Southern Baptists give $54.3 million to AAEO

TALLADEGA, Ala. — Southern Baptists gave $54.3 million to the Annie Armstrong Easter Offering for North American Missions in 2010 — a $2.3 million, or 4 percent, decline compared to the 2009 total of $56.6 million. The amount for 2010 is not yet audited.

North American Mission Board President Kevin Ezell shared the total with leaders attending the annual Woman’s Missionary Union (WMU) board meeting Jan. 9 at Shocco Springs Baptist Conference Center in Talladega. “Thank you for all that you do,” Ezell told the WMU gathering. “We are dependent upon you as you serve the Lord and promote the Annie Armstrong offering. We are thankful for the $54.3 million from the offering and how that is being used.”