Hope in Christ

Missions Leader 2023–24 is your source for leading your church in the Hope in Christ emphasis throughout the church year.

Missions Leader provides detail information about the Hope in Christ emphasis:

• • overview of the emphasis 
  • promotional and worship material 
  • emphasis-specific principles guiding WMU’s age-level missions discipleship curriculum for the year

Missions Leader also includes what you need for annual and quarterly planning of missions discipleship and involvement, ideas and plans for growing and developing your leadership team, WMU’s missions discipleship curriculum study plan for the year, and ways to be involved in missions through compassion ministries.

Replacement for Page 10 (PDF download)

After the publication of Missions Leader 2023–24, a theological error was discovered. WMU seeks to share about God’s Word with great care. We aim to speak accurately of what has been revealed by the Holy Spirit through the Word of God. Despite measures to ensure all content is written, edited, and reviewed with biblical accuracy, at times, errors occur. In the Responsive Reading, an erroneous statement was made that said God created Jesus Christ. WMU bases its beliefs on the inerrant, infallible, sufficient, authoritative, unchanging Word of God and stands firmly on passages proclaiming the eternal, uncreated Son of God, including, but not limited to, John 1:1–18; 1 Corinthians 8:6; Philippians 2:4–6; Colossians 1:15–17; and 1 John 1:1–3. These beliefs are also affirmed in the Baptist Faith & Message 2000, which states in Article II about God, “The eternal triune God reveals Himself to us as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, with distinct personal attributes, but without division of nature, essence, or being.” It further states in Article II, Section B, “Christ is the eternal Son of God.” As such, we have provided a revised Responsive Reading that reflects this understanding of Scripture and the nature of Jesus. We regret this mistake occurred and will continue to enforce strict review of biblical content.