The Legacy: Who Was Lottie Moon?
The offering is named after Charlotte "Lottie" Diggs Moon, one of the first and most tenacious American female missionaries to China. Lottie arrived in Tengchow in 1873, where she spent the next four decades of her life serving and sharing the Gospel.
Her Story is Our Inspiration:
Lottie was a fierce advocate for missions. She famously wrote letters home urging churches to send more workers and, significantly, to establish a special Christmas offering to sustain the mission efforts. Her life was an enduring example of commitment, sacrifice, and "No Matter the Cost" faith.
When you give to the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering, you are not only funding today's missionaries, you are continuing a powerful legacy of faith that began over a century ago and continues to change the world.
Her Story is Our Inspiration:
Lottie was a fierce advocate for missions. She famously wrote letters home urging churches to send more workers and, significantly, to establish a special Christmas offering to sustain the mission efforts. Her life was an enduring example of commitment, sacrifice, and "No Matter the Cost" faith.
When you give to the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering, you are not only funding today's missionaries, you are continuing a powerful legacy of faith that began over a century ago and continues to change the world.
Giving Is Worship: No Matter the Cost
Our Christmas celebration is a remembrance of God's ultimate gift—a gift given with a "No Matter the Cost" love so that all might hear the Good News. Our response to that immeasurable gift is worship, and worship is expressed through generosity.
The LMCO is not a budget supplement; it is 100% used to sustain IMB missionaries and the work of spreading the Gospel through church planting, training leaders, and translating scripture. When you give, you are funding:
The LMCO is not a budget supplement; it is 100% used to sustain IMB missionaries and the work of spreading the Gospel through church planting, training leaders, and translating scripture. When you give, you are funding:
- A missionary's ability to stay on the field.
- Essential resources for new churches and Bible studies.
- The first time a person hears the name of Jesus Christ.
Lives Changed. Eternities Re-Written.
Every gift has an eternal receipt. We give because we believe in the power of the Gospel to radically change lives, families, and communities forever.
The missionaries you support are working in dangerous and difficult places, committed to seeing the tide turn from darkness to light. Your generosity provides the resources for this enduring work.
It is an investment in the Kingdom that pays dividends for eternity.
The missionaries you support are working in dangerous and difficult places, committed to seeing the tide turn from darkness to light. Your generosity provides the resources for this enduring work.
It is an investment in the Kingdom that pays dividends for eternity.
