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BAPTIST INTERNATIONAL MISSIONS,
INC., was founded in 1960 as an independent
Baptist faith mission. BIMI is a fundamental
mission agency, true to the Word of God in
doctrine and method. The purpose of BIMI
is to assist fundamental Baptist churches in
fulfilling our Lord’s command to evangelize
the world with the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

Our objectives are to establish indigenous
Baptist churches and train national pastors and
leaders. There are over 800 missionaries with
BIMI working in 100 fields of the world.

OFFICERS/BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Mike Norris, Chairman; Robert Wall, Vice
Chairman; David Snyder, President; J.B.

Godfrey, Vice President; James Butler,
Corporate Secretary; Michael Edwards,
Treasurer; Joel Bixler, Paul Chappell, Michael
Creed, Nathan Deatrick, Dale Freeman,
David Gamble, John Godfrey Jr., John
Godfrey Sr., C.O. Grinstead, John Herdman,
Rodney Kelley, Tad Marshall, Dean Miller,
David Mims, David Pittman, James Ray, Don
Sisk, Rusty Smith, Tom Wallace
ADMINISTRATION/FIELD DIRECTORS
David Snyder, General Director; JB Godfrey,
Executive Director; James Butler, International
Office Director; Doug Cunningham,
Comptroller; Bryan Baggett, Military; Jeff
Bassett, Enrichment; Eric Bohman, Africa;
Alan Brooks, Assistant Southeast Asia; Tony
Bulawa, Far North; Dan DeLong, Candidate,
Deputation; Bob Green, Aviation; David
Harris, Far East; Ed Hembree, Europe; Terry
Jones, Central America; Robert Larson, USA;
Jim Lilley, Estate Planning, Sean Lunday, South
America; Steven Maldoff, Southeast Asia;
Jason Ritchie, CAMP BIMI; Gary Sprunger,
Caribbean; Carl Vonnoh, CLAIM
REPRESENTATIVES Gailen Abbett, Jeff Alverson, Bob Green, Mark
Logan, James Ray
STAFF Ken Catoe, Printing Services; Kevin Wnuk,
Computer Services
BIMI World
David Snyder, Executive Editor; Ken Catoe,
Editor; Jonathan Bergen, Designer; Field
Editors: Eric Bohman, Africa; Alan Brooks,
Southeast Asia; Tony Bulawa, Far North;
David Harris, Far East; Bryan Baggett,
Military; Ed Johnson, Brazil; Robert Larson,
USA; Mark Lockhart, Central America;
Gary Sprunger, Caribbean; Donald Thatcher,
Europe; Clint Vernoy, South America
Official Publication of
Baptist International Missions, Inc.

All Scripture quotations are from the KJV.

Mailing Address:
PO Box 9 - Harrison, TN 37341
Shipping Address:
8614 Harrison Bay Road - Harrison, TN
37341 Phone: (423) 344-5050 / Fax: (423) 344-4774
Info@bimi.org / www.bimi.org
BIMI Canada:
100 Ridgewood Ave. - Guelph, ON N1H 6C5
519-265-1950 strength: seek his face evermore (Psalm 105:4). We are not
only to seek the Lord and His strength but also to seek His
face. This emphasizes the need to actively pursue a closer and
deeper relationship with the God of the impossible. Before
we can ever “expect great things from God” or “attempt
great things for God” (William Carey), we must have a close
relationship with God (cf., Mark
The degree
9:14–29). The degree of what
we accomplish by the power of
of what we
God is rooted in the depth of
accomplish by
our relationship with the person
of God.

the power of
As we increase in our knowledge
God is rooted in
of God and deepen our
relationship with Him, we
the depth of our
understand more fully that He
relationship with
expects obedient faith from His
children. Thus, we must strive the person of God.

to achieve the impossible.

Obviously, God is able to do the work of missions by Himself.

As I mentioned earlier, God is omnipotent. However, He
has chosen to use human beings to accomplish His will.

Believing that God is going to do a work without human
instrumentality goes against the teachings and examples
found throughout Scripture. It is not that God cannot act
independently of man, for He has done so on many occasions.

However, in accomplishing His will on earth, God has chosen
to work through mankind. We must pray as if everything
depends upon God (because it does) while we work as if
everything depends on us (because God has privileged us
with that responsibility). If God were going to do the work of
missions by Himself, He would not have commanded us to
Go (Matthew 28:19; Mark 16:15; John 15:16).

We can indeed Achieve the Impossible but only Because God
Can! While it must be emphasized that it is our obligation
to obey the Great Commission, it must also be remembered
that we are completely incapable of doing so—in our own
strength. It is wonderful to know that God Can! But even
beyond the fact that God can do it, God wants to do it. This is
true not only because God desires to bless and use those who
want to achieve the impossible but also because He deeply
desires to save those who are lost. It is an inspiring thought
that the Lord is not willing that any should perish, but that all
should come to repentance (2 Peter 3:9). It is an impelling
thought that He has commissioned us to go into all the
world, and preach the Gospel to every creature (Mark 16:15).

Additionally, it is an invigorating thought that although
we cannot fulfill the Great Commission in our own strength,
with God all things are possible (Mark 10:27). W
Number 2, 2023
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