IN THE KNOW
With Bill and Lisa Walker
MAY 2025
THAT’S THE TOTAL DOLLAR FIGURE given in the four consecutive 2025 Journey Missions OCerings! Praise the LORD!
Lisa and I had a wonderful time attending all four Journey Conferences this year! What a privilege to hear from all our speakers and to worship the Lord together. Each time the Holy Spirit spoke in a fresh way; we came away encouraged and challenged! We love making our way around the USA Conference and reconnecting with all of you. It is truly wonderful to have friends in so many places around the country (and the world).
This year, our International General Superintendent, Rev. Max Edwards, led us in collectively giving a mission oCering at each of the Journey Conferences. This is a great EMC tradition, going back decades. We have not done this for several years, but we are now reviving it! The plan is to receive this “progressive” oCering at Journey Conferences going forward and receive the Resurrection OCering only during an International General Conference year.
At the end of the fourth Journey Conference in Nampa, ID, the Missions OCering total stood at $17,130. The final total might be a bit higher because we counted any additional gifts received through the end of April. We praise God for all who contributed sacrificially and generously to this oCering.
How will it be used? Normally, the Board of World Missions distributes the Resurrection and November Missions oCerings equally among our
South Africa Discipleship
CFAN Youth Worship Service
Asia Pacific Child Evangelism
five Global Conferences with no stipulation on how each confe 100% of the Missions OCering from the Journey Conferences will be dedicated to world missions, but may be allocated diCerently. The Board of World Missions will likely distribute the funds in a more targeted and focused way, in consultation with our Global Conferences, based on their ministerial needs and plans.
Keep praying for our EMC brothers and sisters around the world!
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Revs. Bill and Lisa Walker are EMC Missionaries serving the Global Conferences of the Evangelical Methodist Church International. They also cochair the EMC Board of World Missions.
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Mexico Church Planting
Myanmar Mission Outpost