New Prospect, we got a letter in the mail today from the International Mission Board of the SBC. According to their calculations, the average member of our church family gave $54.30 to the Lottie Moon (LM) Christmas offering last year. To put that in perspective, we're in the top 4% for missions giving! Out of 45,000 SBC churches, only 1,867 gave as much as we did last year. That's incredible for a couple of reasons.
1) God is at work among us! Generosity is an evidence of grace, which means God the Holy Spirit is doing things in our hearts.
2) People are hearing the Gospel! Through our LM giving, people from every tribe, tongue & nation have access to the good news. Let all the peoples praise Him!
3) People are being sent! How will they hear unless someone tells them? The LM offering is the primary means of supporting thousands of SBC missionaries.
4) We're positioning ourselves for blessings! God blesses those who are serious about blessing the nations. He's not going to bless selfish churches. Thank God for this, and beg Him to let us keep our eyes on the nations and not on ourselves. (And get ready to be blessed!)
2) We're making Christ supreme -- here & around the world. And that's what it's all about.
I say we bump it up to $75 per person this year! What do you think?
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