Thank you for your editorial (“WMU Forced to Face Funding Issue”) that appeared in the Jan. 11 issue of The Alabama Baptist. We appreciate your affirmation of WMU (Woman’s Missionary Union), your explanation of our historic role in raising funds for Southern Baptist missions offerings and your focus on the importance of missions education. In addition, we appreciate you raising awareness among your readership of our financial reality and hope that your readers will pray for us during these challenging times.
Despite our financial challenges, we are excited about the future of WMU and remain steadfast in our commitment to engage more believers in missions than ever before. It is through missions education that preschoolers, children, youth and adults develop missions awareness that leads to a lifestyle of commitment and obedience to the Great Commission. We firmly believe that this is what God has called us to do since our inception in 1888 — to challenge Christian believers to understand and be radically involved in the mission of God. While our purpose has not changed in 118 years, some of the delivery approaches and methods have to ensure relevance for today.
At every opportunity, we encourage churches to take a fresh look at what WMU has to offer. From missions education for all age levels, including downloadable curriculum, to a wide range of hands-on missions opportunities, WMU offers countless ways to actively learn and be involved in missions.
We pray that your editorial will challenge readers to examine their church’s level of commitment to missions and become stronger advocates for missions by either beginning or expanding missions education for all ages in their churches. Thanks again.
Wanda S. Lee, national WMU executive director/treasurer
Kaye F. Miller, WMU president
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