The International Mission Board (IMB) and Woman’s Missionary Union (WMU) invite all Southern Baptists to participate in the 2025 Lottie Moon Christmas Offering and Week of Prayer for International Missions.
This year’s Week of Prayer will be observed Nov. 30 – Dec. 7. Between the command of Jesus in the Great Commission and the vision of the Great Multitude in Revelation 7:9 is our Great Pursuit. We are present among the lost so they can hear the gospel and be represented around the throne of Jesus Christ for eternity.
Missionaries have counted the cost. Finding Christ worthy, they willingly go to the farthest corners of the earth — the cities, the hard-to-reach places, among the dispersed and displaced. But they do not serve alone. We support them through our prayers, through our giving and sometimes through our own presence. Let’s join to pray for the missionaries on the following pages.
This year’s Week of Prayer and Lottie Moon offering downloadable resources are available now on the IMB’s website. The site includes stories, full-color photos, videos, the Global Impact Guide, social media graphics, presentation graphics, kids’ resources, goal posters and a bulletin insert.
In addition, churches can request a printed brochure about Lottie Moon’s life, a life-size display of Lottie Moon and other resources. New this year, churches can get a more personalized experience. It is now more convenient for a church to collect online gifts for the Lottie Moon offering. Each Southern Baptist church can receive a personalized link on IMB’s website with the church’s name and giving goal. This personalized resource can be found by visiting IMB.org/LottieMoon.
All resources can be ordered through the IMB store at no cost to churches. Most are also available in English, Spanish, Korean and Chinese. Speakers can also be requested during this season by visiting IMB.org/SpeakerRequest.
The Lottie Moon Christmas Offering® is a registered trademark of Woman’s Missionary Union.
Week of Prayer
The Week of Prayer is annually observed by SBC churches to pray for missionaries, their ministries and their families. Prayer is the fuel for spiritually sustaining missionaries in places where the gospel is greatly needed, but often opposed.
The official dates are the last Sunday in November through the first Sunday in December. Your church can choose this date or another time during the Christmas season to participate.
In addition to downloading these items, if your church needs additional prayer guides or envelopes, please contact us at the Helpdesk at helpdesk@brnunited.org.
Day One
Art, music, and open mics lead to spiritual growth in Spain
Henar faced a crushing betrayal that threatened to consume her newfound hope. Two years ago, the International Mission Board shared the story of Henar, a woman deeply involved in New Age spirituality, searching for truth in crystals, meditation, and other alternative practices. Everything changed when she met IMB missionaries Emilio and Hannah Marrero and came to saving faith in Christ. Not long afterward, Henar’s husband abandoned her. The Marreros knew Henar’s suffering would be a measure of her faith.
Prayer Requests:
- Pay for more Spanish ministry partners, like Henar, to expand the reach of the gospel.
- Ask God to grant more creativity and open doors for Emilio and Hannah.
- Praise God for the new church that now meets in Spain and ask that God would use them powerfully for His sake.
Day Two
Korean American missionaries transform lives in home country
As the sun goes down over South Korea, another life ends in suicide. The sad statistics in the country called the Land of the Morning Calm still affect International Mission Board missionaries Hun and Eunjoo Sol. Suicide is one of the leading causes of death in South Korea among those in their teens, 20s, and 30s. Combine these sobering statistics with fewer young people involved in church or wanting anything to do with faith and the Sols have reason to ask God for a big vision.
Prayer Requests:
- Pray God will fulfill the vision of 48 churches reaching every university campus in Seoul.
- Pray with the Sols for God to grow their missionary team. Ask God to heal Eunjoo from a medical condition that affects her vocal cords. Much of her ministry is speaking and leading, which has become difficult.
- Ask God’s Spirit to move across the country with hope and healing.
Day Three
Believers in West Africa discover place in God’s story
The story is still unfolding, and there’s work to do. Christians in West Africa learned about their role in God’s story through rocks. Now, if you’re wondering what rocks have to do with anything, keep reading. Church members watched the line of rocks grow. One by one, more rocks were added, until there were 22 in formation. For each rock, a believer told a Bible story.
Prayer Requests:
- Pray these Bible storying methods will continue to change lives as people grasp the gospel for the first time.
- Pray for Mariam and other members of the evangelism team as they continue to train more people in this storying method.
- Ask God to bring more missionaries and West African ministry partners to this region so more lives will be transformed.
Day Four
IMB and Chilean missionaries cast vision to reach islands
It took a flight. A ferry. A truck ride. Traveling on foot. The trip was worth the effort. Forty remote islands in southern Chile have little gospel knowledge and access, but we pray that will soon change. International Mission Board missionary Landon Williams clings to the promise given in Isaiah 42:4 that the coastlands will wait expectantly for God’s law.
Prayer Requests:
- Plead with the Lord to send a pastor to the remote island church.
- Pray for Landon and Megan Williams as they mobilize Chilean believers to fulfill the Great Commission.
- Pray for the gospel to travel to coastlands of Chile. Pray for Landon, Carlos, and Rodrigo as they seek to see the promise fulfilled.
Day Five
Missionaries lead Central Asian refugees toward healing
A frozen body lay not far from where Anahita and her family huddled together. They shivered, trying to stay warm enough to survive the night. The frozen body was most likely a refugee following the mountainous escape route, but they never made it to a safe haven. This wasn’t the trajectory Anahita saw her life taking. Anahita, with her husband and children, escaped their homeland in Central Asia, traveling through several countries, sometimes on foot, with the goal of reaching a country in western Europe.
Prayer Requests:
- Pray God gives Freshta wisdom as she ministers to women who’ve experienced compounded traumas.
- Pray that Anahita will make the decision to follow Christ.
- Thank the Lord for the hope many refugees are finding. Pray the men and women living in trauma will find healing in the divine Healer.
Day Six
40-year ministry in Japan comes full circle
“It’s going to be one amazing journey.” Carlton Walker’s words to his wife more than 40 years ago ring true today. When Cornelia Walker was in elementary school, her Girl’s Auxiliary group gave an assignment to pick a country and draw its flag and then learn about it. Cornelia wasn’t a great artist, but there was one flag she thought she could manage. Japan’s flag was just a red circle on a white background. So, she picked it for her project. At the time, she never imagined she’d pour over 40 years of her life into loving and serving the people she first learned about for that project.
Prayer Requests:
- Thank God for the Walkers’ obedience to serve overseas and their steadfast presence for four decades. Ask God to send more workers to the fields of Japan.
- Ask God for more Japanese churches to have a strong desire to spread the gospel.
- Give God the praise, honor, and glory for His work among the nations. Ask God what further step you should take to join His work.
Day Seven
Brazilian families find Christ-centered care
Their choice is unimaginable. Infanticide or rejection by their tribe. Many Indigenous families in Brazil experience rejection by their tribes because the families refuse to practice infanticide. This cruel tradition, which involves the killing of babies born with birth defects, incurable diseases, or in cases of twins and unwanted pregnancies, is still observed by some tribes in Brazil. International Mission Board missionaries Nick and Amber Sroka are bringing the Light of Christ into this darkness.
Prayer Requests:
- Pray now that families would understand the worth of their children and that they hear the story of a God who loves them.
- Ask God to send more missionaries and more churches to bring the hope of the gospel to those who live in darkness without Him.
- Please join the Srokas in thanking God for transformed lives and the power of the good news in Brazil.
Day Eight
Changed lives reach others in Horn of Africa
Hat tricks and corner kicks were a part of Gabriel’s journey to Jesus. Gabriel and his friends were looking for a place to play soccer. A missionary serving in his hometown opened her yard and offered to sponsor their soccer team with one condition: every other week the team studied the Bible with her. The boys excitedly agreed.
Prayer Requests:
- Pray the Lord continues to give Gabriel direction as he plans and dreams about how to invest in local leaders.
- Ask God to empower more local believers and send more workers to the unreached in this region.
- Thank God for missionaries like Matt and Gretchen Clay who serve among the peoples of the Horn of Africa.
