Our Church Goal: $14,000

Received to Date: Just over $10,600

Well over 100 years ago, a single missionary named Lottie Moon, while serving in China, began writing letters challenging the American church to send and support more workers to go there. After her death on the field, her challenge was heeded in the formalization of an offering in her name. Even if you’re not a Southern Baptist who has given to the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering, her life is a reminder of why we must give to send and support missionaries serving among unreached peoples in unreached places. 

         One Missionary Story: Keeping the Well from Running Dry At the end of a beaten-up road in Tanzania, a small hospital occasionally gets as full as it can get, and then runs on empty. In the past, it’s had moments where sick children slept two or three to a bed. It’s had moments where anesthetic drugs for C-sections and suture materials for surgery have run out. But the situation has never stayed that way for long, reported Larry Pepper, an IMB doctor. Over and over, churches have stepped up to cover the hospital’s needs, all the way from wheelchairs to building a new pediatric wing. “Churches of all sized have helped,” Larry said. “And because they have, we have seen God work to spread the gospel in amazing ways.” Over the past 22 years, churches have supported the Peppers’ work through the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering®, the funding source that keeps them on the field. They have provided equipment, and they have met the hospital’s daily needs. “We’re just two people,” Larry said. “But we find that when other people get a passion to come alongside us, God uses it to further His kingdom.” 

We encourage you to give your best gift to Jesus through the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering.