GRAPEVINE, Texas — The Southern Baptists of Texas Convention’s (SBTC) Executive Board has granted $1 million from reserve funds to the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering for International Missions and encouraged Southern Baptist churches in Texas to “embrace” 1,000 of the 3,800 unengaged people groups identified by the International Mission Board (IMB) of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC).
The unanimous actions of the SBTC board came in response to the challenge of IMB President Tom Elliff at the SBC’s annual meeting in Phoenix to “embrace” the ends of the earth.
Concern over the reduction in Southern Baptist representative deployments due to shortages of funds led SBTC Executive Director Jim Richards to suggest sharing a portion of reserve funds.
Designating the milliondollar gift to the Lottie Moon offering will help put more representatives on the field and support those already deployed. SBTC’s board agreed to reduce operating reserves from six months to just under five months in order to provide the grant. (TAB)
Share with others: