Annie Armstrong Week of Prayer

The Annie Armstrong Easter Offering is much more than an offering envelope and an annual missions-giving emphasis. When people give to the offering, 100 percent of their gift will be transformed into missionary salaries and ministry supplies. Those missionaries and supplies will help others hear the message of Christ and respond in faith to His offer of salvation. Time and again our missionaries relate how the offering is their lifeblood. They know that behind each penny given, there is a Southern Baptist who believes in what they do and are affirming the need to equip them to share the gospel with those who need a Savior.

This week is the Week of Prayer for home missionaries.  Here is a list of missionaries we are praying for this week:

Week of Prayer Missionaries:

Day 1: Chuy and Maria Avila, Texas

Chuy serves as a church planting missionary for the Southern Baptists of Texas staff in Laredo. His job is to develop and implement a church planting strategy for Laredo, one of the most unreached cities in Texas.

Day 2: Doug and Brenda Lee, Nebraska

Doug is the regional associational missionary and church planting strategist for Oregon Trail Baptist Association.

Day 3: Paulette and Greg DeHart, Georgia

As the Georgia state literacy missions consultant, Paulette helps begin and strengthen literacy missions ministries.

Day 4: Tom and Marla Polak, Indiana

Tom serves as director for Metro Baptist Center in Indianapolis. Through his ministry, he shares the love of Jesus Christ through meeting physical, emotional, and spiritual needs of hundreds of homeless individuals each month.

Day 5: Jacques and Martine Avakian, Canada

Jacques is National Advocate for Church Starting in Montreal, Canada. He works among the French Québécois, the largest unreached people group in North America.

Day 6: Howard and Tina Burkhart, California

Howard leads training for church planters in California. He is helping facilitate church starts among a variety of people groups.

Day 7: Jim and Karen Turnbo, New Mexico

Jim’s works focuses on starting new churches, building healthy churches, and developing leaders within the Western and Mountain Associations, particularly among Native American and Hispanic people.

Day 8: Vickie Stewart, Maryland

Vickie is the Baptist campus minister at Morgan State University, the fastest growing African-American college in Maryland. Her role is to share the gospel, establish a Baptist presence on campus, and encourage students to attend church, and share their faith with fellow students.