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Welcome to the Loudon County Baptist Association

This web site is part of the ministry to serve the 40+ churches of our Association as they serve the Lord Jesus Christ, both locally and around the world.  

Lottie Moon Christmas Offering

Now is the time to prepare for the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering. Southern Baptist churches collect the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering for the sole purpose of supporting international missions. Every penny of the offering goes to the International Mission Board’s (IMB) overseas budget, thus supporting our missionaries and their work. The goal for the 2008 offering is $170 million.

The 2008 theme, "GO TELL the story of Jesus,” recalls for us the most powerful story ever told: the story of Jesus. Yet thousands of people groups remain in spiritual darkness, and no one is planting churches among them. During 2008 the International Mission Board is focusing on the South America region. Many think South America has been reached with the Gospel. Yet there is a prevailing lostness that will surprise most of us. In fact, nearly 94 percent of the total population remains locked in a spiritual prison!

How will they hear the story of Jesus? Closing this gap will require an unprecedented missionary force partnering with churches like yours. Their going means our giving as never before. God has provided the resources. Will we be found faithful?

Many resources to help plan and encourage giving in your church to the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering are available on the IMB web site.  Please set a generous goal and use these tools as the Lord leads to promote the offering. The missionary work cannot go forward without your continued sacrificial giving.

Along with giving, prayer is the most important thing you can do to support the missionary force. The Week of Prayer, Nov. 30-Dec. 7, encourages churches to pray daily for the international missions work and missionaries the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering supports. This year Southern Baptists will pray for missionaries in the South America region and the people groups they and their national partners are reaching. Visit the Week of Prayer section of the IMB web site to find out who they are.