January 27, 1999

Annie giving sets new pace for sixth year
___TALLEDEGA, Ala. (BP)--For the sixth year in a row, Southern Baptists last year set another record in giving to the Annie Armstrong Easter Offering for North American Missions. Total gifts in 1998 were $43.3 million, 5 percent more than the previous year.
___Results of the annual mission campaign were announced Jan. 10 by Bob Reccord, president of the North American Mission Board, to the national executive board of Woman's Missionary Union.
___"Thank you for everything you do to impact the raising of the Annie Armstrong Offering," Reccord told the WMU leaders, meeting at Shocco Springs Baptist assembly center at Talledega, Ala. "Without you and your people in the churches, it simply wouldn't happen."
___Dellanna O'Brien, WMU executive director/treasurer, joined Reccord in expressing appreciation and noted the total exceeded the national goal of $42 million--the first time in 17 years the offering has reached its goal.
___The 1999 Annie Armstrong offering will be promoted in Southern Baptist churches this spring. More than one-third of NAMB's income is derived from the offering, 100 percent of which supports the missionaries and their work starting new SBC churches, providing Christian ministry and evangelism.

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