Annie Armstrong Easter Offering (AAEO)
Annie Armstrong spent most of her life working from her hometown. Through her writing skills, she raised support for missionaries and funding for WMU and provided missions discipleship materials. In a ten-year summary of her work, Annie Armstrong reported having written 77,447 letters and manuscripts. On average, she mailed more than 8,000 letters a year and roughly 674 letters per month. She was instrumental in the formation of WMU in 1888, serving as the first recording secretary (now executive director) until 1906. Under her leadership, WMU grew from a gathering of 32 delegates to an entity representing thousands of Southern Baptist women from more than 20,000 churches. In 1934, the Easter offering for home missions (now North American missions) was named in her honor.
The AAEO targets a population of 371 million people. Please use offering envelopes provided by the church for your AAEO offering.