FIRST-PERSON: Gaining altitude, WMU celebrates 135 years of SBC Missions
According to an insect identification database, 647 types of bugs and insects are found in Alabama. Some downright scare me. I looked at images of each until I located the entry most resembling the flying insect I watched from a chair on my back deck.
SBC DIGEST: Send Relief offers free ministry courses for churches; Peggy Darby to be WMU Foundation president
Send Relief launches online courses to support local compassion ministry efforts; Peggy Darby named WMU Foundation president-elect.
Connie Dixon calls WMU a helpful resource for a healthy church
NASHVILLE (BP) – Being one generation away from having no more missionaries motivates Connie Dixon in her work with the Woman’s Missionary Union (WMU). She believes the WMU plays a significant role in educating the next generation as it obeys the Great Commission.
WMU leaders meet in person for the first time in three years
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (BP) – For the first time since January 2020, the WMU board met in person for the organization’s January board meeting.
Local WMU prepares Christmas care packages for campus-bound students
PEMBROKE, N.C. (BP) – For many college students, traveling home for the holiday break is simply not an option.
Sandy Wisdom-Martin shares family testimony filled with SBC connections
NASHVILLE, III. (BP) – When Woman’s Missionary Union (WMU) national executive director-treasurer Sandy Wisdom-Martin watched her brother Doug get baptized last year, it represented a story of God’s faithfulness and Southern Baptist cooperation.
WMU’s ‘Because of Hope’ shares stories from 50 SBC leaders
NASHVILLE (BP) – Sandy Wisdom-Martin, executive director-treasurer for the national Woman’s Missionary Union (WMU), hopes the organization’s new book “Because of Hope: Reflections of Faith,” will help Southern Baptists find hope in the midst of despair.
FIRST-PERSON: 3 ways your family can participate in Children’s Mission Day
COUNTRYSIDE, Ill. (BP) – As our families settle back into school rhythms this fall, we can kick off the new school year with an important tradition: Children’s Mission Day. Since 2008, Southern Baptist churches have celebrated Children’s Mission Day. Held on Sept. 17, the Women’s Mission Union (WMU) established this day to practically connect children to a world in need of the Gospel by getting out into their local communities.
Annual retreat helps MKs transition from mission field to college life
COOK SPRINGS, Ala. (BP) – More than 50 children of missionaries (MKs) preparing to enter college in the U.S. this fall gained insights and encouragement for “reentering” well during the annual MK Re-Entry Retreat held at Alabama WMU’s WorldSong Missions Place.
SBC DIGEST: George to retire from WMU Foundation; Welch joins SEBTS faculty
David George announces plans to retire as president of WMU Foundation; Jonathan Welch joins SEBTS faculty as professor of Christian worship
