Lottie Moon Christmas Offering Encourages International Missions
The Lottie Moon Christmas Offering, however, will collect funds to support the more than 5,200 missionaries who are spreading the gospel around the world.
Thousands of people will be tossing their coins in little red kettles and making contributions by the click of a button over the internet to help the poor communities this Christmas. The Lottie Moon Christmas Offering, however, will collect funds to support the more than 5,200 missionaries who are spreading the gospel around the world.
Named after Charlotte Diggs Moon, legendary missionary to China in the 19th century, the offering has grown from a $3,000 start to a $150-million-goal partnership between Southern Baptists and missionaries across the globe.
Moon contained a passion for overseas mission and an urgent desire to spread the news of Jesus Christ to all of China. Her mission, however, called for a greater need of personnel and monetary support. The first national offering was collected in 1888 when the Women's Missionary Union raised $3,315.26 which allowed for three women to be dispatched to help Moon in China.
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Moon served as a missionary in China until 1912.
Continuing her legacy, thousands of missionaries are currently working among 1,250 people groups through the donations of Southern Baptists.
Just as Moon wrote letters to gather support for her missionary needs, the International Mission Board has sent out guides and other resources to encourage giving to the 2005 Lottie Moon Christmas Offering.
Collected funds are directed toward the growth of churches and the spread of the gospel, enabling international missionaries to become the hands and feet of Jesus.
To donate to the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering, visit www.imb.org.
