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Mark 16:15
And He said to them, Go into all the world, proclaim the gospel to all the creation.
She had strong Baptist roots from her mother and her great-great-grandfather who began Baptist work in Maryland. The harbor linked Baltimore with the world. Annie learned about missions early in life.
Annie was baptized in December 1870 at Seventh Avenue Baptist Church by Richard Fuller. The following February she became a charter member of Eutaw Place Baptist Church where she was a member for 67 years until her death in 1938.
Annie no doubt was part of a commissioning service in her church April 17, 1872 for eight missionaries on their way to China including Edmonia Moon, the sister of Lottie Moon.
In early January 1881, William and Anne Bagby, the first Southern Baptist missionaries appointed to Brazil, stopped in Baltimore. Annie began her lifelong friendship with Anne as they spoke in churches.
Much of Annie’s personal ministry revolved around inner city ministry as she taught children in the church, underprivileged children, and worked with widows, immigrant women and others living in poverty. She was genuinely concerned for the poor. While volunteering at a mission for women, she described it as "the largest opportunity, I expect, in the city of Baltimore that one can have to reach the unsaved in one day, outside of the jail or penitentiary."
By 1886 Annie’s passion for missions was set. She was instrumental in the organization of Woman’s Missionary Union May 14, 1888. She traveled extensively across country by train and horseback especially to Indeian reservations to minister to women and children.
Through her handwritten appeals, giving to missions increased. In 1918 Annie was responsible for the Christmas offering being named for Lottie Moon.
in 1934 Woman’s Missionary Union voted to name the offering in her honor, Annie Armstrong Offering for Home Missions, which was later changed to the Annie Armstrong Easter Offering for North American Missions. Annie died December 20, 1938.
(Excerpts taken from Annie Armstrong: Dreamer in Action by Bobbie Sorrill Patterson, (Nashville: Broadman Press, 1984.))
For more on Missions: Visit these web sites.
Annie Armstrong or North American Missions
Become Annie’s Facebook friend: Annie Facebook
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