ALPHARETTA, Ga. — The nearly $59 million given to the Annie Armstrong Easter Offering in 2016 ranks second highest in the offering’s history, the North American Mission Board (NAMB) announced Oct. 12.
Southern Baptists gave $58,860,553 in the fiscal year ending Sept. 30 to the offering named for noted missionary Annie Armstrong, second only to the $59,463,281 given in 2007, NAMB said.
North Carolina and Alabama Baptists gave the largest amounts this year, collecting $6,058,574 and $5,878,970, respectively, NAMB said. “We are so grateful for the pastors, state leaders and all Southern Baptists who gave so generously in these states,” NAMB President Kevin Ezell wrote in a thank you column to Southern Baptists.
“This is extraordinary in a year when so many of our churches gave above and beyond in response to the special call from our International Mission Board,” Ezell said. “We are humbled by how God has moved once again through Southern Baptists and excited about what this means for our missionaries who serve throughout the United States and Canada.” (NAMB)
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