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.
March 31
California: Daniel Knott, Jeremy Stewart
Maryland: Richard Pope
Montana: Charles Damron
North Carolina: Timothy Powell
Ohio: Purna Rai
Oklahoma: Misael Gonzalez
Virginia: Caleb Eckerd
Washington: Pavel Marchenko
Asian Pacific Rim Peoples: NB, AC, RG, ET, JT
Central Asian Peoples: Josh Herring, CR
South Asian Peoples: BB, HB
Chaplains • Volunteers
State Convention Missionaries
Retired NAMB: Donn Broeker
Retired IMB: Terry Adams, Kala Baillio, Keith Jefferson, Barbara Singerman
April 1
Florida: J. D. Cope, Eddy Jean
Georgia: Rebecca Hampton
Illinois: Hai Le
Kentucky: Rachael Reynolds
South Carolina: Greg Pendarvis
Asian Pacific Rim Peoples: EE, HT, Cornelia Walker, Andrew Williams
Central Asian Peoples: WA, CV
European Peoples: KH
Northern African and Middle Eastern Peoples: GB, JB
South Asian Peoples: TP
Sub-Saharan African Peoples: Dana Bullington
Chaplains • Volunteers
State Convention Missionaries
Retired NAMB: Richard Leach, Herbert Martin, Colin Virgin, Patricia Zimmerman
Retired IMB: SB, Christina Cheng, Kristi Emeish, JO, SP, AR, Dottie Smith
April 2
Alabama: Robin Crowe
Virginia: James Boyd, Julio Peredo
American Peoples: Nick Walburn
Asian Pacific Rim Peoples: Nathaniel Sloane
Central Asian Peoples: WF, AG, JJ
European Peoples: SB, Jacob Kirchner
Northern African and Middle Eastern Peoples: TB, HS, HW
South Asian Peoples: AB
Sub-Saharan African Peoples: Kimberly Yoakum
Chaplains • Volunteers
State Convention Missionaries
Retired NAMB: Dennis Betts, Margaret Stevens
Retired IMB: Ian Buntain, Susan Canady, Virginia Irby, AL, Steve Riddle, Neal Seaborn, Van Thompson
April 3
California: Dmitry Lunichkin, Gennadiy Vakuliuk
Florida: Rosius Fraïs
Kentucky: Joshua McWherter
Louisiana: Thomas Johnson
Missouri: Jordan Cox
New York: Robert Edwards
Quebec: David Pothier
Asian Pacific Rim Peoples: Kirsten Burns, Mie Busby, BD, TK, Macey McCoy
Central Asian Peoples: LC, SH
European Peoples: Jacob Couch, DK
Northern African and Middle Eastern Peoples: CL, AN, MT, TV, DW
South Asian Peoples: AH
Chaplains • Volunteers
State Convention Missionaries
Retired NAMB: Sei Kim, Timothy Shrader
Retired IMB: Milton Lites, RT
April 4
California: John Kim, Jhon Zambrano
Georgia: Joel Murphy
Michigan: Nate Yurgaites
North Carolina: Scott Groves
South Carolina: Walter Ludwick
Texas: Miguel Arzate Vejar
Virginia: Justus Muhito
Washington: Jason Page
British Columbia: Paul Wicki
Ontario: Hong Jong Lee
American Peoples: Jill Thompson, AW
Asian Pacific Rim Peoples: Arriah Lipscomb, MW
European Peoples: BM, Tricianne Spacht
Northern African and Middle Eastern Peoples: HM, LM, ES
South Asian Peoples: SG, CL
Chaplains • Volunteers
State Convention Missionaries
Retired NAMB: Suzanne Acree, Myra Book, Darla Lunsford
Retired IMB: Ed Giddens, PL, Walter Ludwick, Kathy Shipman, Gloria Thurman
April 5
Florida: Scott Carter
North Carolina: John Hamer, Samuel Ogilvie
Texas: O. Henry Young
Asian Pacific Rim Peoples: Young Cho, SJ
Central Asian Peoples: LS
South Asian Peoples: DD
Sub-Saharan African Peoples: David Yngsdal
Chaplains • Volunteers
State Convention Missionaries
Retired NAMB: Tyrone Berry
Retired IMB: NB, Doris Burson, Charles Moeller, Douglas Ringer, Marlyn Upton
April 6
Georgia: Derrick Poston
Kansas: Rivers Partin
Louisiana: Seth Earnest
Oregon: Jody Faison
American Peoples: AW
Asian Pacific Rim Peoples: Will Dickins, AJ, Jeff Kwok
European Peoples: Stacie Cooke, DJ
Northern African and Middle Eastern Peoples: JC, AF
South Asian Peoples: JL
Chaplains • Volunteers
State Convention Missionaries
Retired NAMB: Richard Hammonds, Patricia Hooker
Retired IMB: Connie Burton, Patty Hampton, Gail Hill, Toby Hoover, Tonya Mays
April 7
Louisiana: Pamela Walker
Texas: John Turner
European Peoples: Kyle Smith
Northern African and Middle Eastern Peoples: BS, TZ
South Asian Peoples: DD
Chaplains • Volunteers
State Convention Missionaries
Retired NAMB: Byron Beaubouef, Phillip Jones
Retired IMB: Thomas Brown, Grace Egan, James Giles, EH, Dorothy Hubbard
April 8
Georgia: Joseph Leach
Kansas: Jonathan Bissig
Texas: Junior Medina, Jason Palmer
Utah: Daniel Téllez
American Peoples: Jacob Glover, Max Kent
Asian Pacific Rim Peoples: JG
Central Asian Peoples: MK, BP
European Peoples: Katie Crockett, KD, LH, Cassie Harris, JK, AM, MM
South Asian Peoples: GT
Chaplains • Volunteers
State Convention Missionaries
Retired NAMB: Deborah High, Leonard Morgan
Retired IMB: Janice Day, Dwight Fern, DG, Dottie Gray, Ganelle Hampton, Judy Hawkins
April 9
California: Brent Daniel
New Jersey: Victor Pulido
Texas: James Martinez
Saskatchewan: Ramil Necessito
American Peoples: Kandi Ostertag
Asian Pacific Rim Peoples: Kayo Borg, Carlton Walker
Central Asian Peoples: MB, SH
European Peoples: KC
Chaplains • Volunteers
State Convention Missionaries
Retired NAMB: Joycelyn Carrell, Maria Pacheco
Retired IMB: Mary Donahoe, Kaye Martin, Brian Petersen, Suzie Plunk
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
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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.