Romans 10:14-15

"How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher? and how shall they preach, except they be sent? even as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that bring glad tidings of good things!"

Broadman Baptist Church Mission Opportunities:

• Support the special offerings for missions
• A food pantry for the needy - kept stocked full
• Delivering fruit baskets for church shut-ins
• Supporting the Haven of Rest with offerings and materials
• Filling Christmas Shoe Boxes sponsored by Samaritan’s Purse run by Franklin Graham.
• We also help our Baptist students at Kent State University
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Women of the church meet the secondTuesday of each month @ 6:30pm for a Mission Meeting.

Check the Events Calendar for special events.

History of WMU:

Charlotte Moon felt God calling her to China and after the Baptist Foreign Mission Board gave their approval and the promise of help from her home church, Lottie sailed to China in 1873, After driving and viewing the task, she began to write for more missionaries. After four years in China, she came home and made plea after plea for more help. In a speech, she made this statement, "How long is the King’s business to go undone? How many millions more of souls are to pass into eternity without having heard the name of Jesus?" After many more appeals for help, the women of the South responded. In the meeting of Southern Baptist Convention in May 1888, the Woman’s Missionary Union was organized, setting forth their prayers to support missions. It was suggested that if at all possible, an offering be taken by Christmas to send to Lottie.

Women all through the states began giving small coins they had saved. When the final offering was counted, there was enough to not only send one missionary but two and more.

After several years in China with much success, the Boxer Rebellion came and with it plagues and famine. Food was scarce and Lottie gave her food to her starving Chinese friends. She became seriously ill and was placed on a ship to come home and when the ship docked in Kobe, Japan, Lottie Moon went home to Jesus, December 24, 1912.

The WMU mourned her passing and the Foreign Mission offering taken in 1913 was named in her honor. Lottie Moon Christmas offering for Foreign Missions.

Annie Walker Armstrong was born in 1850 in Baltimore, Maryland. She became a Christian at age 20 and began a lifelong journey of mission service including helping to form Woman’s Missionary Union and became its first corresponding secretary. She saw the needs of those in her community - the immigrants, the poor and the sick. She saw needs of those far from her - the African Americans and the Native Americans. She also saw the needs of missionaries serving these and other groups. Her heartbeat was for their work and she did all she could, letter writing to personal visits - to gain support for their ministries.

The first Home Mission Offering was given in 1895 and followed a week of self-denial for Home Missions. The offering was named in Annie Armstrong’s honor in 1934.

Annie’s life of sacrifice for the sake of telling others about Jesus is mirrored by modern day missionaries. Her work to gather prayer and financial support for mission work and her unfailing commitment to hands on mission service stand as a model for all Christians who seek to be on mission.

Southern Baptists are structured to be on missions together. Pooling our resources through the Cooperative Program and other mission offerings allows us to do more together than individually. Working through churches, associations, and state conventions, Southern Baptists are partnering to create a combined action in our mission efforts. Through the Mission Boards, Southern Baptists are affirming God’s call in the lives of our missionaries, sending them out strategically to share His message and supporting them through our prayers and gifts.

Ladies' Bible Fellowship

This women's fellowship began with Janie Lindsay being blessed by a wonderful book for women of all ages: Who Calls Me Beautiful? by Regina Franklin. It started out in Janie's home, but because of her cats, our study moved from Janie's to the church so anyone who wanted to could join the study.

Books are available on Amazon.com for under $10. The study begins at 7:00 p.m. and ladies take turns bringing a treat to share.

Tweens - Senior women welcome!
Meet in: The Broadman Baptist Church Youth Room