WMU: Woman's Missionary Union

SBC Call to Prayer

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In January 2012, Southern Baptists are once again being called to a time of prayer and spiritual awakening. This year’s Southern Baptist Convention Call to Prayer is an opportunity to focus on praying missionally.

Louisiana Woman Finds Hope through Christian Women’s Job Corps

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Danielle Flintroy describes her life as “a complete mess” before coming to Christian Women’s Job Corps (CWJC) of Monroe, La.

“I had lost my job, my home and my car,” Flintroy shared. “But more importantly, I almost lost my faith in God. It was the scariest thing I’ve ever experienced. I had an 11-year-old son to provide for and my life was falling apart.”

Changing Lives in Kentucky Through MissionsFEST

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Approximately 140 missions volunteers from 13 states streamed into the Appalachian Mountains of eastern Kentucky to share the love of Christ during MissionsFEST, Sept. 10–17.

Bell County, the primary focus of the missions blitz, has a poverty rate of 36–40 percent with a median household income more than one-third below the national average.

Missions Education Expands in West Africa Through WMU

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WMU leaders from six countries met Aug. 3–5 in West Africa to begin or strengthen missions education and involvement in area churches.

The regional training took place in Burkina Faso where WMU began in January 2010.

GA Journey Replaces WorldVentures

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GA Journey replaces WorldVentures as the individual achievement plan for Girls in Action (GA)—the WMU missions organization for girls in grades 1–6—beginning September 2011.

GA Journey will offer a stronger mix of individual and group activities with an emphasis on missions, ministry and spiritual growth.