“We must do the works of him who sent me while it is day. Night is coming when no one can work.”
-John 9:4

Dixie Jackson Arkansas Missions Offering

Night is coming. As believers, we know that there is more. We can rejoice in our affliction because we know who holds our future. Even though night is coming, we have hope. While it’s still light, we must share this hope with the world.

This is why the ministry of Arkansas Baptists is vital. When you give to the Dixie Jackson Arkansas Missions Offering, you are shining the light of Jesus into the darkness of this state, nation, and world. While it’s still light, there’s time to share the Gospel with those who haven’t heard it yet. There’s time to minister to college students who are in a pivotal season of life-change. There’s time to reach unreached people groups and do community missions. There’s time to care for new parents and those experiencing disaster. There’s time. There’s still time. But night is coming.

Jesus tells us in Matthew 24 that no one knows the day or the hour but the Father. What we do know is the right here, right now need for Jesus’ love. Let’s shine His light.

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Prayer Guide

Sunday

Night is coming, and when it comes, we will no longer be able to do the works of the Father. But there is still time. Pray today that you, your church, and your fellow believers will grasp the urgency and the need to share the light of Christ today, while it is still light.

Monday Community Missions

Pray for open eyes to see the needs right around you, the wisdom to know how to meet those needs, and the urgency to start today, while it is still light.

Tuesday Unreached People Groups

Be a part of ministering to the nations by asking the Lord to connect you to an international right in your own community.

Wednesday Baptist Collegiate Ministry

Today, pray for campus ministers and Christian students actively working to reach their fellow students with the Gospel. Pray for wisdom to know how to partner with them.

Thursday Disaster Relief

Disasters emphasize the urgency of people’s need for Christ. Pray that God will raise up Disaster Relief volunteers from your own church to serve in this critical ministry.

Friday Pregnancy Care Centers

Today, pray for open eyes to see the desperation of women in difficult situations. Ask the Lord for a sense of urgency and wisdom to meet those needs.

Saturday Church Planting

As you pray for church planters around the state, ask God to show your church how you can meet the needs of unreached communities right in your own city.

Sunday

The need around us is great, and time is running out. Pray that we will act now, while it is still light, working together to maximize our efforts and accomplish the work of Him who has sent us.

Community Missions

Unreached People Groups

Baptist Collegiate Ministry

Disaster Relief

Pregnancy Care Centers

Church Planting

Community Missions

God has placed you in your community for a reason. Each of us are called to love our neighbors, and we know many Arkansas Baptists do this through community missions. Steve and Joanna Lasiter use One Day: Serve Local to minister in Conway. They also enjoy participating in the annual One Day Acts 1:8 Missions Experience, a powerful one-day missions trip that enables Arkansans to join forces in a single location to spread the love of Christ. While it is still light, they are serving Arkansas with their family.

Unreached People Groups

Because God has brought the nations to Arkansas, Arkansas Baptists are able to have a Gospel impact even in places where Christian missionaries are not allowed to go. Ben Coulter, pastor of Immanuel Baptist Church in Magnolia, recognizes the urgency of ministering to the nations God has brought to his doorstep. For him, it’s all about forming relationships. While it is still light, we can reach the world simply by befriending internationals right here in our own towns.

Baptist Collegiate Ministry

Baptist Collegiate Ministry is a very tangible reflection of the urgency before us. College students are only on campus for a short time, and it is a pivotal season to reach students with the Gospel. God is using fellow students like Kinley Larmoyeux to reach those on her campus from both the United States and around the world with the light of Jesus. While it is still light, we must spread the love of Christ to every generation.

Disaster Relief

When disaster strikes, victims very quickly discover that the yellow shirts of Arkansas Baptist Disaster Relief crews symbolize real help and true comfort. Greg Hutchinson first learned about Disaster Relief during a Dixie Jackson presentation at his church. Since then, he has been heavily involved in meeting the needs of those impacted by tragic disasters. These disasters provide a stark reminder that life is fleeting and night is coming, and we must help this hurting world while it is still light.

Pregnancy Care Centers

Many women in our state feel like night has already come. Their lives are filled with darkness and desperation, and they have no hope for light. Robin Caldwell, director of Hope Place Pregnancy Care Center, tells these women about Jesus, the one who is hope and light, on a daily basis. In life altering-circumstances, Caldwell is able to shine the light of life into the desperate hearts of these women by being the hands and feet of Jesus.

Church Planting

God is using church planting efforts to uniquely reach Arkansans. After Pastor Torvac Amos felt called to minister in Central Arkansas, he discovered a community of around 17,000 African Americans that had been largely unreached with the Gospel message. Through this calling and a partnership with First Baptist Church in Sherwood, God is changing lives. Night is coming, so it is increasingly important that we carry the light of Jesus into every area of the state.