Grace Baptist Church
Retired Ministers & Missionaries Offering (RMMO)
Receipts from the 2005 RMMO totaled $1,638,843. Of this amount, $708,831 was made available to meet immediate emergency and special financial needs. The balance of the receipts was distributed by MMBB on behalf of American Baptists. “Thank you” checks, ranging from $51 to $408, were sent to 3,221 eligible recipients. The average check was $288.73.
Receipts from the 2004 RMMO totaled $1,764,749, a 1.1% increase over the 2003 receipts of $1,744,801. Of this amount, $774,564 was made available to meet immediate emergency and special financial needs. The balance of the receipts was distributed by The Ministers and Missionaries Benefit Board (MMBB) on behalf of American Baptists in the form of Thank You checks: 3,252 checks were distributed in 2004, ranging from $53.50 to $428. The average check was $304.49.
The RMMO will be taken by most American Baptist congregations throughout the month of December.
For more information about where your contribution to the RMMO offering will go and whom it will benefit, visit the American Baptist RMMO website.
Since 1935, American Baptists have contributed to special offerings received in their churches for retired ABC ministers and missionaries, or their widowed spouses. The Retired Ministers and Missionaries Offering (RMMO) was established in 1977.
Through this annual offering, American Baptist congregations say thank you in a tangible way to the denomination's retired ministers and missionaries or their widowed spouses.
The offering provides them with emergency and other financial assistance, based on financial need; and 'Thank You' checks, based on 15 or more years of ABC service.