Giving

Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.

Luke 6:38

Why we give

God is generous, and so he calls us to be as well.  What we do with what God has given us shows the world our hearts and helps proclaim the gospel. We want to glorify God in every area of our lives, including how we manage our finances.

GPBC collects three special annual offerings, named in honor of the women who were instrumental in their creation. See below for more information.

3 Ways To Give

Give Online

Using this form.

Give In Person

Use the giving stations in the entryway of the Sanctuary.

Mail A Check

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Annie Armstrong

The Annie Armstrong Easter Offering is the primary way Southern Baptists fund missions in North America. 100% of gifts given go to the field to support more than 2,400 missionary families serving across the United States and Canada. Check out some of the supported missionaries in the expansive mission field of North America.

Watch a very good three-minute video about Annie Armstrong.
Annie Armstrong was instrumental in establishing the Woman’s Missionary Union (WMU) in 1888, and was the first WMU leader.  She was an advocate for missionaries, and communicated between missionaries, leaders, and denominations.  She asked churches to support mission work through prayer and sacrificial giving.

She was an extensive letter writer, handwriting 18,000 letters in one year alone. It was through the steely determination of Annie and many other like-minded Southern Baptist women that WMU had been forged against opposition from the male SBC leadership. 
Annie and the women of the WMU established the annual Easter mission offering in the Southern Baptist Churches in 1895, to benefit the work of the North American Mission Board.   In 1934, the annual offering was named in honor of Annie.  


Lottie Moon

Through the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering, we send and support missionaries to share the gospel, make disciples, and plant churches where Jesus is not known.
Until the gospel has reached every people, in every place, and every language—we have work to do. This is the Great Pursuit. From the Great Commission in Matthew 28, until the Great Multitude in Revelation 7, God invites us to join Him in His mission.
Charlotte “Lottie” Moon was a teacher and a foreign missionary who lived in China from 1873 – 1912.  Lottie was a pioneer for women's equality. She campaigned to give women missionaries the freedom to minister and have an equal voice in mission proceedings. At that time, single women missionaries were not sent to evangelize, they were there to teach.  Lottie wrote letters asking for more missionaries and money to grow her work.  

In 1885 Lottie moved inland to evangelize full-time.  She continued writing letters and articles and said there was a "desperate need" for more missionaries, which the poorly funded board could not provide.  She encouraged Southern Baptist women to organize mission societies in the local churches to help support additional missionary candidates and to consider coming themselves.  
Lottie was instrumental in the founding of The Woman's Missionary Union, an auxiliary to the Southern Baptist Convention, in 1888.  The first "Christmas offering for missions" in 1888 collected enough to send three new missionaries to China.

Working as a missionary in China during difficult times, Lottie shared her personal finances and food with anyone in need around her, severely affecting both her physical and mental health. In 1912, she only weighed 50 pounds.

In 1918, at Annie Armstrong’s suggestion, WMU named the annual Christmas offering for International Missions in honor of Lottie Moon.

Janie Chapman

Janie Chapman offering for state missions supports Woman's Missionary Union, Auxiliary to South Carolina Baptist Convention℠, which exists to empower churches and believers to participate in the Great Commission. We exist to equip churches, especially its members--women and men, girls and boys and preschoolers--to discover and live out their missions call. We are available to equip churches in beginning and strengthening missions discipleship for all ages, preschool through adults, and with the churchwide audience.
In 1902 Janie Chapman, a South Carolina pastor’s wife, founded the South Carolina Woman’s Missionary Union.  She was said to be a person of strict discipline with inner strength and a gentle spirit. She did her work well for the Lord. Janie was the first president of SC WMU. When WMU celebrated its 25th anniversary, Janie wrote: “We do not want to live too much in the past - just an occasional reminder of the stalwart and true souls who dared to blaze new trails.” In 1919 she encouraged SC WMU to try to raise $1,100,000 in five years for the 75 Million Campaign. They gave $1,487,647.
In 1937 the State Missions offering was renamed in honor of Janie Chapman. Janie's personal life verse was 1 Cor. 15:58  . She was an example of a woman who lived out this scripture!

Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain.

Connie Maxwell Children's Ministries

Since 1892, Connie Maxwell Children’s Ministries has provided hope for South Carolina’s children and families in need. Established as a ministry of the South Carolina Baptist Convention, Connie Maxwell has positively impacted thousands of individuals throughout our long history. We are a 501 (c) (3) nonprofit organization accredited by the Council on Accreditation (COA).
God used tragedy to provide hope for generations of future children. In 1891 Dr. J.C. Maxwell and his wife, Sarah, were mourning the loss of their daughter Connie. The Maxwell’s only child to survive infancy, Connie tragically died of scarlet fever at age seven. Connie was their last chance at raising a child of their own. The Maxwell’s knew the South Carolina Baptist Convention was talking about opening an orphanage, so to honor Connie they donated their 450-acre farm in Greenwood, SC to be used for an orphanage bearing Connie’s name.