As we approach Giving Tuesday on December 3, 2024, we are reminded of the incredible impact we can make when we come together in support of a common cause. This year, we are focusing our efforts on supporting vital medical initiatives for our partners in Guyana, India, Ethiopia, Kenya, and Liberia.
Lott Carey has a long-standing commitment to providing essential healthcare services to communities in need. Our initiatives include:
Free medical care for leprosy patients in India
HIV/AIDS education, prevention, care, and support in Ethiopia
Medical supplies for the Kipsitet Medical Center in Kenya
Healthcare services in Guyana
Support for medical initiatives in Liberia
These programs are crucial in addressing the healthcare disparities faced by these communities. With your generous support, we can continue to provide life-saving medical care and education to those who need it most.
How You Can Help:
Donate: Your financial contributions are essential. Every dollar you give helps us provide critical medical services and supplies.
Spread the Word: Share our mission with your friends, family, and social networks. The more people who know about our cause, the greater our impact.
Volunteer: If you have medical expertise or other skills, consider volunteering your time to support our initiatives.
Why Your Support Matters
Your donations directly impact the lives of individuals and families in these countries. For example, in India, your support helps us provide free medical care to leprosy patients, offering them hope and dignity. In Ethiopia, your contributions fund HIV/AIDS education and care, empowering communities to combat this devastating disease.
Join Us This Giving Tuesday
On December 3, we invite you to join us in making a difference. Together, we can ensure that our partners in Guyana, India, Ethiopia, Kenya, and Liberia receive the medical care they desperately need. Your generosity can transform lives and bring hope to those who need it most.
Thank you for your continued support and commitment to our mission. Let’s make this Giving Tuesday our most impactful yet!
With gratitude,
Emmett L. Dunn
Executive Secretary-Treasurer
Lott Carey
I still remember growing up with my two brothers and the excitement we shared at Easter time. Not because of the celebration of the Resurrection of Christ, but because of the hope associated with the event. Hope for a new shirt, tie, shoes, pants, and jacket. Not to mention the elaborate Easter meal. For us kids, we looked forward to it with great anticipation. Hope and expectation still define Easter. Not for the things that excited me as a child but for what Easter embodies: sacrificial love, unmerited grace, and a glorious future.
As we approach this year’s Resurrection Sunday, I think of the millions of the world’s populations struggling to make sense of the challenges confronting them daily. Food insecurities in Zimbabwe, war in Ukraine, political unrest in Haiti, religious conflicts in Nigeria, inequalities in the United States of America, to name a few. Where is this hope that the Resurrection brings and how can we experience it?
I contend that the answer is found within us, the CHURCH. We who are called by the risen Lord to be the voice of the voiceless and speak truth to power; to be present and offer comfort to the disenchanted; to be the help in times of trouble; to feed the hungry, cloth the necked, liberate those who are incarcerated; and preach peace to the broken hearted. We are called to be the bearers of HOPE.
For more than a century, Lott Carey has been a channel of hope…touching lives with transforming love. The hope in the Resurrection emboldens us to walk alongside our sisters and brothers, becoming the face of our risen Savior. Communities all over the world are better today because of Lott Carey’s commitment to rescue those who are perishing and offer care to those who are dying from hunger, disease, and poverty. Thank You for helping us share in the Hope of the Resurrection. Your prayers, presence, and financial support make it possible.
My prayer for you is that you will experience God in an extraordinary way this Easter, allowing you to focus on the divine Hope and glorious expectation that define the Resurrection experience.
Happy Resurrection!
Together we can do More, Rev. Emmett L. Dunn Executive Secretary-Treasurer Lott Carey
“The sky is not falling” Black church in relative healthy state
Despite poor prognostications, the state of the Black church in the United States is not as bad as many assume.
These were determined by researcher, Dr. Brianna Parker, who participated in the Barna Group study on the State of the Black Church.
Dr. Parker said the conditions in the white church, which is experiencing overall decline, were often generalized, and projected onto the wider Christian community in the United States. This is not the case overall, especially for Black Christian churches.
She announced these findings during the 2022 Lott Carey Spring Missions Conference in Atlanta on March 24. In a presentation titled, “The sky is not falling,” Dr. Parker declared that despite its many challenges, “the Black church is not dying, it’s not in hospice care, nor is it on life support.”
While many churches need to be more transparent in their finances and administration, reports of impropriety among Black churches and pastors are comparatively few. The negative stereotypes come mainly from media, especially movies and television shows, but such stereotypes are not supported by the data.
One example is the comparative high regard and respect that young Black people have for Black churches and pastors. Black teens and youth do not have many negative personal experiences in the Black church. “Emerging generations believe in the Black pastors as leaders,” Dr. Parker said, indicating this was a surprising discovery based on prior assumptions. However, these younger cohorts often think differently about religion and spirituality than their older peers.
Dr. Parker, founder and CEO of Black Millennial Café, said the Covid-19 pandemic is another example of the relevance of the church, including for Black Americans. “The pandemic reminds people they need a pastor.”
But churches must rethink the virtual space that has become a reality for many Christians because of the pandemic. Going forward, she said congregations need to “provide a house church model for their virtual community.”
More than 250 pastors, church leaders and delegates are attending the Lott Carey Spring Missions Conference in Atlanta, Georgia, from March 24-25.
A hybrid event, virtual and in-person, the conference is for strategic planning, program updates, missions training, worship, and inspiration.
Lott Carey President Rev. Dr. Gina M. Stewart and Executive Secretary-Treasurer Rev. Emmett Dunn announced priorities and new emphases for the global mission organization for the year 2022.
The president challenged Lott Carey partners to raise a special mission fund of US$1 million by the 125th Lott Carey Annual Session in New Orleans, from August 15-19.
Dr. Stewart, who made the appeal during the 2022 Spring Missions Conference in Atlanta, is confident it can be done “if 100 churches give $10,000 each or 200 churches give $5,000 each.”
She is encouraging churches to invest in increasing capacity and building the infrastructure of Lott Carey to enable its partners to effectively meet the needs of the people they serve.
The first woman to lead a major African American Baptist group emphasized that Lott Carey is doing good work and wants to see it gain greater visibility, including among younger, emerging generations.
Rev. Dunn announced a new initiative approved by the Lott Carey board of directors to launch an individual members program. This will broaden and deepen participation to individuals who desire to support global mission, not just congregations, the traditional funders and supporters of Lott Carey.
The executive secretary-treasurer told the gathering in Atlanta that Lott Carey is in the process of launching Thriving Congregations to further equip pastors, lay leaders, and congregations.
Focus will be on churches’ response to changing social and cultural contexts, clarifying values, and on mission. It seeks to cultivate Christian practices that strengthen the vitality, faithfulness, and effectiveness of local churches.
Thriving Congregations succeeds the recently concluded Thriving in Ministry (TIM), which trained, developed, and nurtured pastoral leaders. Rev. Dunn commended the graduates of TIM, which ended after three years during the Spring Missions Conference.
Both Thriving in Ministry and Thriving Congregations are funded by grants from the Lily Endowment.
More than 250 pastors, church leaders and delegates attended the Lott Carey Spring Missions Conference in Atlanta, Georgia, from March 24-25.
A hybrid event, virtual and in-person, the conference was for strategic planning, program updates, missions training, worship, and inspiration.
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