International Missions

 

 

 

 FBC participates in mission causes around the world through special

 projects, trips, and the annual Lottie Moon Christmas Offering for 

 International Missions. Our church has been to Brazil and Africa and

 is sending a team to Brazil in the summer of 2009.

 

 If you would like more information about how to be involved in 

 international mission efforts, click HERE or call the  church office

 at 569-1434.

  Each year we collect a special offering to support missionaries around the world.  This year our goal is $13,000.  

  Along with over 45,000 other Southern Baptist churches, we will reach the goal of raising $170 million.

 

International Mission Board vital stats:

• 5,541 missionaries (as of 11/11/08)
• 25,497 new churches*
• 609,968 baptisms*
• 567,413 new believers in discipleship*
  *As reported in the 2007 Annual Statistical Report

Status of World Evangelization

• 11,573 people groups worldwide; 6.6 billion people
• 6,508 unreached* people groups; 3.8 billion people
• 5,903 Last Frontier** people groups; 1.6 billion people
  *Less than 2 percent evangelical
  **Less than 2 percent evangelical, no active church planting

Lottie Moon past and present

• 2008 goal: $170 million
• 2007 receipts: $150,409,653.86
• $3 billion given since offering’s inception
• $3,315 collected in 1888 for first offering, enough to send three women to China

South America regional focus

• 10 countries; 378.7 million people
• 699 total people groups
• 87 people groups among whom IMB personnel work
• 411 unreached (less than 2 percent evangelical) people groups
• 200 unreached people groups with no evangelical presence*
• 79 percent Roman Catholic**
• 6 percent evangelical
• 3 percent traditional ethnic/spiritist
• 12 percent nonreligious
  *No missionaries working with these groups and no known believers or churches among them
  **Many of these Catholics practice syncretism – a mixture of religions such as Catholicism and animism – or do not attend church at all.

How much does it cost to support a missionary?

• $41,258.77 a year
• $3,438.23 a month
• $793.44 a week
• $113.04 a day
• $4.71 an hour
• $.08 a minute
  Reported July 2008. Support includes housing, food, children’s education, medical expenses, retirement and more.