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.
February 26
Arkansas: Nicholas Hendren
California: Andrew Berger, Monty Montana
Florida: Andy Vital
Kansas: Jesus Leal
North Carolina: Gavin Bauer
Ohio: Samuel Azeba, Oliver Hawkins
Texas: Travis Boles
American Peoples: McKenzie Wallen
Asian Pacific Rim Peoples: BC, KS
European Peoples: SB, Michael Harrington
Northern African and Middle Eastern Peoples: TW
South Asian Peoples: MH
Sub-Saharan African Peoples: Kaitlyn Lancaster, Anthony Rivers
Chaplains • Volunteers
State Convention Missionaries
Retired NAMB: Marjorie Dutton, Martha Manahan
Retired IMB: Sue Benedict, RN, RR, Chris Wilkinson
February 27
Arkansas: Demetris Ford
California: Hector Medina
Colorado: Hope Chiappini
Montana: Billy Sherman Jr.
Ohio: Rhewi Park
British Columbia: Eung Seo Hyun
Quebec: Samuel Joseph Bélizaire
Asian Pacific Rim Peoples: CS
Central Asian Peoples: JC
Deaf Peoples: AH
European Peoples: Emma Clarke, AS
Northern African and Middle Eastern Peoples: AH, AS
South Asian Peoples: JS, EW
Sub-Saharan African Peoples: Lesley Vines
Chaplains • Volunteers
State Convention Missionaries
Retired NAMB: H. Colbert, Alma McClendon
Retired IMB: Rose McCain, Jim Miller, Peggy Shepherd, Doug Simrell
February 28
Arizona: Jordan Barton
Mississippi: Halbert Selby
North Carolina: Lester Urbina
Alberta: Joung Hun Park
Asian Pacific Rim Peoples: RC, LG
Central Asian Peoples: AS
European Peoples: Milton Magalhaes, BW
Northern African and Middle Eastern Peoples: SB, CM, CS
South Asian Peoples: AN
Sub-Saharan African Peoples: Matthew Espeland, MH, Becky Harrell, Mary Maeng
Global: JD
Chaplains • Volunteers
State Convention Missionaries
Retired NAMB: Amal Hanna
Retired IMB: Linda Allen, Sally Cline, Gerald David, Kay Eaton, HH, Pam Jenkins, Ruben Zorzoli
February 29
Illinois: Roberto Arevalo
North Carolina: Bobby Foy
Utah: David Sturgeon
American Peoples: Tim Lightsey
Asian Pacific Rim Peoples: MC, JY
Central Asian Peoples: CH
European Peoples: DT
South Asian Peoples: LB
Chaplains • Volunteers
State Convention Missionaries
Retired IMB: Vivian Boyle
March 1
Arkansas: Brian Baldwin
California: Joshua Simmons
Maryland: Stephen Brown
Michigan: Austin Segar
Missouri: Luis Sanchez
Montana: Keith Flanagan
North Carolina: Tin Hmung
Ohio: Ivan Stewart
Virginia: Joshua Boyd, John Puig
American Peoples: RF
European Peoples: Joel Jolley
Northern African and Middle Eastern Peoples: MW
South Asian Peoples: AH, JS
Chaplains • Volunteers
State Convention Missionaries
Retired NAMB: William Dunning, David Phan
Retired IMB: Randy Brooks, Ron Copeland, Sammye Crawford, Jack Day, Hawk Hawkins, Doug Knapp, Rhonda Miliakoff, GO
March 2
California: Chuck Perez, James Pope, Adrian Villalobos
Texas: Marco Jimenez
American Peoples: Kyle Roy
Asian Pacific Rim Peoples: SJ, CL, Brandon Pirtle, LT, HW
Central Asian Peoples: KS
European Peoples: Earl Pinkston, ES
South Asian Peoples: JC
Sub-Saharan African Peoples: MP
Chaplains • Volunteers
State Convention Missionaries
Retired NAMB: Elizabeth Ferguson, Frank Shope
Retired IMB: Jackie Bursmeyer, Betty Hogue, Barbara Randolph, Sharlotte Wester
March 3
Arkansas: Nicholas Walker
Illinois: Jason Stuckey
Kansas: Jacques Alimasi
Michigan: Andrew Honeycutt
New Jersey: Won Kwak
Virginia: Beza Merna
American Peoples: Matt Ostertag, MS
Asian Pacific Rim Peoples: SC, BR, BS
Central Asian Peoples: HM, SR
European Peoples: Stephanie Karr, JS, TS, LW
Northern African and Middle Eastern Peoples: KL, CS, JS
South Asian Peoples: WC
Sub-Saharan African Peoples: DL, AP, PR, Amanda Smith
Global: JL
Chaplains • Volunteers
State Convention Missionaries
Retired NAMB: Luke Nguyen, Mary Palmer
Retired IMB: Joye Crane, Christine Hailey, Marilyn Hing, Moody Lee, Jo Scales, Jane Woody
March 4
Arizona: Aden Kampiso
California: John Haltom
Colorado: Andrew Morrison
