December is the time of year we get to fully participate in the Lottie Moon International Mission Offering. This offering is a monetary collection that specifically supports the International Mission Board, which is charged by the SBC to support and send pastors and missionaries to countries around the world.
JPBC’s goal is to raise $5,500 for the Lottie Moon International Mission Offering. You’ll receive special envelopes before the service from one of the WMU women, or you can designate your giving to “Lottie Moon”.
Lottie Moon (Charlotte Digges “Lottie” Moon) was a Southern Baptist missionary to China with the Foreign Mission Board who spent nearly forty years (1873–1912) living and working in China. As a teacher and evangelist she laid a foundation for traditionally solid support for missions among Baptists in America. Moon was born in Albermarle County, and in December 1858, she dedicated her life to Christ and was baptized at First Baptist Church of Charlottesville, Va.
Lottie served 39 years as a missionary, mostly in China’s Shantung province. She taught in a girls’ school and often made trips into China’s interior to share the good news with women and girls.
Lottie frequently wrote letters to the United States, detailing Chinese culture, missionary life and the great physical and spiritual needs of the Chinese people. Additionally, she challenged Southern Baptists to go to China or give so that others could go. By 1888, Southern Baptist women had organized and helped collect $3,315 to send workers needed in China.
If you have any questions about the Lottie Moon International Mission Offering, please contact on the of the women in WMU or the pastor and deacons.