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Week of PRAYER for those who have ANSWERED HIS CALL

 

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What is the purpose of the Week of Prayer?

To create in Southern Baptists a renewed awareness of the urgent need to affirm, equip, and support those who are called to serve in missions. To encourage Christians to hear and follow God’s call to mission roles in their own communities and throughout North America. To increase awareness of and participation in giving to North American missions efforts through the Annie Armstrong Easter Offering®.

When is the Week of Prayer?

During the week of March 6-13, please remember these missionaries and their ministries and the nearly 5,200 others in the United States and Canada who are supported by the Annie Armstrong Easter Offering for North American missions.

DAY ONE

Troy and Jamae Smith, Oregon
(Church and Community Ministries)
Troy Smith directs SAFE (Setting Addicts Free Eternally) Ministries, which moves drug and alcohol addicts from fear to faith.

DAY TWO

John and Grace McGraw, Alabama
(Church and Community Ministries)
Grace McGraw tutors inner-city children in their school subjects, but as she does so, she teaches them about Jesus’ love and salvation.

DAY THREE

Carlos and Cristina De La Barra, Kentucky
(Hispanic Church Planting)
The De La Barras, natives of Chilé, are helping start Hispanic churches in Kentucky, especially among the growing migrant population.

DAY FOUR

Dwight and Judy Huffman, Canada
(Church Planting)
There are many communities in Northwest Canada that have no evangelical church, and Dwight Huffman’s passion is to start one in each of those places.

DAY FIVE

Derek and Kimberly Spain, New York
(Resort Ministries)
Through North Country Ministries, the Spains share God’s love in Lake Placid, New York, the site of two Olympic Games and host to many promising athletes.

DAY SIX

Mitch and Sandra Bryant, Nevada
(Associational Missions)
Associational missionary for the Lahontan Baptist Association, Mitch Bryant helps rural Nevada churches reach out to their communities with the love of Christ.

DAY SEVEN

Terrell and Vickie O’Brien, Wyoming
(Mission Service Corps, Church Planting)
Sculptor Terrell O’Brien’s bronze monuments showcase his wonderful talent, but his favorite work is serving as pastor of Warm Valley Baptist Church in Pavilion.

DAY EIGHT

Jonathan Pettigrew, Indiana
(Student Evangelism, US/C-2 missionary)
As a student evangelism missionary, Jonathan Pettigrew is starting the first Baptist Campus Ministry organization at Indiana University-Perdue University (IUPUI) in Indianapolis.