EVANGELICAL WOMEN IN THE FIRST HALF OF 1800; LOTTIE MOON P/74

                                                                                                                                                                           

In this post I will continue to share the story of a woman named Lottie Moon. She lived from 1840 - 1912. In 1873, Lottie set sail for China, a country her sister would soon leave but where Lottie would spend nearly 40 years. 

In China, Lottie taught in girls' schools, evangelised in towns and villages and opened a mission station in the country's exterior - an unusual role for a single woman. Over time she adopted Chinese dress and grew to love the people of China.

Lottie wrote hundreds of letters to Southern Baptists, urging them to support international missions. She wrote, "Could a Christian woman possibly desire higher honour than to be permitted to go from house to house and tell of a Saviour to those who have never heard his name?" Later she urged, "Oh! That my words could be as a trumpet call, stirring the hearts of my brothers and sisters to pray, to labour, to give themselves to this people."

Lottie's efforts led to the formation of the Woman's Missionary Union and the establishment of what became known as the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering. 

Lottie died in 1912, having given her all for Christ. She remains the most famous Southern Baptist missionary of all time.