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 Bill, Debbie and daughters Tiffany and Heather are currently living in Germany. Bill is currently working on his Masters of Divinity from Louisanna Baptist Seminary. Debbie is a homeschool mom, likes to read and play the piano. The whole family is learning German. Tiffany is currently attending Baptist Bible College in Missouri.
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Dr. & Mrs. Ralph McCoy opened the Bethesda Children's Home in Tlapa, Guererro to in an effort to reach the forgotten mountain Indian tribes of Southern Mexico. This home has educated over 4,000 Indian children with every one making a salvation profession. The home serves 150-180 children each year. The Rios de Miserocordia Children's Home was started by Dr. Rivas as a home for orphaned or outcast children. The home houses and educates over 20 street children at a time and gives these precious children an education along with teaching the Bible and other life skills. |
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The Least of These… Can you imagine waking up on the side of the road on a cold morning, wondering if you will have anything to eat that day? This is the nightmare for thousands of street children in India everyday. Starvation, isolation, and desperation are the daily routine. Helpless and unwanted they wander the city streets, trying to make it through another day.
They know no love. Servant’s Heart International was founded to touch these untouchables with the love and compassion of the Lord Jesus. If you could see the needs of all these abandoned and neglected children, it would seem the task of ministering the love of Christ to all of them both physically and spiritually would be impossible.
Often it is the enormity of the problem that causes nothing to be done.
At Servant’s Heart International, we are touching the least of these, one life at a time. We cannot reach all of them, but the ones that the Lord allows us to serve receive a loving place to call home, nourishing meals they can depend on, education to empower their future, the knowledge and experience of God’s love to change the world around them. By God’s grace, we are developing a Ministry Center near Pune, India to accommodate at least 100 of these children. This is possible only because of Christ’s love in contributors and their support of this ministry.
 About Suresh Manohar, Founder of Servant’s Heart International.
Suresh was born and raised in a small village in India. His parents were Hindu, and heard the Gospel through American missionaries and found new hope and life in the Lord Jesus. The youngest of 10 children, Suresh and his family faced severe persecution for their faith. God has used him in schools, colleges, slums, prisons and churches for more than 25 years. He is a gifted musician and speaker on missions. God has given him a heart to minister His love and grace to many people throughout the world.
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Annie Walker Armstrong was the first corresponding secretary of Woman’s Missionary Union. Born on July 11, 1850, in Baltimore, Maryland, to a prominent family active in Baptist life, Annie accompanied her mother to the missionary meetings of Woman’s Mission to Woman where she learned the importance of giving and praying for missions. Having a heart for home missions, Annie worked with Indians, immigrants, Blacks, and children. In 1882, Annie helped organize the Woman’s Baptist Home Mission Society of Maryland. She was this society’s first president.
Missions work among women’s groups had grown as an endeavor in other states as well. In conjunction with the Southern Baptist Convention of 1888, women from 12 states met on May 14 in Richmond, Virginia and formed the Executive Committee of Woman’s Mission Societies, Auxiliary to the Southern Baptist Convention. Annie Armstrong was elected corresponding secretary, a position equivalent to executive director today. In 1890 the name Woman’s Missionary Union was adopted. Annie Armstrong served as corresponding secretary until 1906 and always refused a salary for the work she did through WMU to further the gospel. In 1934 the offering that was collected annually for the Home Mission Board was renamed the Annie Armstrong Easter Offering for Home Missions. Annie Armstrong died on December 20, 1938, the year of WMU’s 50th anniversary.
WMU events that occurred during the tenure of Annie Armstrong:
1) WMU recommended that churches adopt a graded system of missionary education with organizations for all age levels, beginning with Baby Bands. (1899)
2) WMU began the process of legal incorporation. (1906)
3) WMU began publishing literature for sale. (1906)
4) The organization became officially named Woman's Missionary Union, Auxiliary to Southern Baptist Convention. (1890)
5) WMU adopted Sunbeam work at the request of the Foreign Mission Board. (1896)
6) The motto "Go Forward" was chosen. (1888)
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The Lottie Moon Christmas Offering, named for a devoted missionary to China, is the primary funding vehicle for Southern Baptists to support overseas missionary efforts. It provides nearly 50 percent of the IMB funding, with every dollar given to the offering being used in the overseas budget. This year's Lottie Moon offering goal of $125 million is part of a larger challenge to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Cooperative Program. SBC leaders hope to raise a total of $750 million through CP, the Lottie Moon offering, and the Annie Armstrong offering for North American missions combined. Currently, CP funds account for roughly 35 percent of the IMB's budget.
Today, nearly 5,000 IMB missionaries are serving on international missions fields. Following are examples of some common costs that they incur. Perhaps God can use these examples to challenge groups within your church as they decide on their own contributions to the Lottie Moon Christmas offering.
$20 will provide:
• Prayer advocacy material in Peru
• Fuel for a 150-mile ministry trip in Europe
$100 will provide:
• Ten church-planting start-up kits in South America
• Software for a missionary in the Far East
$493 will provide:
• Screening for bilharzia for 100 children in Yemen
$1,000 will provide:
• Air time for Christian broadcasting in Peru
$4,870 will provide:
• Two months of training for fifty evangelists in Ethiopia
$10,000 will provide:
• A boat to reach "unreached" people along the Zambezi River in South Africa
$49,524 will provide:
• Four-by-four vehicle for ministry among the Afar and the Djibouti peoples
$100,000 will provide:
• Two missionary residences in Ecuador
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