$1 MILLION
FOR THE BILLIONS
Billions of people around the world have never heard the name of Jesus. This Christmas, we are stepping out in faith with a God-sized goal: to give $1 million through the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering to support missionaries serving with the International Mission Board. Every dollar you give goes directly to the field—fueling gospel work, meeting needs, and making Christ known among the nations. Together, we can reach the billions who are still waiting to hear the Good News.
100% of every gift to Lottie Moon goes directly to support overseas missionaries.
Because of your faithful giving in 2024:
From the Mission Field:
Pregnant and 17. Olive was depressed and scared. Being a teenage mom wasn’t what she envisioned for her life. But maybe being a teenage mother didn’t have to be the trajectory of her life. It could all be over with a trip to a clinic, and no one would know. Except her sister and family knew. And they wanted her to keep the baby.
IMB missionary Beth Hipps said the goal of the ELM Pregnancy Center is to equip and empower Thai women to choose life by affirming the sanctity of life and provide care and resources.
The pregnancy center, which currently has two locations and 30 women serving, utilizes volunteer care teams to serve women. Two are paired together to walk alongside the mother during her pregnancy. They continue to support her as long or short as she wants, through age two. The care teams visit the women in their homes. Care teams often visit the mother and baby in the hospital, sometimes sitting in the waiting room during labor and delivery.
Sometimes providing care for pregnant women looks like affirmation and encouragement and information on what to expect before and during labor and delivery. Care also includes connecting women with a local church. The care team shares the gospel, and the prayer is they commit their lives to Christ and join a local church. Other times, it’s physical help, like giving a care kit or providing a crib.
In their 15 years of faithfully sharing the gospel, Matt and Audrey Chism only baptized three people — their daughters. The Chisms were ready to call it quits.
The Chisms decided to move to Europe. From day one, the Chisms visited refugee camps, sharing the gospel. In their town alone, there were 13 camps hosting around 500 refugees. They shared with more than 350 refugees, but they still saw no fruit.
The Chisms entered a critical point in their ministry. Matt said he had an identity crisis, and that time was lowest of the lows. It was Mission Impossible, and no Tom Cruise-conjuring was changing the plotline. They’d poured 15 years of their life into ministry, and they thought it might be time to pack their bags and head home, where Matt, who was a pastor before going overseas, could pastor a Korean American congregation and make a greater impact.
One by one, people finally began responding to the gospel. Their ministry was the busiest during the pandemic. They began baptizing, discipling and teaching. They traveled to 13 cities across the country. During lockdowns, they met online, expanding their reach to refugees living in other cities. Soon, 36 people made professions of faith.
“We cannot do it, we tried,” Matt said. “We did everything we could do, but we didn’t see any fruit, but He was the one who brought the fruit,” he continued.
Most people in this South Asian village were afraid to seek medical attention. The closest hospital is 15 miles away, and when villagers traveled to seek care, they never made it back — alive or dead. Not having a body to cremate is a travesty for Hindus because it’s part of their spiritual framework for helping someone pass on from this life. Now, thanks to a South Asian doctor people call “Lucky,” villagers have access to medical and soul care.
Lucky heard the gospel from International Mission Board missionaries while studying to be a doctor and decided to commit his life to Christ. He’s attended many gospel-themed trainings IMB missionaries Cordy and Elise Lowe have hosted and is passionate about sharing the gospel. The Lowes and Lucky regularly go into communities to talk about their faith.
Because of their friendship, the Lowes were able to share the gospel in areas they would not have had access to otherwise. These communities are accessible to missionaries because of the resources you provide through the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering.
The world’s greatest problem is lostness and the world’s greatest need is the gospel. Meeting medical needs is one way for gospel access to happen. You’re a part of making gospel access happen. Thank you for giving. Your gifts to LMCO make it possible for the Lowes to provide medication and supplies to support Lucky’s efforts.
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Join us as we work towards reaching our God-sized goal of raising $1 million for the billions.
100% of every gift to Lottie Moon goes directly to support overseas missionaries.
