2008 Annie Armstrong Easter Offering Facts

February 2008

Why Give to AAEO?:
To support our missionary team in their efforts to reach for Christ an estimated 250 million North Americans who do not have a personal relationship with Him; that’s three out of four people.
AAEO National Goal for 2008:
$61 million
Amount given to AAEO in 2007:
More than $59 million
Amount of AAEO used to support missionaries and their work:
100%!  One hundred percent directly supports NAMB missionaries and their ministries.
Number of NAMB Missionaries:
More than 5,000 (About one-third are career missionaries; one-third are short-term, funded missionaries; and a third are Mission Service Corps missionaries.)
Total 2008 NAMB budget:
$130,400,000
Amount of NAMB budget that comes from AAEO:
47%
Amount of NAMB budget that comes from Cooperative Program:
37%
Year Offering Started by WMU:
1895
Amount given in 1895:
$5,000 +
Year Offering named for Annie Armstrong:
1934
What are ways AAEO-supported missionaries use those funds?:

  • Start new churches
  • Evangelize students on college campuses
  • Serve the physical and spiritual needs of people through evangelism ministries
  • Serve in Baptist associations as associational missionary or mission staff
  • Provide training and ministry in interfaith witness evangelism
  • Minister in resort settings such as lakes, campgrounds, and ski areas

Who was Annie Armstrong?:
  • Native of Baltimore, Md.
  • Lived from 1850 to 1938
  • Advocate for Southern Baptist missions
  • Helped form Woman’s Missionary Union in 1888, for which she served as the first corresponding secretary and worked without pay in that position
  • Passionate letter writer for the cause of missions
  • Friend of Lottie Moon and helped start the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering
  • In 1934, the North American missions offering was named in honor of Annie Armstrong.

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