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5,200 North American Mission Board missionaries throughout the United States and Canada and the life and work of Annie Walker Armstrong (1850-1938) are honored when we give to the annual offering for home missions named after her. When people give to the offering, 100 percent of their gift will be transformed into missionary salaries and ministry supplies. Those missionaries and supplies will help others hear the message of Christ and respond in faith to His salvation.
As a tireless servant of God and a contagious advocate and supporter of mission efforts throughout the world, Annie Armstrong led women to unite in mission endeavors that ultimately led to the formation of Womans Missionary Union, for which she served as the first corresponding secretary. Annie believed in Christ with all her heart, but it was her hands that expressed that belief in tangible ways. She spent a great amount of time typing and handwriting letters in support of missions. Many of these letters were quite lengthy and all were filled with conviction that more could and should be done in our mission efforts. In 1893 alone, she wrote almost 18,000 letters! Annie rallied churches to give more, pray more, and do more for reaching people for Christ. She also never hesitated to use her hands to reach out to hug a child or distribute food and clothing and the Word of God to those in need. Her hands held her own Bible as she studied to know how best to share Gods love with others. And, most important, Annie was a woman of prayer, folding her hands in prayer to intercede for the missionaries and for those they were helping discover Christ (anniearmstrong.com).
If you are interested in helping reach the lost in your 'Jerusalem and Judea and Samaria' please consider giving to your local SBCV Annie Armstrong Easter Offering on or around Easter Sunday. Or if you are interested in supporting national missionaries now, donate online through the website by clicking here!
(Information and graphic courtesy of http://www.sbcv.org/offerings/)
This type of giving is called hyper tithing; it should come
from above your normal tithe which is designated for God's use.
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