TOGETHER ON MISSION

  • Make my joy complete by being of the same mind, maintaining the same love, united in spirit, intent on one purpose.

    PHILIPPIANS 2:2

Alma Hunt Offering for
Virginia Missions

Since 1976, the annual Virginia Missions Offering—traditionally called the Alma Hunt Offering for Virginia Missions—is a joint venture of the Woman’s Missionary Union of Virginia (WMUV) and the Baptist General Association of Virginia (BGAV). 

We invite you to give to the Alma Hunt Offering —joining your gifts with those of many other Virginia Baptists as we work to share the love of Christ across the Commonwealth of Virginia and with the whole world.

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    Learn more about who Alma Hunt was, why we take an offering in her honor, and how the funds we collect are allocated.

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Stories from the Offering

Alma Hunt Offering Stories
Lighthouse International Church
Lighthouse International Church

Rev. Calvin Birch and Lighthouse International Church minister to African immigrants to Richmond, Virginia. Learn more about Lighthouse and how the Alma Hunt Offering helped their ministry.

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Micro Churches
Micro Churches

The Alma Hunt Offering helps spur church planters into the mission field, including the micro church ministry of Jeremy and Monica Chambers.

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Church Planting Around the World
Church Planting Around the World

The Alma Hunt Offering for Virginia Missions supports not only ministry in Virginia but also the work of Virginia Baptists around the world.

This includes the partnership between Baptist General Association of Virginia and the More Than Nets Initiative, which has helped plant almost 500 churches in and around Ghana since 2014.

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CrossRoads: Developing Young Adults into Ministers
CrossRoads: Developing Young Adults into Ministers

CrossRoads, a ministry of WMUV, develops young leaders each summer through its summer camp ministry. Kristen White shares how her time at CrossRoads helped her discern a call to ministry.

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A Holy Experiment: Healing Arts Ministry in Amherst County
A Holy Experiment: Healing Arts Ministry in Amherst County

Amy Hall, a recipient of an Alma Hunt Mission Grant, shares her experience developing Healing Arts Studio thanks to funding from her community and the Alma Hunt Offering.

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Serving Together: A Community Unites to Serve the Eastern Shore
Serving Together: A Community Unites to Serve the Eastern Shore

One way the Alma Hunt Offering impacts communities is through funding partnerships between churches and ministries. Read more about Serving Together, a partnership created to minister to communities on Virginia’s Eastern Shore.

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CrossRoads: Helping Young Adults Discern the Call to Ministry
CrossRoads: Helping Young Adults Discern the Call to Ministry

The Alma Hunt Offering for Virginia Missions makes possible the summer ministry of CrossRoads Camp and Conference Center. CrossRoads offers leadership development to summer staffers in high school and college, and as a result, has helped many young adults discern a call to missions and ministry because of time spent at CrossRoads.

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About Alma Hunt (1908-2008)
About Alma Hunt (1908-2008)

Who was Alma Hunt, and why is our offering named in her honor? Learn more about Alma from Rev. Dr. Nathan Taylor, Executive Director of the Virginia Baptist Historical Society

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Mission Grants
Mission Grants

Through the Alma Hunt Offering for Virginia Missions, WMUV had the pleasure of awarding over $11,000 in grants across Virginia

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Baptist Nursing Fellowship: Called to Care
Baptist Nursing Fellowship: Called to Care

Offering continuing education as well as mission and prayer opportunities, BNF is growing in Virginia thanks to support from the Alma Hunt Offering.

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Ma Ke Alo O: Being Present in Community
Ma Ke Alo O: Being Present in Community

The Alma Hunt offering, allowed Make Alo O to pivot from providing community prior to lockdown to delivering one month’s worth of groceries to 500 grandmothers and grandfathers every month.

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Indigenous Church Planters: Ministering Within Cultural Contexts
Indigenous Church Planters: Ministering Within Cultural Contexts

Pray for four indigenous church planters we support as they follow God’s call to Be Light in Eastern Europe and in the Middle East.

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Investing in Young Women: WMUV Leadership Programs
Investing in Young Women: WMUV Leadership Programs

The Alma Hunt Offering helps WMUV invest in students who exemplify spiritual maturity and have been identified by their local churches as mission-minded. Investing in our children and students demonstrates our belief in the future of WMUV.

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Disaster Relief: Serving with Hope
Disaster Relief: Serving with Hope

As we move out of the isolation we’ve experienced, churches are beginning to think about how they can serve, and many are turning to disaster response.

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Eastern Shore Partnership Provides SPLASH Camps
Eastern Shore Partnership Provides SPLASH Camps

In 2018, Virginia Baptists began a partnership on the Eastern Shore of Virginia with Cape Charles Baptist and other local churches. The relationship grew out of Impact Mission Camps and gave churches an opportunity to support ministries on the Eastern Shore.

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