Another Special Life in Christ
These testimony lives are not stories of "role models". Jesus is the
role model!
These are lives wonderfully touched & changed by Jesus!
Annie Walker Armstrong:
(from the AWA
website)
Each year, Southern Baptists honor the life and
work of Annie Walker Armstrong (11 July 1850-12 Dec. 1938) when we give to the annual
offering for home missions named after her. She was born in Baltimore, Maryland to a
prominent & active Baptist family. As a tireless servant of God and a contagious advocate
and supporter of mission efforts throughout the world, Annie Armstrong led women to unite in
mission endeavors that ultimately led to the formation of Woman’s Missionary Union, for which
she served as the first corresponding
secretary.
Annie believed in Christ with all her heart, but
it was her hands that expressed that belief in tangible ways. She spent a great amount of
time typing and handwriting letters in support of missions. Many of these letters were quite
lengthy and all were filled with conviction that more could and should be done in our mission
efforts. In 1893 alone, she wrote almost 18,000 letters! Annie also never hesitated to
use her hands to reach out to hug a child or distribute food and clothing and the Word of God
to those in need. Her hands held her own Bible as she studied to know how best to share God’s
love with others. And, most important, Annie was a woman of prayer, folding her hands in
prayer to intercede for the missionaries and for those they were helping discover
Christ.
Annie rallied churches to give more, pray more,
and do more for reaching people for Christ. As we continue to unite to make her vision a
reality in North America today, we can be confident that her legacy will also be ours. She
founded the WMU (Women's Missionary Union) & died on the 50th anniversary date of the WMU
founding.
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