Send North America

It's an hour drive from the U.S. border, and yet its official language is French. It has hundreds of churches, but only a handful of believers. This is Montreal, a city of extremes.

She was a singer without a reason to sing. But that was before Christine wandered into a Southern Baptist church plant in Montreal – and found what she'd always wanted.

San Francisco is famous for many things. It is not famous for its churches. But there is a small group of Southern Baptist church planters who are trying to change that. In this video, see how you can be a part of what God is doing to influence one of the most influential cities in the world.

Starting something from nothing can take everything from you. Follow Southern Baptist church planter Chaz Churchwell through early-Sunday morning San Diego and see what it takes to build a church. Learn more about church planting in San Diego at www.namb.net/sandiego.

Want to plant a church in San Diego? Great. Need to get a second job to support your family? All right. Want to get a secular job that pays you to just make friends all day with lost people? Perfect. That's what happened to Southern Baptist church planter Ray Owens.

People who live there call it "America's Finest City". But it is also one of North America's most unchurched cities. In this video, meet the church planters who are trying to change that.

In the heart of America, Southern Baptist church planter David Choi sees something he thought he'd never see: people who've never heard of Jesus. Now almost every week, someone who's never heard the gospel before hears it for the first time at his new church plant in Chicago.

In a city where 8.7 million people speak more than 100 languages, you can find most anything; anything, that is, except a lot of evangelical churches. Southern Baptist church planters in Chicago are trying to change that. In this video, see how you can help them bring the gospel to one of the most unchurched cities in North America.

He was raised by him, influenced by him, and now Patrick Coats is following in his grandfather's famous footsteps. Patrick is planting a church in Miami, and his well-known grandfather has a lot to with that.

John Voltaire chose to walk away from a secure, high-paying job and become a church planter in Miami—and it's the best decision he ever made. This video tells why.

It’s a new day in the Northeast. Responding to the overwhelming need for more Southern Baptist churches and church planting missionaries in the region, the North American Mission Board is partnering with the state conventions of the area to help refocus their energies and resources to increase the capacity for church planting in the underserved states of the Northeast.

Just because there are church buildings everywhere, that doesn't mean there are churches everywhere. Southern Baptist church planter Noah Oldham sees empty, abandoned churches all over St. Louis and he and the people in his church plant are working to change that.

There are nine Send North America cities in the West Region. Hear from West Region vice president Steve Bass how these strategic urban areas will help focus the work of church planting and evangelism in the region.

In this video Steve Davis, North American Mission Board regional vice president of the Midwest, shares with Southern Baptists how they can get involved in penetrating lostness in Midwest Send North America cities.

"If there is a God, why would he put me through this?" That was the question Sherdain Carter asked when she was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. In this video, see how Josh Wyatt and the Southern Baptist church he planted in Sherdain's Boston neighborhood helped her find the answer.

The need for churches is great in the Northeast and the North American Mission Board wants to help potential church planters respond to the call to reach the region for Christ. Together with those already working in the cities, NAMB is working to identify the parts of each Send City in the Northeast that desperately need churches. Listen in as NAMB president Kevin Ezell and Jeff Christopherson, regional vice president for the Northeast, explain how you can get involved.

West Region vice president Steve Bass shares with North American Mission Board president Kevin Ezell how resourcing in the 11 state conventions in the West is shifting toward church planting. As many as eight conventions will see increases in church plants this year.

 Canada’s three major metropolitan areas Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver, are among the least reached in North America. But Southern Baptists and the Canadian National Baptist Convention are seeing a movement of God through the work of churches and church planters throughout the country. Jeff Christopherson provides us a glimpse into the work happening in Canada’s Send North America cities.

What happens in Vegas no longer stays in Vegas. In this video, see the Las Vegas few people ever see. See how churches are planted and lives are changed. And see how a place that some people call "Sin City" can become a place Southern Baptists call a Send city. Learn more at namb.net/lasvegas 

Southern Baptists have had an incredible year in the Midwest. Many state conventions in the region are on pace to double their number of church plants this year. In this video Steve Davis, the North American Mission Board’s regional vice president of the Midwest, invites Southern Baptists to build a relationship with planters and cities in the region.