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.
January 13
California: Troy Lanning
Florida: Jerald Smith
Georgia: Kinslee Medlin
Louisiana: Russell Caldwell
North Carolina: Guy Evens Paul
American Peoples: Colin Stallcup
Asian Pacific Rim Peoples: WF
Central Asian Peoples: AJ
European Peoples: Eric Coale
Northern African and Middle Eastern Peoples: KS, HT
South Asian Peoples: KS
Sub-Saharan African Peoples: PL
Chaplains • Volunteers
State Convention Missionaries
Retired NAMB: Veryl Henderson
Retired IMB: Rusty Alums, Jim Brooks, Mack Burriss, Dot Dobson, Mary Alice Dolifka, Ann Espy, Larry Ewing, Garey Scott, David Sechrist
January 14
California: Milad Samaan
Colorado: Jacy Clark
Texas: Carolyn Gallman
Virginia: William Cativo
American Peoples: Jacob Scott
Asian Pacific Rim Peoples: Randall Jordan, SM
Central Asian Peoples: SA
Northern African and Middle Eastern Peoples: JN, YS
South Asian Peoples: HT
Sub-Saharan African Peoples: MW
Chaplains • Volunteers
State Convention Missionaries
Retired NAMB: Larry Thomas
Retired IMB: Stanley Clark, Deanna Ledlow, Jim Rice
January 15
California: Jose Calderon
Utah: Paul Campbell
Virginia: Jose Aguilera Mejias, Manuel Rodriguez
Asian Pacific Rim Peoples: WJ, IL
Central Asian Peoples: RB, MC
European Peoples: April Brown, Chuck Franks
Sub-Saharan African Peoples: Liana Montanher, LO, Kayla Searson
Chaplains • Volunteers
State Convention Missionaries
Retired NAMB: Morgan Medford, Lillie Neal, Doris Reynolds
Retired IMB: Young-Ja Chon, RM, John Perkins, Kathy Proctor, Sharon Renard, Brenda Smith, Janet Williams
January 16
Arizona: Tyler Trusley
California: David Crawford
Illinois: Jonathan Briceno
Louisiana: Kenneth Schroeder
Nebraska: Arturo Mejia
Texas: Andres Albarracin, Hong Ju Zhang
British Columbia: Gabriel Chaw
Asian Pacific Rim Peoples: PC, JK, JL, DP
Central Asian Peoples: KF
Northern African and Middle Eastern Peoples: LM, AP, IS
Sub-Saharan African Peoples: JO, Alyssa Peveto
Chaplains • Volunteers
State Convention Missionaries
Retired NAMB: David Snyder
Retired IMB: Charles Browning, Rick Jenkins, Ilga Melo, Darrell Musick, HP, Hebert Palomino, EW
January 17
Georgia: Daniel Brooker
Massachusetts: David Sears
American Peoples: AE, CM
Asian Pacific Rim Peoples: Nickolas Scott
Central Asian Peoples: WK
Northern African and Middle Eastern Peoples: CD, DK, JM
Chaplains • Volunteers
State Convention Missionaries
Retired NAMB: Roemelle Holloway, Robert Rodriguez
Retired IMB: Peggy Cummins, Henry Dueck, Young Han, Sun Bok Kim, Blane Mays
January 18
Alaska: Austin Hill
California: Irwuin Jacinto
Indiana: Benjamin Ravinovich
North Carolina: Haley King
Oregon: Solomon Rexius
British Columbia: Hyoseon Kim
American Peoples: Olivia Schultz
Asian Pacific Rim Peoples: AS, GS, BY
Central Asian Peoples: DG, KN, DV
European Peoples: Amelia Brenes, Abigail Freemyer
Northern African and Middle Eastern Peoples: DH, CP, RP
South Asian Peoples: AE, SF
Sub-Saharan African Peoples: Misti Shelton
Chaplains • Volunteers
State Convention Missionaries
Retired NAMB: Mary Branson, Charles McClung
Retired IMB: Nancy Dickard, Wilma Mann, Sam Waldron
January 19
Florida: Benjamin Cash, Kole Thomas
Maryland: Nathan Crew
Missouri: Daniel Neighbors
Ohio: James Barrett, Abraham Diyali
Virginia: Keaton Daniel
Ontario: Benito Anog Jr.
