The Baptist Digest

Significance of State Missions

September 2006

When I first began to pastor in KNCSB, our church did the normal three special mission offerings a year. “Lottie” always brought in the most money. “Annie” came in second. “Viola” usually came in a distant third.

I wish that I had understood then what I know now about the ministries that are supported by the state missions offering. I would have worked much harder to promote “Viola” and make sure that we raised more for that effort.

I first began to understand some of the full implication of how important the state missions offering is when I served on the KNCSB Executive Board. Hearing reports from the various staff members and becoming more acquainted with the KNCSB budget, I began to realize how much mission work goes on in Kansas and Nebraska.

My education in the significance of the state missions offering was expanded when I began to serve on the Associational Missions Development Council (AMDC) in what was then Sedgwick Association (now Heart of Kansas Southern Baptist Association). I served for around fifteen years on that council, and I really came to understand how vital that offering was to the mission work in our association.

In case you don’t realize it, the division for the state missions offering at present is fifty percent for KNCSB missions work and fifty percent for the association. In other words, for every dollar that your church gives to the state missions offering, fifty cents goes to support missions work all across Nebraska and Kansas. The other fifty cents goes to your local association.

In Wichita, during the time that I served on the AMDC, we funded support for a number of different mission projects through the money that came back to our association from the state missions offering. As a matter of fact, it was the chief source of money for the association to promote mission projects.

This year as you prepare to give to state missions, remember that there are mission workers all across Kansas and Nebraska who are counting on your generosity. Also, remember that your local association will benefit from every dollar that you and your church give to “Viola.”

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I thought you might like this column I read at baptistdigest.com. "Significance of State Missions" When I first began to pastor in KNCSB, our church did the normal three special mission offerings a year. “Lottie” always brought in the most money. “Annie” came in second. “Viola” usually came in a distant third. I wish that I had understood then what I know now about the ministries that are supported by the state missions offering. I would have worked much harder to promote “Viola” and make sure that we raised more for that effort. You can read the rest here: http://www.baptistdigest.com/archive/column/significance_of_state_missions/