This women’s group led Union Chapel Missionary Baptist Church, Kingston, in sending and sustaining IMB missionaries. – Courtesy photo
KINGSTON—Eight women from Union Chapel Missionary Baptist Church in Kingston, felt God stirring their hearts to make hundreds of fried pies to support IMB missionaries. They already gave faithfully to the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering®, but after connecting with missionaries Jon and Betty Loving, this team of women knew the Lord was calling them to do more. We shared about this church of 50 members last year and wanted to give this update about their twice a week work session for eight straight months:
- 1,400 handmade fried pies
- 200 hand‑crafted pumpkins
- 50 wreaths made from packing material (normally known as trash)
- Countless Saturdays at the farmer’s market selling their wares
- Craft bazaar
- Entire families pitching in—husbands carrying bushels of apples, grandkids rolling dough, young adults selling leftovers door‑to‑door
One woman even kept rolling pies from home…after a knee replacement.
Besides making pies to sell at the farmers’ market, Union Chapel Missionary Baptist Church hosted a crafts bazaar. – Courtesy photo
And through every batch of dough, every pie fried with purpose, their hearts stayed fixed on one thing: sending missionaries to the nations.
“Quit was never in our vocabulary,” Janice Poland said, though admitting there were times they were plenty tired. “We’ve been so blessed and want to be part of sharing the gospel around the world. That’s why we kept going and kept doing.”
The results of this obedience? $12,000 raised for the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering®.
And 100% of every dollar goes directly to sending and sustaining IMB missionaries.
Mary Lane Moore reminds us that God doesn’t call everyone to go. He calls us all to be part of His mission. And for this group of women at Union Chapel Missionary Church that means giving, praying and sending missionaries through the IMB. Together, we take the gospel to every corner of the world.
