About the Women's Auxiliary

The Women’s Auxiliary occupies a high place in the minds of the Baptist leaders throughout the country because it has produced such splendid work. It is highlighted by special features that attract and interest people across the country.

Purpose

Established in 1900, the purpose of the Women’s Auxiliary may be understood by its honored motto: “The World for Christ,” and by an excerpt from its original Constitution: “The object of the Auxiliary shall be to assist the brethren to foster the kingdom of Christ in all lands and especially in Africa.”

It is further our purpose “to secure the confidence, fellowship, and cooperation of Christian womanhood everywhere in our forward march in ‘Building a Better World’.”

From its inception, the Women’s Auxiliary has supported the Convention’s goals in addition to having women serve in foreign fields since 1908.

Accomplishments of the Auxiliary include, but are not limited to:

• Providing financial assistance in the purchase of the headquarters building
• Organizing the junior department
• Raising funds for school buildings, health facilities, and educational and medical supplies
• Instituting Bible Study, Sunrise Prayer and Praise Service for the Convention, and a National Week of Prayer
• Stimulating growth of state and district associations and local missionary circles
• Expanding outreach through greater involvement of women in committee work, and sacrificial giving of time and gifts
• Promotion of Mission Study Courses with special emphasis on Foreign Missions.

The Women’s Auxiliary centers its planning and programming initiatives within the Convention’s focus through education, health, and ministry. The goals for Auxiliary Planning are to:

• Support the overall mission of Lott Carey
• Identify specific mission exposure experience
• Plan mission projects for local churches
• Recruit new women, groups, and mission circles.