Why give to AAEO?
To support our missionary teams 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 2009:
$65 million
Amount given to AAEO in 2008:
More than $57 million
Amount of AAEO used to support missionaries and their work:
100 percent! One hundred percent directly supports NAMB missionaries and their ministries.
Number of NAMB missionaries:
More than 5,500 (about one-third are career missionaries, one-third are short-term, funded missionaries and a third are Mission Service Corps missionaries)
Year started by WMU:
1895
Amount given in 1895:
$5,000+
Year offering named for Annie Armstrong:
1934
Ways AAEO-supported missionaries use 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/ministry in interfaith witness evangelism
Minister in resorts – lakes, campgrounds, 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, 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; helped start the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering