2018 OFFERING GUIDE
ABOUT MARGARET LACKEY Margare Lackey grew up doing wha mos girls her age did. She played games, wen o school, and did chores a home. She aended Hillman College in Clinon, where she sudied o be a eacher, and laer augh for many years. Miss Lackey liked learning abou missions. She augh young children in her church o love missions. She also enjoyed wriing poems and mission sudy books. In 1912, Margare Lackey was hired as he firs paid leader of Mississippi Woman s Missionary Union. ln 1903, a special day was chosen as he ime o remember sae missions each year. On ha day,women would learn abou missions needs in Mississippi. Today, we call his special ime during he monh of Sepember, he Season of Prayer for Mississippi Bapis Sae Missions. Miss Lackey reired as corresponding secreary of Mississippi WMU in 1930. Five years laer, he offering was named in her honor as he Margare Lackey Sae Mission Offering. The offering has grown in ways of which Miss Lackey would approve. The firs sae mission offering received in 1903 was $294.38. In 2017, more han $2.1 million was given o he Margare Lackey Offering for Sae Missions. The offering has expanded in is oureach, funding minisries in our own backyard as well as sending Mississippians hrough he world o share Chris wih hose ha have never heard. The offering susains minisries such as church planing, children s camps, and voluneer missionary mobilizaion. The offering rains and mobilizes voluneers in disaser relief, criminal jusice, lieracy, and inernaional oureach. The offering works hand-in hand wih he evangelisic and benevolen minisries funded hrough he Cooperaive Program. The Margare Lackey Offering enables Mississippi Bapiss o do immeasurably more ogeher han any one person or church could do alone. For a video abou Margare Lackey, visi mbcb.org/margare.
MISSION VOLUNTEERS Afer seeking where Libery Bapis Church could be a par of God s plan o ake he Gospel o he world, our church recenly began a connecion wih a people group in Wes Africa, an area less han 5% Chrisian, wice he size of Mississippi, wih a populaion four imes ha of our sae. On our firs journey o he area, we were profoundly impaced by he level of spiriual darkness bu very surprised a he openness of he people o lisen. While walking hrough a village marke, we were able o share our esimony wih many people, including he elders. We were also able o share he good news wih young people in wo universiies. This experience has changed our lives. We now have names and faces of he people group for which we are praying. Our plan is o send wo small eams a year o serve alongside he long-erm workers for he nex hree o five years o help hem share he Gospel where he workers ruly are few. Thank you, Mississippi Bapiss, for being a par of helping our church ake he Gospel o he unreached people groups of he world. $685,000 wih he Mission Team of Libery Bapis Church, Flowood Mississippi Bapiss mobilized over 30,000 voluneers las year. Margare Lackey provides raining, ravel assisance, and connecions o church planers and missionaries in Norh America and around he world. For more informaion, conac Mike Ray or Cassie Munn a (800) 748.1651 ex 398 or (601) 292.3398.
CENTRAL HILLS wih Alex Hasings Suden Miniser, Souh Louisville Thanks o generous donaions o he Margare Lackey Sae Missions Offering from Mississippi Bapis churches, Cenral Hills is able o provide a place of worship and inimacy wih Jesus far from he daily disracions in sudens lives. While serving a Cenral Hills, I have seen sudens lives radically impaced by he love of Jesus. The campers who come wih bierness find how comforing he Heavenly Faher can be. The campers who come for a good ime discover how good i is o be in he presence of he Holy Spiri and o inerac wih a Chris-cenered saff. Cenral Hills is a ciy on a hill ha gives each camper an unhindered opporuniy o experience he presence of Jesus, he Holy Spiri and he Heavenly Faher. Las summer, 2,900 sudens aended camp a Cenral Hills and 143 people came o faih in he Lord! Because of your giving, we are able o provide a high qualiy, Chris-cenered camp experience a a low cos. Cenral Hills offers summer camps for boys and girls of all ages as well as rereas and conferences for all age groups during he remainder of he year. $405,000 Learning he ropes of missions involvemen is a key funcion of Cenral Hills Rerea in Kosciusko. For more informaion, conac Shane McGivney a (800) 748.1651 ex 339 or (601) 292.3339.
GARAYWA One of he mos imporan hings a Chrisian can conribue is fulfilling he Grea Commission. A Garaywa, campers no only learn abou people who are fulfilling he Grea Commission, hey are augh ways in which hey can help fulfill i. In fac, Garaywa is he very place where my love for missions was born. My firs encouner a Garaywa was when I was wo years old. As we dropped my older sisers a Garaywa, I longingly waied for my chance o spend a week a camp. Finally my opporuniy came! Camp was jus as awesome as hey said. The pool really was Olympic-sized. They really did sing Jesus Loves Me Garaywa syle. However, one of he highlighs of he week was meeing missionaries who had raveled all over he world. I remember hearing he sory of hose who read he Bible from righ o lef as well as he sory of a woman ha read he enire Bible in wo weeks! Wihou Garaywa and he Mississippi Bapis Convenion, my life would be compleely differen. As a resul of he Margare Lackey Sae Missions Offering, I was able o spend ime a Garaywa and discover a zeal for spreading God s love around he world. $405,000 wih Mikayla Giles GA Camp Saff Garaywa Camp and Conference Cener provided missional raining and inspiraion for more han 7,900 persons las year. Over 1200 campers aended Garaywa Missions Camp and 33 made professions of faih in Chris. For more informaion, conac Jordan Eas a (601) 924.7034.
COMMUNITY MINISTRY wih Jerry Lewis Suden and Family Pasor, Firs Bapis Church, Lake The Margare Lackey Sae Missions Offering has been an inegral resource for our couny and our effors o promoe he Gospel. Every year we pu hose resources o work in minisering and eaching sudens from all over our couny in a couny-wide Disciple Now. This year here were over 300 paricipans and more han 25 decisions. The funds from he Margare Lackey Sae Missions Offering help us o bring in speakers and musicians. This money goes a long way o help keep coss down, which in urn provides more opporuniies for sudens o aend. The Gospel is shared and lives are eernally changed. We are graeful and privileged o receive hese funds, knowing ha we are making a kingdom difference. Thank you for your generosiy o make his even possible. $180,000 Margare Lackey grans help fund church-led mission projecs in communiies all across our sae. Associaional Missions Direcors idenify needs, design Gospel responses, and coordinae he aciviies. For more informaion, conac your local AMD.
CHURCH MULTIPLICATION Mrs. Barbara is a core eam member of he church plan, Mercy Hill Church. As a widow, he Lord promped her o downsize and pu her house on he marke. Abou he same ime, he Lord brough me o The Poin o sar he planing process. Mrs. Barbara came o our firs meeing and old me ha if he Lord sold her house she would be glad o join Mercy Hill since her new home was nearby. She also old me of her desire o see her family come o know he Lord. By God s providence, Mrs. Barbara s house sold before i hi he marke and she also was able o winess he conversion and bapism of her grandson-in-law. By faih, Mrs. Barbara answered he call o move, God provided he means, and now God is growing frui from her faihfulness. As her pasor, I hank God for Mrs. Barbara s brigh, joyous face; her phone calls of encouragemen; and her coninued pursui of holiness. I am challenged by her hear o reach her family wih he Gospel. This is why we plan churches. We plan so ha all migh hear, and ha in hearing hey may believe, and ha in believing hey may sing loudly he praises of Chris. $175,000 wih Lawson Harlow Pasor, Mercy Hill Church, Olive Branch For a video of his sory, visi mbcb.org/margare. Almos wo million Mississippians are unchurched. Margare Lackey gifs provide he iniial funding o sar new churches focused on reaching our fellow Mississippians wih he Gospel. For more informaion, conac Johnny Ervin a (800) 748.1651 ex 361 or (601) 292.3361.
CRIMINAL JUSTICE MINISTRY wih Chaplain Eugene Wigelsworh Mississippi Deparmen of Correcions The Mississippi Bapis evangelisic hrus Tell Me Tell Someone came o many Mississippi Deparmen of Correcions faciliies in 2017. Led by Dr. Jim Fural, eams of minisers brough he Good News and reminded offenders of he grace of Almighy God. Those who confessed o being saved by grace were encouraged o share heir esimonies, pray for ohers, and spread his same Good News! While a Wilkinson Couny Correcional Faciliy, Dr. Fural me a young man and encouraged him wih his message of hope. A few weeks laer, he saw ha same young man a a faciliy in Chickasaw Couny. The man, who had jus been ransferred, shared wih Dr. Fural how ha message had moivaed him o learn o winess and share he Gospel wih oher men like him. The Word of God can change he lives of hundreds of men and women behind bars. Because of gifs given o he Margare Lackey Sae Missions Offering, he message of hope, forgiveness and resoraion reaches inside he walls of our prison sysem and makes a difference. $65,000 Margare Lackey funds help provide visis for people in prisons all across our sae. Your gifs provide eaching maerials for local leaders and seminary classes a Parchman. For more informaion, conac Charles Jones (662) 721.0264 or John Henry (662) 508.0293.
DISASTER RELIEF wih Chris Goolsby Pasor, Hillcres BC, Jackson Very few hings have impaced such a cross-secion of our fellowship like our recen rips o Orange, Texas o assis wih Disaser Recovery. Counless numbers of new relaionships were formed wih people we may no see again, his side of Heaven. Even hough we made hese rips desiring o bring a ray of hope o ohers in heir disress, God used i o srenghen and unify our fellowship. I was so amazing how he Lord brough all of he differen pars of His Body ogeher o funcion as only He could plan i, lierally beforehand. For we are his workmanship, creaed in Chris Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, ha we should walk in hem. (Ephesians 2:10, ESV) Thanks o all of you who made his possible hrough your gifs o he Margare Lackey Sae Missions Offering. The blessing was ours! $65,000 When Mississippi hurs, Bapiss care! Margare Lackey rains disaser relief specialiss who are ready a he sound of a siren o cook, clean, clear, and encourage he vicims of disasrous evens. For more informaion, conac Shane McGivney (800) 748.1651 ex 339 or (601) 292.3339.
LANGUAGE/DEAF MINISTRY wih Maria Teel Sae Lieracy Missions Liaison Can you ake me o a Chrisian funeral? Tha quesion was asked by a Japanese woman who had aended several English as a Second Language (ESL) classes in he Jackson mero area. Afer he funeral she said, I ve never known of people being able o laugh, smile, or sing a a funeral. Over he course of several monhs and many opporuniies o hear he Gospel, his new siser in Chris found ha she could face deah wih no fear because of he resurrecion power of Jesus. ESL is one par of he lieracy missions minisry ha impacs hundreds of sudens and voluneers across Mississippi each year. The purpose of lieracy missions is o share Jesus Chris while eaching inernaionals English, helping sudens be successful in school, and helping aduls read and wrie beer. The lieracy missions ask force works wih churches and associaions across Mississippi o sar and susain local minisries. $40,000 Your gifs o he Margare Lackey offering helped rain more han 100 leaders for ESL, ARW, and Chronological Bible Sorying. For more informaion, conac Maria Teel a (601) 292.3201 abou Language Minisry, or ex Jim Booh a (601) 201.3361 abou Deaf Minisry.
