The NAB is overjoyed to announce our newest missionary, Lindsey Gelinas!
Lindsey is currently in the process of gathering financial and prayer supporters to help get her to Japan, where she will serve alongside existing NAB missionaries Yuri Nakano and Nick and Iris Hung. She is estimated to be on the field in 2027.
The youngest of six children, Lindsey was born in Edmonton, Alberta, into a home where church was a constant and she attended with her whole family. Upon her first missions trip to Tijuana, Mexico, she felt God calling her to life-long missionary service overseas. While attending Vanguard College, Lindsey was given many opportunities to go on missions trips, both local and global. She graduated in 2023 with a bachelor’s degree in Theology, with an emphasis on Intercultural Studies.
After graduating, Lindsey spent several months working at the church she grew up in; she is currently serving at Southwest Community Church working with the youth. Seeking to fulfill God’s calling, Lindsey began conversations with the NAB to pursue missions in Japan, which resulted in her attending Fit Assessment this past May.
Lindsey’s desire for the Japanese people is for them to find hope, joy, and love in the Lord Jesus Christ. Her desire for herself is that she would serve God’s Kingdom wherever and however the Lord requires of her.
The registration for Bonfire 2026 is officially open! As of today, you can register for Bonfire, taking place May 5–8, 2026, in Medina, Ohio.
What we call Bonfire has taken on several different iterations over the years. At its core Bonfire was always designed to gather NAB leaders together around a shared purpose – a commitment to our missional/formational journey as the NAB.
Just like a bonfire itself brings people together who may not otherwise interact, these gatherings have morphed and expanded as different NAB groups – Multipliers, Governing Board, Missions Advisory Team, just to name a few – have caught wind of and bought into the shared purpose of mission and formation.
This year, based on much feedback, we are streamlining this event in a way we hope reflects this purpose. “Bonfire” will now be the name we use to refer to the overarching event, the main umbrella under which these various gatherings of NAB leaders meet. There will be two main evening sessions for the entire group, including dinner, fellowship, worship, and a unified speaker. During the days, each attendee will join their specific group gathering, or Ministry Track – Multipliers Summit, MAT, Missional Initiatives alum, etc. – to engage with each other.
It is our hope that Bonfire 2026 will serve you, equip you, and encourage you in ways both specific to your individual group but also in broad ways as a vital member of our conference of churches.
This past spring, Calvary Baptist Church in Easton, Pennsylvania, held a celebration service for Table of Life Church, a new church plant led by Calvary’s former student and teaching pastor, Zach McAlack. Even though Table of Life is still in its infancy, everyone at that service heard stories of new life in Christ and transformation.
Yet, these stories would not have been possible without the support of the North American Baptist Conference. When you give to the NAB’s Ministry Resource Fund, you are, in part, helping to provide the necessary resources that allow new churches like Table of Life to exist. Your gifts support trainings, Fit Assessments, and resources that all serve new church plants and churches birthing new congregations.
Out of the birth of a new church, new life in Christ is blossoming. As Pastor Paul Wilson at Calvary said, “Anytime a birth happens, it’s a miracle.”
Would you support efforts to birth new churches and new life in Christ by supporting the Ministry Resource Fund? Your donation of $50, $100, or more will, in part, help support churches as they send out leaders to birth new communities of faith.
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As we near the end of the year, here are a few factors to keep in mind as you consider donating to the NAB in this tax year to make sure we are able to give you a tax receipt for calendar year 2025:
- In order to donate stock prior to the end of the year, notification must be received at the NAB’s Roseville, California, office no later than December 9, 2025.
- Electronic Fund Transfer (EFT) forms must be received at the NAB’s Roseville, California, office no later than December 15, 2025.
- If you are sending a check, please make sure it is dated no later than December 31, 2025, and the envelope is postmarked no later than December 31, 2025.
- Online credit card transactions must be charged and processed no later than December 31, 2025.
Please note the NAB International Office is closed beginning at 4:00 p.m. (Pacific) on Tuesday, December 23, 2025, and reopens at 7:00 a.m. (Pacific) on Friday, January 2, 2026.