Program Milestones
- 1957 First awards/trophies were given to honor amounts given by churches
- 1959 BGMC yearly giving reaches the $100,000 mark
- 1963 BGMC total giving reaches the one million mark
- 1971 Frances Foster retires after being the BGMC coordinator for 21 years
- 1977 Helen Rye resigned and Sandy Askew was named BGMC coordinator
- 1979 Plastic Buddy Barrels were introduced
- 1982 BGMC total giving reaches the ten million mark
- 1984 BGMC yearly giving reaches the one million mark
- 1985 Pencil Pal introduced
- 1987 New plastic Buddy barrels with plastic caps were introduced
- 1989 Winnie the World was introduced
- 1990 BGMC total giving reaches the twenty million mark
- 1991 Sandy Askew went full-time as the National BGMC Coordinator
- 1992 BGMC yearly giving reaches the two million mark
- 1995 BGMC total giving reaches the thirty million mark
- 1998 BGMC yearly giving reaches the three million mark
- 1998 BGMC total giving reaches the forty million mark
- 1999 BGMC quarterly missions packets are replaced with an annual manual
- 1999 Buddy Barrel celebrates his 50th Birthday
- 1999 Sandy Askew retires after 22 years, David and Mary Boyd become the new National BGMC Coordinators
- 1999 The National Children's Ministries Agency is created and BGMC becomes a part of this agency. David and Mary Boyd are the National Directors.
- 2001 The Executive Presbytery votes to make BGMC the missions education program for children in the Assemblies of God
- 2001 Royal Rangers, Missionettes, and Christian Schools adopt BGMC into their programs.
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