CROSS CULTURAL EVANGELISM According o he las U.S. Census, he highes concenraion of Hispanics in Mississippi is currenly on he Gulf Coas. More han 12,000 live in he area, wih 10,569 Hispanics living in Harrison Couny alone. In a combined effor, he Insiuo Teologico Bauisa de Mississippi (he Hispanic Seminary in Jackson) parnered wih Gulf Coas Bapis Associaion, he Mississippi Bapis Convenion and local churches, o discover and reach Hispanics in he area. More han fory Spanish-speaking sudens and faculy from Mississippi, Alabama and Tennessee spen a weekend las summer visiing Wiggins, Waveland, Bay S. Louis, Pass Chrisian, Long Beach, Gulfpor, Biloxi and D Iberville. The mission rip allowed he eams o reach people for Chris, while providing pracical evangelism raining o he sudens. In he six monhs afer he rip, suden mission eams engaged and followed up wih he conaced people o esablish more connecions wihin he Hispanic communiy. Our sudens were able o make a difference in he lives of Hispanics on he Gulf Coas because of gifs o he Margare Lackey Sae Missions Offering. $32,500 wih Marysol Romero Insiuo Teologico Bauisa de Mississippi For a video of his sory, visi mbcb.org/margare. Margare Lackey recognizes 6 differen language groups in Mississippi. The offering funds help share he Gospel cross-culurally. For more informaion, conac Ken Rhodes a (601) 292.3231.
CWJC/CMJC wih Caherine Jorns Sie Coordinaor, Pine Bel CWJC Lisa began our Chrisian Women s Job Corp (CWJC) program while she was living in a en. She had lived here for six monhs and was disraced, depressed and diry. As he classes began, many voluneers were uncomforable wih her and fel she would no make i he firs few weeks. Bu hen Lisa began o come ou of her shell. We learned ha she had a degree in horiculure and also had an adul daugher ha she los conac wih many years ago. Lisa had no idenificaion papers; herefore, she could no ge a job or even a bank accoun. She could no ge sae idenificaion unil she had all her oher papers. A he end of he 12-week program, we worked wih anoher non-profi organizaion and secured an aparmen for her. No only has Lisa reconneced wih her daugher, bu she now also has a relaionship wih her. Afer nine monhs in our program, Lisa has a Mississippi Idenificaion Card, a bank accoun and a job. We are graeful ha he Margare Lackey Sae Missions Offering allows us he opporuniy o help women like Lisa have a fresh sar in life. For a video of his sory, visi mbcb.org/margare. $25,000 Tweny-four percen of Mississippi s populaion lives below he povery line. Chrisian Women s/men s Job Corps combine discipleship and job skill raining o assis men and women a more han 20 sies across our sae. For more informaion, conac Tammy Anderson a (800) 748-1651 ex. 323 or (601) 292.3323.
COLLEGIATE OUTREACH Chrisine, an inernaional suden, ended up in he Mississippi Dela a year ago afer sudying in her homeown in Eas Asia where she acceped Chris in 2013. Upon finding he BSU a Dela Sae, she conneced immediaely. Someimes i s hard for me o hang ou wih friends because of culure shock here, bu I feel more comforable a he BSU because we are all Chrisians. We love each oher, and we accep each oher in our differences. Chrisine wen on he BSU Spring Break mission rip o Indianapolis, Indiana. Josh Warren (Associae BSU Direcor) invied me and I said I would hink abou i, Afer seeking advice from a Chrisian menor back in her home counry who asked her Why no go? she decided o go. Afer overcoming her fears, she joined several oher sudens on he nine-hour rek o Indiana. Reflecing on her experience, Chrisine realized Indianapolis made more of a difference in her han she made here. In her words, I made me grow, proving ha he Gospel unies us in ways culure canno. $12,500 wih Hayley Bugg Davis Suden, Dela Sae Universiy Through our BSU organizaions, Margare Lackey encourages inernaional and ehnic sudens o explore he Gospel and mee Chrisian believers. For more informaion, conac Lloyd Lunceford or Jennie Taylor a (800) 748.1651 ex 299 or (601) 292.3299.
