Missions Offerings Are Growing
As I keep tabs on the amounts given for our missions offerings, I also enjoy stories from churches about what has happened in their church in response to the offerings. In the Central Baptist Association newsletter, Bro. Jim Heneisen, interim pastor, Unity Baptist Church shared this report about their Lottie Moon Christmas Offering:"The recession has hit our little church as it has others. Several have lost their job and yet another will this coming year. In spite of this we dared to set a goal higher than ever before for International Missions: $600.00. Not so high compared to other churches, but high for Unity. Soon as the the church set this goal, I discovered that it takes $787.15 to support a Foreign Missionary for a week. I challenged our folks to reset the goal to that figure. This past Sunday we announced the results of our sacrificial giving: $1,315.00! Unreal. Fantastic. I often tell them: 'You don't have to be big to be good.' Unity Baptist Church may be very small but they are a church with a very big heart. I am proud to be able to help them."
Thanks Bro. Jim for sharing this story of sacrificial giving. Thanks to everyone at Unity Baptist for giving to support the spread of the gospel around the world.
The largest Lottie Moon Christmas Offering amount from Kentucky was given in 2007-08 - $4,435,031.69. Last year (2008-09), we gave $4,420,420.28. As of February 3, our LMCO total is $3,658,491.86. We are well on our way to exceeding the largest amount ever given for international missions from Kentucky! (Note: Our fiscal year for KBC is September 1 - August 31, and we also track all missions offerings and the Cooperative Program for the same time frame.)
Another special note: The 2009-10 Eliza Broadus Offering has exceeded the goal of $1,100,000.00!! As of Feb. 3, the total given is $1,149,380.74, making this the largest Eliza Broadus Offering ever!
Thank you Kentucky Baptists for your faithful giving.
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posted by: Joy Bolton on February 4th, 2010