Nebraska: David Martinez Medrano
New Mexico: Zachary Grafe
Oregon: Casimiro Tavarez
Pennsylvania: Timothy Morris, Saleem Wright
Alberta: Rukema Gisonga B. Rukema
British Columbia: Ashley Austin
American Peoples: Lindsey Ward
Asian Pacific Rim Peoples: SH, KJ
Central Asian Peoples: DJ, BS
European Peoples: Bri Brunstetter
Northern African and Middle Eastern Peoples: JB, LD, CG, DO
South Asian Peoples: CB, JD
Sub-Saharan African Peoples: Daren Davis, Hae Kim
Chaplains • Volunteers
State Convention Missionaries
Retired NAMB: Margaret Allen, Michael Brooks, Donald Cartwright
Retired IMB: Rodney Coleman, Jane Martin, BP, Kay Smith, Ben Sustar, Mark Vaughan
March 5
Florida: Dario Acuna
Georgia: Chris Porter
Illinois: Michael Campo
North Carolina: Bereket Mesfun
Texas: Jorge Santillan
Ontario: Justin Yoo
American Peoples: James Perkins
Asian Pacific Rim Peoples: Nathan Crandall, SK, PM, DW
Central Asian Peoples: GM
European Peoples: SP, AR
Northern African and Middle Eastern Peoples: LW
South Asian Peoples: BJ, DW
Sub-Saharan African Peoples: Bryan Bullington, Ginger Goss, RS, Julia Spelter
Chaplains • Volunteers
State Convention Missionaries
Retired NAMB: Jo Garland, Jason Kim, Linda Trambley
Retired IMB: Andy Kennedy, Pat Lewellyn, Loren Robinson
March 6
Arkansas: Torvac Amos
California: Chris Kirish, Walter Lara
Florida: Haroon Yousaf
Missouri: Rodney Rambo
Ohio: Bhakta Gajmer
Pennsylvania: Sean Mathis
Asian Pacific Rim Peoples: MK, CR, JW
Central Asian Peoples: CH
Northern African and Middle Eastern Peoples: WA
South Asian Peoples: BR
Sub-Saharan African Peoples: Jonathan Baker, Mackenzie Lynch, AS
Chaplains • Volunteers
State Convention Missionaries
Retired IMB: Joy Snow, Leona Tarry
March 7
Alabama: Yuji Yasaka
Ohio: Gamaliel Castro Icurima
Pennsylvania: Yogesh Rasaily
Washington: Raoul Crisologo
Ontario: Carrie Byers
American Peoples: Will Becknal, Megan Peebles
Asian Pacific Rim Peoples: Lisa Chung, SM
Central Asian Peoples: EK, JW
European Peoples: Melissa Robinson
Northern African and Middle Eastern Peoples: MG
South Asian Peoples: JH
Global: CJ
Chaplains • Volunteers
State Convention Missionaries
Retired NAMB: Marilynn Kelly, Rebecca Moncrief
Retired IMB: CC, Ellamae Elder, GG, Martha Morgan, Debby Owens, Deborah Royals, Polly Scott
March 8
Colorado: Elizabeth Slack
Ohio: Carlos Arturo Molina Cardona
American Peoples: BC
Asian Pacific Rim Peoples: NH
European Peoples: SC
Northern African and Middle Eastern Peoples: AC, LG, RW
Sub-Saharan African Peoples: GS
Chaplains • Volunteers
State Convention Missionaries
Retired NAMB: Monty McWhorter
Retired IMB: Helen Bond, Cape Caperton, David Glaze, JH, James Jordan, Mark Ledlow, Carol McGriff, Elaine Perrill, Carol Robertson
March 9
Colorado: Vaibhav Kapoor, Matthew Whitt
British Columbia: Seong-ho Lee
Ontario: Brett Porter
Asian Pacific Rim Peoples: BJ
Central Asian Peoples: MM
European Peoples: Steven Cooke, BJ
Northern African and Middle Eastern Peoples: BB, DF
South Asian Peoples: CM
Sub-Saharan African Peoples: Zoey Kim
Chaplains • Volunteers
State Convention Missionaries
Retired NAMB: John Haeger, Roger Hill, Howard Smith
Retired IMB: Brenda Johnson, John Magyar
March 10
Florida: Alejandro Duran, Stanley Sauval
Missouri: Dalton Leslie
New York: Ashley Costello
Virginia: Erin Upton
Ontario: Charlie Harris
Central Asian Peoples: DD, EH
European Peoples: Amy Jones, Samantha Tedder
Northern African and Middle Eastern Peoples: JS, WT
South Asian Peoples: AM
Chaplains • Volunteers
State Convention Missionaries
Retired NAMB: Luana Golinski, Tyrus Salter
Retired IMB: DB, Robin Brown, BD, KF, Steve Jackson, Kitak Kim, Janet McDowell, Marleen Robinson, Laura Shelton, Penny Stamps, Jeanne Walker, Perry Walker
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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.