PORT MINISTRY wih Adrian Turner Chaplain/Direcor Seafarers Minisry My wife and I serve on a unique mission field because we work wih an invisible people group or a group of individuals who are rarely seen. These people spend mos of heir lives a sea, aboard ships. God brings seafarers from all over he world o our doorsep a he Por of Pascagoula. Our goal is o share he love of Jesus hrough service o srangers in a foreign land. We are able o share Jesus hrough a worship ime on board he ship a simple Bible sudy, prayer, a shor message, fellowship, and maybe a song or wo. I is amazing o winess he appreciaion of he crew who gaher in he day room or dining area. During several of hese worship imes, I have asked How long has i been since you had a worship service on board? The answer has usually been, NEVER. We are able o provide Bibles and he Jesus DVD in heir language for hem o enjoy and hen ake home o heir families. God has blessed us wih he opporuniy o serve over 2,000 seafarers from over 33 counries in our cener his pas year. We praise God for he Margare Lackey suppor ha enables his Minisry. $10,000 Through por minisries in Pascagoula and Gulfpor, Margare Lackey offers a Chrisian winess and warm hospialiy. For more informaion, conac Adrian Turner a (229) 623.0103 abou he Pascagoula Minisry, or Seve Mooneyham a (228) 832.4311 abou he Gulfpor Minisry.
SPEAKER S LIST Gues speakers are rained and willing o speak in your church on Sae Missions (a no cos o he church). Please conac your speaker of choice direcly o schedule a dae for your congregaion o promoe he Margare Lackey Offering. Angie Boydsun Aboydsun@mbcb.org (601) 392.3294 Barri Shirley bshirley@mbcb.org (601) 292.3240 Beverly Bridges bbridges@mbcb.org (601) 292.3231 Billy & Rebecca Williams rebeccaw1942@gmail.com (601) 898.0579 or (601) 832.6572 Chris Burrows iccbsu@nexband.com (662) 213.0459 Cindy Heimbach cindyheimbach@msn.com (662) 417.3944 Jedd Moak jeddmoak@gmail.com (601) 748.5939 Jennie Taylor jaylor@mbcb.org (662) 275.7189 John W. Henry jwhenry42@gmail.com (601) 508.0293 Johnny Ervin jervin@mbcb.org (601) 292.3224 Ken Rhodes krhodes@mbcb.org (601) 292.3231 Kris Walers krisman.walers@usm.edu (601) 297.4507 Laura Farmer Missions.npbc@gmail.com (601) 916.7893 Lloyd Lunceford llunceford@mbcb.org (601) 310.1552 Maria Teel meel@mbcb.org (601) 292.3201 Mark Bowman m_bowman@bellsouh.ne (601) 201.2296 Michael Ball michael_ball24@yahoo.com (662) 323.5761 Mike Ray mray@mbcb.org (601) 292.3398 Molly Hopper mhopper@mbcb.org (601) 292.3299 Philip Price AMD@goJCBA.com (228) 761.6003 Rebekah Peavy rpeavy@mbcb.org (601) 292.3209 Rena Regiser renar1976@yahoo.com (601) 649.8114 Roddy Reed rreed@garaywa.org (601) 924.7034 Shane McGivney smcgivney@mbcb.org (601) 292.3339 Shane Thrash shrash@mbcb.org (662) 289.9730 Seve Jackson revsjackson@yahoo.com (601) 906.9800 Tammy Anderson Tanderson@mbcb.org (601) 292.3323 Tom Kilparick Tkilpa@msn.com (769) 972.8223
"He said, 'Go and ell his people...'" ISAIAH 6:9A OFFERING GOAL $2,100,000 Margare Lackey Offering promoional maerials were developed by: MBCB MISSION STRATEGY TEAM Ken Rhodes, direcor Ian Richardson, video producion Megan Young, design To learn more abou he Margare Lackey Offering and o access promoional maerials, visi: WWW.MBCB.ORG/MARGARET MISSISSIPPI BAPTIST CONVENTION BOARD Jim Fural, Execuive Direcor-Treasurer PO Box 530 Jackson MS 39205-0530 800.748.1651 601.968.3800 in Jackson