December Mission - Retired Ministers and Missionaries Offering
For the month of December, we will be focused on American Baptist Churches Retired Ministers and Missionaries Offering (RMMO). Ministers and missionaries dedicate their lives to serving others, often at the expense of accumulating savings to support themselves after retirement. This is one way to give thanks for their many years of service.
“The Retired Ministers and Missionaries Offering (RMMO) originated in the mid-1930s, when American Baptist congregations received a Communion Fellowship Offering on the first Sunday of each month to support retired ministers, missionaries, their widowed spouses and elderly clergy within their churches. In 1977, American Baptist Churches USA launched RMMO to continue this appreciation of God’s service.”
“This year, to honor this tradition and acknowledge the current circumstances, we chose Hope for Today, Hope for Tomorrow as our theme. This theme encompasses the true strength and dedication of ministers, missionaries and their widowed spouses who have devoted 15 years or more to ABCUSA.”