Baptist Mid-Missions

Baptist Mid-Missions is an independent Baptist mission agency based in Cleveland, Ohio.

History

Originally named The General Council of Co-operating Baptist Missions of North America, Inc., it was established October 15, 1920. [1] Its first ministry was located in French Equatorial Africa in the 1920s.

In 2006, Baptist Mid-Missions supports nearly 1000 missionaries in 50 countries around the world, in all six inhabited continents. [2]

Baptist Mid-Missions' focus is on church planting, which is supported by ministries such as Bible translation/literacy, seminaries, camps, broadcasting, publishing, and disaster relief.

References
  1. William H. Brackney, Historical Dictionary of the Baptists, Editions Scarecrow Press, Canada, 2009, p. 558
  2. William H. Brackney, Historical Dictionary of the Baptists, Editions Scarecrow Press, Canada, 2009, p. 559
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