Baptist Press reports that the partnership began January 1, 2026, linking the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board with Bible Seminary Bonn, the International Mission Board, and Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. Work includes a church-planting institute and ministry among Ukrainian refugees.
The seminary reports 180 full-time students, 500 part-time students, and more than 1,500 alumni. Its president says ethnic German returnees have planted more than 1,000 Bible-believing churches in Germany over the past 50 years.
The enrollment and church totals are institution- and leader-reported and have not been independently audited. The long time span and broad 'Bible-believing' label mean the church figure should not be read as a current annual planting rate.