North American Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention

Organization's name: North American Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention
Organization's acronym: NAMB
Former Name(s): Home Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention
Headquarters address  
Address: 4200 North Point Parkway
Alpharetta, GA 30022-4176

United States of America
Phone: 001-770-410-6000
Fax: 001-770-410-6114
Email: kwelborn@namb.net
Web site: www.namb.net
Organization type: Non-governmental organization
Languages:
  • English

Activities

Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:
Economic and Social:
  • Children
  • Culture
  • Education
  • Family
  • Human Rights
  • Humanitarian Affairs
  • Religion
  • Values
Geographic scope: International
Country of activity:
  • United States of America
Mission statement:
Year established (YYYY): 1865
Year of registration (YYYY): 1972
Organizational structure: The executive director of Christian Ministries to the United Nations reports to the executive team of the North American Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention in Alpharetta, Georgia, USA; who in turn is under the authority of the agency's Board of Trustees.
Number and type of members: There are some 16 million members in some 43,000 churches in the United States and Canada.
Funding structure:
  • Donations and grants from domestic sources

Additional Information

Social Development

Affiliation with other organizations: We partner, occasionally, with other NGOs in various events and activities for the UN ambassadors, including the annual International Prayer Breakfast, which is held in the UN each September.
Purpose of the organization: It is the purpose of thios organization to promote networks of friendship, mutual cooperation and understanding within the international foreign service community, and among the nations of the world, in the love and spirit of Jesus.
Confirmation of the activities of the organization at the regional, national or international level: The organization keeps the 16 million members of the Southern Baptist Convention apprised of various activities and issues of the UN, via periodic public speaking engagements. We work locally (New York City) with ambassadors and diplomats for the purpose described above. We work international with leaders of national governments for the same purposes.
Description of the membership of the organization, indicating the total number of members: The North American Mission Board is comprised of some 5300 employees from a wide variety of ethnicities and nationalities. The 16 million members of the Southern Baptist Convention also reflect a wide variety of ethnicities and nationalities.