Every year during the Christmas season, James Island Baptist Church collects money for the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering.  The International Mission board of the Southern Baptist convention collects this offering to send and support missionaries to be steadfastly present among those who have never heard the gospel all around the world.  100% of this offering supports missionaries and their work to take the gospel to the international community.

The offering is named after Lottie Moon, who was sent as a Southern Baptist missionary to China from 1873 to 1912. She saw firsthand the world's greatest problem — LOSTNESS. Meeting so many people who had never heard the gospel compelled her to write letters to American churches describing the need for a greater missionary presence.  She pleaded for increased prayer and financial support to send and sustain more missionaries. This challenge became known as the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering®.