The Southern Baptist Convention's North American Mission Board named 128 new missionaries and chaplains during a Feb. 25 service in Albuquerque, N.M. It was the second-largest missionary commissioning in NAMB history.
During the service, which also was sponsored by Hoffmantown Church and the Baptist Convention of New Mexico, 116 missionaries and 12 SBC-endorsed chaplains introduced themselves following a processional featuring flags from each country, state and territory
The missionaries and chaplains represented 66 ministry locations in 29 states and one Canadian province.
Roy Fish, the NAMB's interim president, delivered the commissioning sermon.
Using “Advancing the Kingdom” as his theme, Fish told the missionaries, chaplains and about 2,000 Hoffmantown members they can best advance the Kingdom through a renewal of desperate passion for the lost.