Mike Mann

International Ministries' Coordinator, Volunteers in Global Mission, Angela Sudermann, recently published a memoir entitled, "Running Water, Living Water" about her personal experience as a Christian mission trip leader guiding a team to a small Lahu Village in Thailand. In the book, Sudermann sha » read more

Dear Friends, We're celebrating, that thanks to people like you and the Luther Rice Society (LRS) matching gift fund, 100% of the support we needed to raise was achieved for the fiscal year that just ended on September 30, 2009.  Thank you for giving so generously!!We also sincerely thank you » read more

The travel was bumpy, dusty and long, when I visited rural villages and project areas in Ethiopia. But this was not much different then many of my other trips that I have taken when visiting our Baptist partners in other parts of the world. It seems to be the common denominator in many rur » read more

After a long flight of 12 hours and with 2 stop over in Bangkok and Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, I finally made it to the VII "World Social Forum".I had left Chiang Mai, Thailand at 9:30 PM, January 20th, as an Agricultural Missions delegate representing International Ministries, American Baptist Chur » read more

After the World Social Forum I flew to Addis Ababa to meet up with my colleagues to look at future partnerships with the Addis Kidan Baptist Church.I also took the time to visit some coffee farmers whom I had met 2 years ago, as well as a Kindernothife (German Based Organization) community base » read more