The NAMB & IMB are the missions arms of the Southern Baptist Convention.  Bethel partners with tens of thousands of other Southern Baptist congregations to send thousands of missionaries around North America & the world through the Cooperative Program.  Due to annual financial gifts through the Annie Armstrong Easter Offering for North American Missions & the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering for International Missions, Southern Baptists are able to effectively fund missionaries on the field so they can focus on sowing & cultivating the Gospel without the distractions of fund raising.