Explore these resources to learn more about the IMB's history. In these resources, you will find an interactive map journal, a 175-year timeline, and a podcast covering topics in missions history.

Journey to the Orient

The "Journey to the Orient" is an interactive map journal about the third Foreign Mission Board (now IMB) executive leader's tour of the mission stations around the world. Robert J. Willingham served as Corresponding/Executive Secretary from 1893–1914.

175th Timeline

An interactive timeline from 1845 to 2020 presents milestones in IMB history and major world events as well as profiles of Southern Baptist missionaries and their efforts to spread the gospel to all peoples.

Missions History Podcast

The Missions History Podcast (MHP) explores international missions history through interviews with missionaries, mission historians, and others.  Remembering the past to inspire the future.