The International Mission Board (or IMB) is a missionary sending agency affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention which opperates in virtually every nation except the United States and Canada (these nations are serviced by the SBC's North American Mission Board). The IMB recieves most of its funding through the Cooperative Program and the annual Lottie Moon Christmas Offering taken up in Southern Baptist congregations. The Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) is a United States-based cooperative ministry agency serving Baptist churches around the world. ... The North American Mission Board (NAMB) was founded in 1997 out of the roots of the Home Mission Board. ... Cooperative education is a structured method of combining academic education with practical work experience. ... Lottie Moon Lottie Moon (1840-1912) was a missionary to China who spent 40 years helping the Chinese - weighing only 50 lbs at her death having given away all she had to aid the starving Chinese. ...