JACKSON — Missions Extravaganza is an annual missions fair with over 20 missionaries held during the Tennessee Baptist Convention.
The Missions Extravaganza will begin on Monday, Nov. 9, and continue through the two days of the TBC annual meeting (Nov. 10-11). Session hours are: Monday, 1-7 p.m.; Tuesday, 8 a.m.-7 p.m. and Wednesday, 8 a.m.-1:30 p.m.
“This year we will have a special feature of our partnership states and countries (Iowa, Montana, Malta, Canadian Seminary and Sub-Saharan Africa),” said Vickie Anderson of the Tennessee Woman’s Missionary Union staff.
There will be many other state, North America and International missionaries as well as a WorldCrafts marketplace, she added. WorldCrafts, a non-profit ministry of WMU, imports over 300 handcrafts from all over the world. It currently supports more than 70 artisan groups and their families. The wages earned provide an income to feed and educate the crafters and their families who often live in the most impoverished regions of the world.
“Parents and leaders of preschool, children and youth missions organizations are encouraged to come and bring the children and youth to meet the missionaries,” Anderson said.
She noted adults will enjoy the fellowship opportunities, learning about work being done here and around the world.
“Everyone will have the chance to ask the missionaries questions about their ministries, experiences and challenges,” Anderson said.
For more information, call (615) 371-7918 or e-mail vanderson@tnbaptist.org.
