Lottie Moon Offering

Lottie Moon Christmas Offering

Lottie Moon was sent as a Southern Baptist missionary to China from 1873 to 1912. She saw firsthand the world’s greatest problem — LOSTNESS. Meeting so many people who had never heard the gospel compelled her to write letters to American churches describing the need for a greater missionary presence. She pleaded for increased prayer and financial support to send and sustain more missionaries. This challenge became known as the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering®. Starting in 1888, the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering® was established to empower the international missions efforts for Southern Baptists. After more than a century, the annual offering continues its steady growth.  Your giving enables missionaries to be sent to make disciples and multiply churches among unreached peoples and places for the glory of God. (Source: International Mission Board – www.imb.org)

Why Give?

Simply put, your giving enables missionaries to be sent to multiply churches among unreached peoples and places for the glory of God.

What Does It Cost to Support a Missionary?:

The average salary for a single missionary is:

  • $51,400 a year (average as of February 2015)
  • $4,283 a month
  • $988 a week
  • $141 a day

Because You Gave:

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Your Giving Sends Missionaries:

Gifts to the Lottie Moon offering provide 58 percent of IMB’s total budget, while the Cooperative Program provides 31 percent.

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