In an online meeting June 8, trustees for the North American Mission Board heard reports of how missionaries and staff are meeting needs and responding to crises amid the global COVID-19 pandemic.
NAMB president Kevin Ezell told trustees that revenue appears to be trending toward a 20% decline in giving to the Annie Armstrong Easter Offering and at least a 10% drop in the portion of Cooperative Program funding designated for NAMB — an estimated $16 million in revenue decline in the current budget year. Addressing declining baptism numbers, Ezell said churches are working to turn the numbers around.
Outgoing NAMB trustee chairman Danny Wood, pastor of Shades Mountain Baptist Church, Vestavia Hills, also predicted baptisms would increase.
Reprinted from Baptist Press (www.baptistpress.com), news service of the Southern Baptist Convention
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