2009! This is an exciting year! Fifty years ago, in October of 1959, the Home Mission Board (now North American Mission Board) hosted the very first Literacy Missions workshop for SBC churches in Clear Creek, KY. Over 200 attended! Lillian Isaacs paved the way for literacy missions across North America, from Kentucky to Alaska. I came across this article written about her a couple years before she passed on to be with Jesus: Baptist Literacy Work Has Kentucky Roots. It's definitely worth the read!
I'm so thankful for missionaries like Lillian Isaacs! Because of her work and that of countless other men and women, I can stand on the wisdom and experience of others. How could I possibly have the know-how to do what I do otherwise, or the know-how to equip others to do the same?
Since that first workshop in 1959, Literacy Missions has grown to include not only Adult Reading & Writing, but Tutoring Children & Youth and English as a Second Language. What a legacy! Praise God for His great work, and pray that He will continue to call others to this mission field!
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