EBO off to a good start!

The 2008-09 Eliza Broadus Offering has gotten off to a good start with $55,751.60 received in September.  We track the offering on a monthly basis and compare it month by month to that point in the year to previous year's offerings.  While the largest amounts are received in October and November, we receive gifts for the offering every month of the year!

We are so grateful for the wonderful response to the 2007-08 offering and the $1,105,721.92 that was given.  The overage of $105,721.92 will be used for evangelism, including Crossover 2009 just prior to the Southern Baptist Convention meeting in Louisville.  The specific projects to be funded will be announced in November.

To help us write thank you letters to Kentucky Baptist Churches, we recently requested a data file listing the churches that gave in 2007-08 and the amount given by each church.  We found that 1,115 churches participated in the 2007-08 Eliza Broadus Offering.  The smallest gift was $5.00 and the largest was $55,202.91 from First Baptist Church, Paducah.   We want to say big thank you to every church that gave and encourage you to give more than you gave last year to the 2008-09 offering.

 If you have not used the 2008 state missions materials in your church, they are undated and can be used any time.  Join us as we "Celebrate God's Love" in Kentucky through state missions and the Eliza Broadus Offering.

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