Faith

God remains faithful through IMB missionaries in Italy

IMB News (SBC)·Oct 22, 2026 · 11:06 AM CT
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The International Mission Board profiles Jason and Lizzy Davis, Southern Baptist missionaries in Rome.

Visitors to the city's Holy Steps climb on their knees praying the rosary beneath a mural of Jesus on the cross. For the Davises, it pictures a religion that asks people to earn their way to Jesus. "That's really the opposite of what the gospel is," they said.

Most Romans have at least a cultural connection to Catholicism in what Jason called the heart of Catholicism, and the couple shared how God has remained faithful as they share the gospel there.

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