How the Texas Missions Offering is Reaching Every Corner of Texas

Through the Mary Hill Davis Offering for Texas Missions, your gifts support more than 70 ministries that spread the Gospel across the state. These stories are a glimpse of the lasting impact your generosity had in 2025.

FINDING PEACE AT THE TABLE

For “Gloria,” a new resident at the Poiema Foundation safe house, the transition was filled with anxiety and fear. As her move-in day approached, she wrestled with many unknowns about the program and her future. On the day she moved in, she spoke with a staff member who offered encouragement grounded in biblical truth.

Gloria noticed something profound: her advocates, her mother, and her friends had all been telling her the same thing. She went on to say that the funny thing about the Holy Spirit is that He loves to say the same thing through different people, so it was like we were all eating at the same dinner table, sharing the same nourishing meal of the Scriptures.

The following morning, Gloria shared that she had never woken up with so much peace. She had truly put her faith in God.

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The Texas Missions Offering provides funds for ministering to the spiritual, physical, and emotional needs of trafficking victims, and equips churches and ministries seeking to meet those needs. 

LIVING WATER IN GRAND PRAIRIE

In Grand Prairie, a difficult week began when a local fire led to water contamination, leaving many residents without usable water for several days. Schools were closed, but an apartment church continued to meet.

On a day when only two elementary-aged children were present, a substitute teacher shared a story from the Bible. As the teacher spoke, one child began asking questions about Jesus and declared, “I want to be a Christian too!” His sister quickly shared the same desire. Elated, the teacher gently asked them what they meant, and they shared that they wanted Jesus to forgive them for their sins. Together, they then prayed to receive Jesus into their hearts.

What started as a difficult day with no water ended in a beautiful transformation for two children.

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The Texas Missions Offering provides the Texas Baptists Apartment Church Ministry with funds to support organic churches as they connect, train, and collaborate on projects to reach communities across Texas.

A NEW CHURCH IN LUBBOCK

Mark Caballero was raised in a home filled with faith and music. His father, a West Texas pastor, taught all six of his children to play the guitar, and the family became well known for their evangelistic music ministry. Although Mark served as a musician from a young age, he did not personally know Christ as his Savior until he was 29.

A major turning point came at age 48 when his father passed away. This loss led Mark into a season of deep spiritual growth and a response to God’s call into the ministry. Two years later, he joined the Lubbock Area Baptist Association Church Planting Center. This 40-week journey provided training in ministry and offered a path toward healing after the loss of his father. Today, Mark has successfully launched Grace Church South in Lubbock with an initial attendance of 126 people. His journey is just one example among more than 30 residents in the Church Planting Center’s annual cohorts.

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The Texas Missions Offering funds the Texas Baptists Church Planting Ministry, enabling the purchase of essential materials to train future church planters and pastors.

EMPOWERING THE NEXT GENERATION OF DISCIPLE-MAKERS

Because you gave, Allie (left), a passionate and aspiring 12-year-old apologist, received the tools she needed to reach her friends for Christ.

After attending a sermon by Eric Hernandez, the Apologetics Lead for TXB Evangelism, Allie felt motivated to share her faith with her friends at school, particularly with one friend from a different religious background.

Desiring to connect with her friend and share her faith respectfully, Allie asked her mom to take her to a [un] Apologetics Evangelism Conference.

Not only did Allie invite a friend along, but she bravely took the microphone during a Q&A session to seek guidance on how to share the Gospel with her peers.

The event that empowered Allie to confidently share the Gospel with her friends was made possible by your gifts to the Mary Hill Davis Offering for Texas Missions.

Thank you for helping us shape the next generation of disciple-makers.

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The Texas Missions Offering enables the [un]Apologetic Evangelism Conference to provide scholarships for students and pastors who wish to attend.

For a full list of ministries supported by the Texas Missions Offering, visit our allocation page at iamtexasmissions.org/allocations. To support Texas Baptists missionaries and ministries, visit iamtexasmissions.org/give.