Frances Brown State Mission Offering
and Week of Prayer for State Missions
September 12-19, 2021

This year's offering will assist Michigan Baptist pastors and churches who need help after the COVID-19 pandemic shutdown.

Offering Goal:
$70,000

Pastor and Church Relief Request Form

We know that there are some Michigan churches and pastors that have struggled financially since March 2020 shut-down. This year's gifts will help pastors and churches that need help getting back on their feet after COVID so they can continue to share the Gospel of Jesus Christ in their communities.    

Please click the button below and fill out the request form to let us know about the need.

The Baptist State Convention of Michigan has set up a direct giving portal to the Frances Brown State Missions Offering in order to make it even more convenient for churches.

The Frances Brown State Mission Offering is an annual offering taken by Michigan Baptist Churches to fund special missions projects for starting, strengthening, and sending churches within the state of Michigan. 
The 2021 offering will be used for helping Michigan Pastors and Churches that need help getting back on their feet after the pandemic shutdown.

Who was Frances Brown?

Born in Carbondale, Illinois, and the oldest of thirteen children, Frances Brown came to Michigan in November of 1958 as the Executive Secretary of Michigan Woman's Missionary Union.

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Frances Brown used her influence as a leader to lead Michigan Baptist women to minister to the many number of persons in the state who did not know Christ as their Lord. She was missions!

Her countenance was an icon that called the women into action! The mention of her name is an inspiration for all to be all that God intends for us to be.

She was and is "Miss Frances Brown". The woman whose motto has echoed in the ears of thousands of men, women, and children: "If I can help you, just let me know.” These words were not just simple words to Frances Brown, they came from her heart as she visited in associations and churches while serving Michigan Baptists.

Frances Brown gave encouragement and challenged Michigan Baptists to reach out and touch the lives of people in the state, as well as around the world. She was born in Illinois, but Michigan was her mission field!

She gave twenty years of superior leadership and furthered the cause of missions in Michigan. Upon her retirement in April of 1978, the Baptist State Convention of Michigan honored her by naming the state missions offering the Frances Brown State Mission Offering.

Frances Brown died in 1979, but her challenge to Michigan Baptists to be willing to give of their time, money, and selves to the cause of sharing the gospel of Jesus Christ with the vast mission field called Michigan lives today.