To provide missions resources for New Mexico Southern Baptist congregations and to help them understand and be radically involved in the mission of God.
New Mexico WMU Staff
Melissa Lamb, Executive Director, NM WMU
mlamb@bcnm.com
Diana Longoria, Ministry Assistant
dlongoria@bcnm.com
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Emily Taigaafi has taken over the WMU prayer update newsletter that Karen Pilgreen has faithfully sent out for several years.
A Message from Emily
“Prayer is so powerful, and it allows us to partner in a very important way with New Mexico missionaries overseas.”
“I am so excited to be given this opportunity to carry on the newsletter. Prayer is so powerful, and it allows us to partner in a very important way with New Mexico missionaries overseas.
I grew up overseas as a missionary kid, and these prayers from people back home have directly impacted my family and me.
While moving to a new country, my family struggled to find a place to live. At the time, I was three and a half years old and my brother was one. We spent weeks living out of suitcases in a hotel while my parents tried to make connections and begin ministry. We were understandably growing discouraged.
One day, after looking at several apartments that clearly wouldn’t work, my dad noticed one last apartment complex as they were leaving the area. Expectations were low because of the price and location, but they decided to check it out. It turned out to be far better than anything they had seen, and my dad was able to secure the apartment for our family.
When he returned to the hotel, my mom shared with him that it made perfect sense he found an apartment that day. It was her birthday, and she knew people all over the world were praying for her and our family.
Although I was very young when this happened, I have heard this story many times and seen God’s hand move through prayer. Having prayer partners in the States is a crucial part to ministry as a missionary overseas. We were never meant to do God’s work alone, and prayer truly changes things.
When we were on the mission field, there was no New Mexico prayer update. The IMB put out a general list, but our own state did not know anything about what we were doing. This is why it’s so important that the WMU started this prayer update newsletter. I am deeply grateful to Karen Pilgreen for faithfully leading this effort over the past five years, as I believe this newsletter has been a crucial lifeline for our New Mexico IMB missionaries.
Blessings,
Emily Taigaafi”
Why This Matters
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Missions Education
Missions education is the process of equipping Christians to participate effectively in the mission of God, locally and globally, through personal missions involvement and representative missions.
WMU not only creates an environment to hear and understand God’s call but helps people to experience missions personally through mission action and witness.
Missions Education in the Church
- Missions education is doctrinally sound.
- Missions education teaches men, women, boys, and girls how to apply biblical truths through mission action and witnessing.
- Missions education teaches us how to pray intercessory prayers for missionaries, ministries, people groups, and our own church and communities.
- Missions education supports missions financially and encourages cooperative giving.
- Missions education helps believers grow spiritually as we learn, memorize, and live out Scripture through missions involvement.
- Missions education helps believers live out the Great Commission by witnessing to people and caring for the needs of others.
- Missions education teaches us that we are all part of God’s plan.
- Missions education lays a foundation of faith and helps us develop spiritually toward a missions lifestyle.