Ron and Susan Bartholomew are living examples of the influence of Alabama Woman’s Missionary Union (WMU). The couple, who are members of Pleasant View Baptist Church, Foley, shared their story during the Alabama WMU report to Alabama Baptist State Convention messengers Nov. 17.
“We as Christians, as followers of Christ, are given a commandment, and that is to go and tell so that all nations may know Him,” Susan Bartholomew said. “That telling starts at home. It was done in my home as a child; it changed my life and now it’s changing the lives of my family.”
As they shared about their family’s missions trips and their two daughters, Emma and Mary Alice, recited Scripture, the Bartholomews lauded Alabama WMU’s history of missions education.
“The Alabama WMU has done an amazing job of telling and teaching children about missions,” she said.
Candace McIntosh, executive director of Alabama WMU, declared that the organization “equips and motivates Alabama Baptists to live a life of missions and ministry.”
The Book of Reports detailed some of the ways that is happening.
This year, Alabama WMU equipped more than 500 leaders through its training events, including 400 at the WMU and Women’s Leadership Equipping and Enrichment, 27 teenage girls at the Emerging Leaders Forum and 28 Christian Women’s Job Corps and Christian Men’s Job Corps leaders.
Alabama WMU missions events drew more than 4,100 children, teenagers and adults. Events included Renew, an event for women; Children’s Missions Explosion; Complete, a gathering for girls in grades 7–12; Student Missions Weekend; Summer Missions Camps; and Global Classrooms.
Despite tough economic times, Alabama Baptists gave more than $34 million through the Kathleen Mallory State Missions Offering, Lottie Moon Christmas Offering and Annie Armstrong Easter Of-
fering. (TAB)
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