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FEBRUARY 2017 WOMEN ON MISSION

A FOCUS ON NORTH AMERICAN MISSIONS
BY LAURA HARPER

WHO WAS ANNIE ARMSTRONG?
OUR OFFERING FOR NORTH AMERICAN MISSIONS IS NAMED FOR ANNIE ARMSTRONG, A LAY LEADER IN SOUTHERN BAPTIST LIFE IN THE 1800S.  BY THE AGE OF 31, THIS SINGLE YOUNG WOMAN WAS HELPING TO START A MISSIONS ORGANIZATION IN HER HOME CITY OF
BALTIMORE.  SHE WAS SOON USING HER GIFTS AT THE STATE AND NATIONAL LEVELS.  AT THE AGE OF 37, SHE HELPED TO START WMU AND LED IT STRATEGICALLY TO BECOME THE GLOBAL INFLUENCE IT IS TODAY.  AT THE AGE OF 55, “MISS ANNIE” LEFT THE ORGANIZATION IN
CAPABLE HANDS AND FOCUSED THE REST OF HER LIFE ON GRASSROOTS WORKS IN HER CITY.

HOW DID SHE FIND GOD’S PLAN FOR HER LIFE?  SHE STUDIED HER BIBLE TO LEARN HOW TO SHARE GOD’S LOVE WITH OTHERS; PRAYED FOR MISSIONARIES AND THOSE THEY WERE
HELPING TO DISCOVER CHRIST; RALLIED CHURCHES TO GIVE MORE TO MISSIONS; AND DID
MISSIONS, DISTRIBUTING FOOD, CLOTHING, AND BIBLES TO THOSE IN NEED.  FLOWING FROM HER DEEP PRAYER LIFE AND INVOLVEMENT IN HER CHURCH, SHE GAVE OF HERSELF— ALL THAT GOD HAD PUT INTO HER.  SHE COMBINED HER PASSION FOR GOD, HER LOVE FOR PEOPLE, HER GIFTS FOR STRATEGY AND COMMUNICATION, AND, PERHAPS MOST OF ALL, HER
DETERMINATION TO SERVE WITH EVERY OUNCE OF ENERGY SHE HAD.  SHE LET GOD SHOW HER ONE STEP AT A TIME AS SHE CONTINUED TO TRUST IN HIM.

OAKHILL MISSION RECEIPTS FOR 2016

IN ADDITION , $57,842.10 WAS GIVEN THROUGH THE COOPERATIVE PROGRAM TO THE SOUTHERN BAPTIST CONVENTION, 73% OF WHICH GOES TO THE SUPPORT OF MISSIONS, AS WELL AS OUR SEMINARIES AND OTHER ENTITIES.