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Lottie Moon Christmas Offering
National Goal: $150,000,000
Nov 23, 2004

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During the 2004 Week of Prayer for International Missions, Nov. 28-Dec. 5, Southern Baptists will focus on God’s promise of power that transforms even the most ordinary believer into a bold and effective witness. This year’s theme—“That All Peoples May Know Him”—emphasizes the wave of divine power that is drawing unprecedented numbers of Southern Baptists into overseas service and sweeping multitudes into the Kingdom of God.
The national goal for this year’s Lottie Moon Christmas Offering® is $150 million—every penny of which will be used to send missionaries and support their ministries. The International Mission Board relies on the Lottie Moon offering for 51 percent of its annual income.

EASTERN INDIA

Field Personnel under appointment (7/22/04) 5,403
Field Personnel appointed 2003 943
Career/associates/apprentices 393
2-yr. ISC/Journeymen/Masters 550
Volunteers 2003 25,099

MUSLIM PEOPLES OF IRAN

Overseas baptisms 2003 510,357
Overseas churches 2003 87,419
Overseas church membership 2003 7.04 million
New churches 2003 16,721
People groups engaged (Feb. 2004) 1,317

MUSLIMS IN SOUTHEAST ASIA

100 percent of the Lottie Moon offering is used in the overseas budget for missionaries and their ministries.

MEXICO: HEART OF DARKNESS

LMCO receipts for Christmas 2003 $136.2 million
LMCO goal for Christmas 2004 $150 million
IMB budget for 2004 $258.9 million
World Hunger/Disaster Relief 2003 receipts $6.2 million

BENGALI MUSLIMS OF SOUTH ASIA

Costs to support a missionary for a year $36,238
Costs to support a missionary for a day $99.28
Costs to support a missionary for an hour $4.14
Costs to support a missionary for a minute $.07

MUSLIM PEOPLES OF IRAQ

People groups of the Last Frontier 4,992
Population of the Last Frontier peoples 1.6 billion
World Population 2004 6.3 billion

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