB, AH
Northern African and Middle Eastern Peoples: SS
South Asian Peoples: BM
Chaplains • Volunteers
State Convention Missionaries
Retired NAMB: Donald Brown, Shirley Smith, Kay Van Curen
Retired IMB: Martha Anderson, TB, SG, Sharon Hwang, Glynis Miller, Don Moore, Tom Pace, Arleen Street
October 8
California: Andres Camarena
Florida: Joel Petit-Noel
Nevada: Joseph Gibbons
Ohio: Yuepeng Deng
Texas: Roberto Quintero
Ontario: Pablo Aguilar, Jimmy Kim
American Peoples: Matt McConnell
Asian Pacific Rim Peoples: MB
Central Asian Peoples: BC, MS, BT, PT
European Peoples: Julie Clifton, Mark Wagner
Northern African and Middle Eastern Peoples: AA, SB, WY
South Asian Peoples: DB, MD
Sub-Saharan African Peoples: James Herron, CT
Chaplains • Volunteers
State Convention Missionaries
Retired NAMB: William Gordon
Retired IMB: Paul Cho, Cindy Kim, DO, Barbara Tolar
October 9
Iowa: Ethan Woodward
Maine: Aaron Manning
Massachusetts: Kody Aten
Michigan: Efrain Diaz
New Jersey: Jonathan Samaniego
Ohio: Samuel Romine
South Carolina: Shawn Barr
Virginia: Daniel Aungst, Medardo Serrano
Asian Pacific Rim Peoples: AA, KC, Anita Jordan, JM
Central Asian Peoples: JK, EW
European Peoples: Terry Wilbanks
South Asian Peoples: EM, DN
Chaplains • Volunteers
State Convention Missionaries
Retired NAMB: Thomas Ham
Retired IMB: Tammy Bengs, Marsha Davidson, Dudley Graves, Larry Johnson, Doug Martin, Larry McCoy, Rebecca Middleton, Ken Moore, Carla Schroeder
October 10
Georgia: Abraham Awng, Emory Berry
Indiana: Harrison Beckmann
South Carolina: Jose Ceballo Cespedes
Texas: Alvaro Morales
West Virginia: Jason Thomas
Alberta: Francisco Aular
British Columbia: Shahid Kamal
Ontario: Romany Abdalla
Asian Pacific Rim Peoples: JZ
Central Asian Peoples: SG
European Peoples: Daniel Block, David Frierson
South Asian Peoples: HS
Global: JC
Chaplains • Volunteers
State Convention Missionaries
Retired IMB: Richard Blount, DC, Donna Freemon, CH, Sue Hinze, Jane Jones, BR, Claudia Sherer, Mary Slack, Mike Weaver, Maureen Wood
October 11
California: David Jite, Timothy Salzarulo, Cameron Stevens
Florida: Jorge Nolasco, Jean Saint Jean
Indiana: Brad Eckerley
Massachusetts: Kyle Asmus
Texas: Alvaro Alvarez, Pedro Moises Gomez
Alberta: Jonathan Robinson
American Peoples: Yemile Flores, Matthew Irvin
Asian Pacific Rim Peoples: Barbara Dunbar, TS
European Peoples: Kelsey Bennett
Northern African and Middle Eastern Peoples: JG
South Asian Peoples: MG, WG
Sub-Saharan African Peoples: Kayla Razafimbahiny
Chaplains • Volunteers
State Convention Missionaries
Retired NAMB: Virginia Haynes, Paula Russell
Retired IMB: Jesse Bryan, Bill Dyches, Walter Ford
October 12
Florida: Stephen Thatcher
Illinois: Eliezer Mercado
Louisiana: Casey Williamson
Oklahoma: Matthew Holland
American Peoples: CT
Asian Pacific Rim Peoples: GL, JM, TW
Central Asian Peoples: JK
Northern African and Middle Eastern Peoples: CF, GG
South Asian Peoples: JC, CE
Sub-Saharan African Peoples: John Dina
Chaplains • Volunteers
State Convention Missionaries
Retired NAMB: Wolfgang Schumacher
Retired IMB: DB, Bob Landon, May Morris, Barb Myers, Jerry Perrill, Randy Trail, Leanne Treme
October 13
California: Juan De Dios Vaca Saucedo
Louisiana: Matthew Tyson
Montana: Christopher Nichols
Nebraska: Dylan Daly
Ohio: Som Tamang
Texas: Luis Arellano, Victor Lopez
Alberta: Tesfay Haile, Rolando Jorquia
Asian Pacific Rim Peoples: MB, DH
Central Asian Peoples: KY
Northern African and Middle Eastern Peoples: JH, RH, WW
Chaplains • Volunteers
State Convention Missionaries
Retired NAMB: Gaylynn Tollison
Retired IMB: Lester Boyd, Dan Hall, Leslie Mullican, Mark Roberts, Bob Sims, Cindy Sustar, Pat Varner, Judy Williamson
October 14
Arizona: Walter Brown
Florida: Eber Bernal, Silas Fernandes Pereira, Andrew Stucker, Rhonda Wilkinson
New Mexico: Justin Pearson
Ohio: Charles Grigsby
Oklahoma: Logan Key
Texas: Stephen Kimpel, Brandon Sweeney
American Peoples: LK
Asian Pacific Rim Peoples: GJ, AK, KK
European Peoples: Dwight Williams
Northern African and Middle Eastern Peoples: RH, DP
South Asian Peoples: JB
Sub-Saharan African Peoples: Daniel Kim, MN
Chaplains • Volunteers
State Convention Missionaries
Retired NAMB: Penny Akins, John Howeth
Retired IMB: Clyde Berkley, N. Katheen Clark, Elizabeth Gwynn, Bridget McBee, Shelley McCord, Barbara Simms
Prayer Calendar Key
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.
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.