WMU CELEBRATES GOD’S WORK THROUGH COOPERATIVE MISSIONS

Arkansas WMU Annual Meeting and Missions Celebration held during Inspire Conference

BY DEBBIE MOORE WMU EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Saturday, September 23, 2023, will be an exciting time for women of Arkansas to gather for worship, fellowship, messages from God’s Word, celebrating missions, and networking. Arkansas WMU Annual Meeting and Missions Celebration will take place during the “Connection Group time” at Inspire Women’s Conference.

Arkansas Woman’s Missionary Union (WMU) is blessed to join with local church women’s ministry leaders and members to worship our Father and to focus on His life-changing work in our state, nation, and world. Any time we get a glimpse of how God is working through Southern Baptists we can celebrate the Cooperative Program (CP). Arkansas WMU believes in the CP! We believe in partnering together for the sake of the Gospel. Yes, we really believe we can do more together!

Although National WMU does not receive CP funds, Arkansas WMU is blessed to receive CP funds to help mobilize women (and men, youth, children, and preschoolers) to be on mission in our state and beyond.

In 2022, the CP helped fund a firsttime missions trip for seven Arkansas Hispanic WMU members. At WMU Missions Celebration in September, these ladies will testify to how they saw God working in Peru and how He used them to share Jesus with Peruvians.

In 2022, the CP helped fund a team of six Arkansas Baptist mother-daughter teams in outreach to international women and children in Brooklyn, New York. At WMU Missions Celebration, you’ll hear how this incredible experience blessed and encouraged moms and daughters to be on mission to reach internationals for Jesus back home in Arkansas.

Throughout the year, the CP helps Arkansas WMU provide life and job skills for women who are hurting and hopeless through Christian Women’s Job Corps ministries.

The CP makes it possible for Arkansas WMU to engage in partnership projects with Arkansas Baptist Children and Family Ministries, WMU WorldCrafts artisans like Refugee Sewing Society in Clarkston, Georgia, and various NAMB and IMB ministries.

Arkansas WMU is passionate about calling Arkansas Baptists to generosity and helping people develop spiritually toward a missions lifestyle.

Join us on September 23 for Arkansas WMU On Board with Inspire Women’s Conference as we celebrate missions and showcase how the Cooperative Program truly helps us extend the missions reach of the local church. To register for Inspire, click on WMU Missions Celebration Connection Group, and join Arkansas WMU for a special celebration of CP missions!