Thank you Utah-Idaho Southern Baptists!

The Great Commission calls us is to share the gospel with everyone across Idaho and Utah, to start new churches where the gospel is being sown, and to strengthen all of our churches to His glory. As we enter this time of prayer and offering, we are reminded we serve a great God who is at work in our midst and desires to work through us in great ways to reach our mission field!

The State Missions Offering is used to share the gospel on our college campuses. It provides training for Disaster Relief ministries, preparing our DR volunteers when called on to serve in the name of Christ to those in critical need. Your SMO gifts provide equipping for pastors and laymen preaching God’s Word in our pulpits through the Preacher School and it provides resources for Strengthening Churches ministries. Through our SMO, we equip and encourage UISBC women, including pastor’s wives, as they so faithfully serve in vital ministry roles in our churches. Your missions gifts help equip and educate the next generation of leaders and missionaries in Utah-Idaho.

Together, we can make a difference as we partner in praying, giving, and sharing as we seek to expand God’s kingdom right here at home!

2025  State  Missions  Offering Breakdown

Our State Missions Offering was formerly known as the York-Dillman State Missions Offering and now you know ‘the rest of the story!’  In 1887, Rev. J.B. York arrived in Clearwater, ID and planted a church in a log cabin schoolhouse. The first work in Utah began when Harold Dillman and his wife, Opal, helped plant a church in Roosevelt in 1944. As a result of these early church starting efforts, many more churches were started, leading to the formation of the Utah-Idaho Southern Baptist Convention in October 1964. Today, approximately 200 congregations meet weekly in our two states speaking in thirteen different languages!