Our Louisiana Baptists State Missions Offering, the Georgia Barnette Offering, is a great spark for missions all over Louisiana. In 2021, we received just under $1.6 million for the offering and this money has been at work across the state of Louisiana this year! As Louisiana Baptist churches give to the 2022 offering, here is a brief run down of some of this year’s Georgia Barnette expenditures, as of September 1st:

• $75k in scholarships for ministerial students.
• $206k in church planting and compassion ministry funding for over 100 projects across the state.
• $92k in funding for the Mission Builder program providing construction resources and volunteer mobilization for church building projects across Louisiana.
• $55k for training and networking events for leaders in non-English speaking churches in Louisiana.
• $18k for African-American church leadership development and networking events.
• $20k for special evangelism projects including Prison outreach and evangelistic event support.
• $92k for Collegiate Ministry, including Baptist Collegiate Ministry (BCM) at Grambling University and Southern University in Baton Rouge and Summer Missions support for Baptist Collegiate Students.
• $35k for the New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary Extension at Angola State Penitentiary.
• $56k for ESL (English as a Second Language), Multi-housing, and Chaplaincy training and projects across Louisiana.
• $40k for Disaster Relief Training and Projects.
• $26k for women’s ministry support, including Crisis Pregnancy / Sanctity of Life Projects and job training for women in crisis situations.
• $150k for the Here for You Multimedia campaign.

Still around $550k to be distributed over the next four months. It’s always a lot of fun to watch the Georgia Barnette offering at work! Find out more about the Georgia Barnette State Missions Offering at GeorgiaBarnette.org. Watch for opportunities to give through your church this Fall, or give RIGHT HERE. Let’s be faithful to provide this spark for missions in Louisiana!