NAMB missions boosted by $59.3M offering

TALLADEGA — Southern Baptists’ gifts to the Annie Armstrong Easter Offering for North American Missions exceeded the national goal for the second consecutive year, with $59.3 million received, the most ever in the history of the offering.

Geoff Hammond, president of the North American Mission Board (NAMB), shared the news with national and state Woman’s Missionary Union (WMU) leaders at their mid-January board meeting at Shocco Springs Baptist Conference Center in Talladega.

Hammond noted that WMU is a valued partner in the work of reaching North America. “We cannot do our work without partners. We can’t send missionaries without our partners.”

Presenting a large thank you board signed by NAMB staff, trustees and missionaries, Hammond said, “We have gratitude to God for your hard work in getting the word out and teaching people about North American missions. Once again, we had the highest Annie Armstrong Easter Offering in the history of the North American Mission Board. Praise the Lord!”

In reaching the $59.3 million record, Southern Baptists exceeded the offering’s 2007 goal of $57 million by $2.3 million.