How 2005 AAEO gifts will be used

Last year (2004) receipts to the Annie Armstrong Easter Offering for North American Missions totaled nearly $54 million. This year’s goal of $55 million will continue to help 5,200 missionaries, many of them jointly sponsored through partnerships with NAMB and state conventions

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Those missionaries start churches in rural and urban settings and reflect the ethnic and cultural composition of their communities. The missionaries also share the Gospel by focusing on evangelism and ministering to people’s physical and spiritual needs in a variety of settings.

Here is an overview of how this year’s receipts will be spent.

75 percent ($41,250,000) Missionary Support
• Salaries
• Health benefits
• Missionary orientation
• Ongoing missionary training expenses

15% ($8,250,000) Church Planting Support
Includes start-up funds for new churches, such as:
• rental of facilities
• materials
• promotional expenses

10% ($5,500,000) Evangelism Support
Includes projects that support missionaries’ work, such as:
• Scripture distribution
• Sports evangelism
• Special evangelism events
• Media campaigns