Asian Pacific Rim Peoples: MP, SW
Northern African and Middle Eastern Peoples: RB, MD, RG
Sub-Saharan African Peoples: Monica Stauffer
Chaplains • Volunteers
State Convention Missionaries
Retired IMB: Ron Brown, Lucy Driggers, JN, Barry Robinson
January 20
Florida: Jesus Ramos
Oklahoma: Jesse Brewster
Texas: Daniel Hay
American Peoples: Jaime Pagan, Carrie Walburn
Asian Pacific Rim Peoples: Stephanie Crandall, Eric Kuykendall
Central Asian Peoples: ST
European Peoples: MA, Rob Darnell, DJ
Northern African and Middle Eastern Peoples: ZM, DS, CU
South Asian Peoples: TB
Sub-Saharan African Peoples: Katie Nalls, Christopher Schilt
Chaplains • Volunteers
State Convention Missionaries
Retired IMB: Siu-Mui Chang, Donald Duvall, Gregory Gayle, Elena Key, LM, JP, David Sorley, Larry Taylor
January 21
Florida: Noel Morera
Texas: Bichitrananda Satpathy
Asian Pacific Rim Peoples: LA, JH, Hae Kyung Jones
Central Asian Peoples: OH, TS
European Peoples: Josh Carpenter, Michelle Harrison, Jordan Kutch, Jensen Winter
Chaplains • Volunteers
State Convention Missionaries
Retired NAMB: Joseph Tillery, Harry Watson
Retired IMB: Hazel Barron, Barbara Clower, Donald Highfill, Janna Kay Holiday, RM, Arnold Pessoa, Jenny Roberts
January 22
California: Sarah Simmons
Colorado: Eshetu Sima
American Peoples: Kelli Frealy
Central Asian Peoples: SI, MT
European Peoples: Joan Bell, Joshua Brown, HG, AS
Northern African and Middle Eastern Peoples: SD, EH
Chaplains • Volunteers
State Convention Missionaries
Retired NAMB: Michael Durbin, Robert Lewis, Angelo Pearson, Jacqueline Pirkle
Retired IMB: JD, Jody Fleming, Chuck Johnson, Pam Johnson, Kathy Savage
January 23
Colorado: Matthew Allan
Florida: Cliff McCray Jr., Elaine Newcomb, Stanley Patton
Georgia: Edwin Pino
Kentucky: Stacey Burton
Nevada: Russell Irwin
New York: Noel Gallardo
North Carolina: David Turbeville
Pennsylvania: Suhail Peter
Wyoming: Michael Brennan
American Peoples: Heddy Kim, Lisa Taylor
Asian Pacific Rim Peoples: Douglas Derbyshire, DM
Central Asian Peoples: MB, KH, DS
European Peoples: James Hinton, Mick Stockwell, Glenn Watson, Shannon Worthy
Northern African and Middle Eastern Peoples: SS
South Asian Peoples: DH
Global: LB
Chaplains • Volunteers
State Convention Missionaries
Retired NAMB: Betty Deadwyler, Mark Fowler, Vernia Horne, Kenneth Rains, Ann Rivera
Retired IMB: BB, Ruby Fleet, KG, JH, Mary Monroe, Glen Moore, Jeffrey Polglase, Shirin Terry, Bill Wagner
January 24
California: Jerome Brown
Georgia: Steven Johnson
Illinois: Izabela Kacalek
North Carolina: Manuel Urieta
Quebec: Gimarley Magic Kambi Shukurani
American Peoples: Andrew Hawthorne
Asian Pacific Rim Peoples: EH, MM
Central Asian Peoples: MM, CS
European Peoples: HS
Northern African and Middle Eastern Peoples: JP
South Asian Peoples: RL
Chaplains • Volunteers
State Convention Missionaries
Retired NAMB: Margaret Patterson
Retired IMB: Barbara Crider, Gloria Fern, Gene Huckaby, Edith Jenkins, Betty McKinley, Joyce Nicholson
January 25
California: Hailey Bruce
Florida: Jeffrey Ray
Georgia: Perry Key
Illinois: David Baker
Louisiana: Allen Randle
North Carolina: Cameron Dobbins
Oklahoma: Kevin Moss
Pennsylvania: Scott Underhill
Vermont: Daniel Houghton
Ontario: Daniel Peterson
American Peoples: Charlotte Whitley
Asian Pacific Rim Peoples: DA, SC, Yong Cho, JD
South Asian Peoples: RM
Sub-Saharan African Peoples: Roger Eaton
Chaplains • Volunteers
State Convention Missionaries
Retired NAMB: Robert Bass, Phillip Lee, Glenda Reynolds, Shirley Thompson, W. Waters
Retired IMB: Kay Brown, Rodolph Dixon, Amy Johnson, HL, PL, Jerry McFerron, Sherrie Meilstrup, Will Roberts, BS, Susan Smith
January 26
Georgia: Jason Dees
North Carolina: Javier Herrera Cervantes
Asian Pacific Rim Peoples: ER
Central Asian Peoples: CK
European Peoples: Kimberly Burns, Emily Ely, Ally Sharp
Northern African and Middle Eastern Peoples: KH
Sub-Saharan African Peoples: Eric Lockhart
Global: JL
Chaplains • Volunteers
State Convention Missionaries
Retired NAMB: Lori Bailey, Dewey Hickey, Dora Moss
Retired IMB: Brenda Burch, Nancy Coker, Bryan Galloway, Lisa Levdahl
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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.