When the books closed on the SBC’s 2023–24 fiscal year Sept. 30, the Annie Armstrong Easter Offering for North American Missions totaled $74.7 million, and the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering for International Missions totaled $206.8 million — record highs for both.
Each year, the national goals for both the Lottie and Annie offerings are set in partnership with Woman’s Missionary Union, which created the offerings in 1888 and 1895, respectively. WMU has long championed the necessity of each offering for Southern Baptist missions endeavors.
Thousands supported
The Annie Armstrong offering supports more than 3,000 Southern Baptist missionaries serving throughout North America. The Annie offering helps to fuel church planting efforts through NAMB’s Send Network. Since 2010, Southern Baptists have started more than 11,000 new churches.
The Lottie Moon offering supports nearly 3,600 international missionaries and their families around the world. Total receipts include gifts to specific projects, often referred to as Lottie Moon challenges or Lottie giving projects. More than 90% of IMB missionary teams work directly with at least one unreached people group. This means they are serving among people who are less than 2% evangelical. Many of these groups are considered unengaged, with little-to-no gospel access.
Missionaries serving with Send Relief, the collaborative compassion ministry through NAMB and IMB, also are funded through the two offerings.
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EDITOR’S NOTE — This story was written by IMB and NAMB staffs and originally published by the International Mission Board.
