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Giving
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| The Lottie Moon Christmas Offering supports missionaries like Troy Lewis, who ministers to those in Zambia dying of AIDS. |
11 top-notch reasons to give
to the Lottie Moon offering
Many things simply wouldnt happen without Southern Baptists generous giving to the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering®. For example, Troy Lewis wouldnt be able to minister to AIDS patients in Zambia. Read more.
Church sets ambitious goal for missions offering
John Newland recognizes his church cant single-handedly send missionaries overseas, but he believes God will bless its step of faithcollecting its largest-ever Lottie Moon offering for international missions. Find out why First Baptist Church, Grayson, Ky., which averages about 200 in attendance each Sunday, has steadily increased its giving to the annual offering.
Register your churchs offering goal.
Quotable:
doing much more than persevering
Baptists have been in Ukraine for 150 years. Theyve been suppressed, threatened, impoverished and imprisoned. But through it all, theyve persevered. However, with the collapse of the former Soviet Union and the establishment of an independent Ukrainian state, Baptists in Kiev are now doing much more than perseveringthey are aggressively starting new churches. Made possible by your gifts to the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering, the Kiev Team of the International Mission Board is helping Ukrainian Baptists to plant 25 new churches in Kiev during the next two years.Sam Taylor, IMB strategy coordinator in Kiev, Ukraine
Read new thank you notes from your missionaries.
Where would you rather put your bucks?
The highest paid player in the NFL makes $20.6 million a year. Would you be willing to give as much to support missionaries as you might spend to take a family of four to an NFL football game? Read more.
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International Missions Emphasis 2003
That all peoples may know Him
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| At a mosque in Calcutta, India, IMB president Jerry Rankin talks with a Muslim man following noon prayers. Many people around the world havent rejected the gospel, says Rankin. They just have never heard. |
What Jerry Rankin wants every pastor to know
God doesnt need Southern Baptists, says IMB president Jerry Rankin. But Hes chosen to use us to reach a lost world. Learn more about what Gods doing, where Southern Baptists still fall short and how your church can get involved.
Quotables for your IME
Lost people will continue to have no access to the gospel, even though there are workers ready to go to them, because we do not have the money to send them. IMB regional leader for Central Asia
Looking for quotes like this one to strengthen your sermon, post on a bulletin board, use in PowerPoint announcements or print in your church newsletter? On the International Missions Emphasis Web sitehttp://ime.imb.orgyoull find quotes from missionaries, Lottie Moon, missions volunteers, pastors, IMB leaders and more.
Quotations address the following topics:
That all peoples may know Him
Funding challenge
Why I give
Your gift made a difference
Lottie Moon herself
China
Prayer
Back to school: Glossary of missions terms
You thought your glossary days were over when you finished your last college science course, right? Well, the world of missions can seem as complicated as microbiology. If you need a glossary to help you figure it out, youve come to the right place.
The international missions glossary will help you understand:
House churches
Last Frontier people groups
Chronological Bible storying
And much more!
Use the glossary to:
Challenge a Sunday School class
Increase your own missions understanding
Educate your children
Countdown for leaders
Present childrens sermon and missions sermon.
Receive Lottie Moon Christmas Offering.
Teach IMB funding basics with More Important Than Ever PowerPoint. Use Funding International Missions chart to illustrate
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Still Christmas shopping?
If youre still looking for Christmas gifts, we may have the answer for Sunday School teachers, missions leaders, young people and others in your church. Order them a flip-style calendar they can use year after year to learn about China and its people and pray daily that they will come to know Christ.
Learn more.
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