Lottie Moon - the namesake of the international missions offering - has become something of a legend to us. But in her time Lottie was anything but an untouchable hero. In fact, she was like today's missionaries. She was a hard-working, deep-loving Southern Baptist who labored tirelessly so her people group could know Jesus.
Why was the offering named for this early China missionary? Throughout her career, Lottie Moon wrote numerous letters home, urging Southern Baptists to greater missions involvement and support. One of those letters triggered Southern Baptists' first Christmas offering for international missions - enough to send three new missionaries to China.*
In 1903, while on her only visit to the States during her time in China, Lottie came here to Crewe where her brother Isaac lived and attended the Crewe Baptist Church. At Crewe Baptist, Lottie "found a place to lay her head" and it was thought that if she ever returned from China that she would settle in Crewe. Of course, Miss Lottie never returned to the States until after her death on Christmas Eve, 1912.
We offer a free Lottie Moon Tour here at Crewe Baptist Church. The tour includes viewing various historic artifacts our church keeps, a presentation including videos on Lottie's life, and seeing Lottie's grave site in Crewe Cemetery.
If you would like to take this tour, please contact us by calling (434) 645-7464 and setting up an appointment, or by faxing this form.
The Lottie Moon stained glass window was installed when the existing sanctuary was built in 1915-16. This sanctuary replaced the original building which burned down in 1914. The Woman's Missionary Union took up a collection to pay for the window. In 1993, the Lottie Moon Education Building of the Crewe Baptist Church was named in honor of this great missionary.
Download a freebiographyof Lottie Moon written by Wirt Corrie of Crewe Baptist Church.
