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Woman's Missionary Union (WMU) is an auxiliary of the Southern Baptist Convention that was founded in 1888. It is the largest Protestant missions organization for women in the world. The WMU sees its work as ‘’making disciples of Jesus who live in mission’’; this is done by providing resources, engaging with ministries and offering ...
Willie Harding McGavock. In April 1874, largely through the efforts of Mrs. Kelley, some of the Methodist women of Nashville, formed themselves into an organization known as a "Bible Mission," with two distinct objects: one to furnish aid and Bible instruction to the poor and destitute of the city, the other to collect and contribute pecuniary aid to foreign missionary fields. [6]
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist Protestant Church - 1879 [1] Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the Reformed Episcopal Church - 1889 [1] Woman's Foreign Missionary Union of Friends in America - 1887 [1] Woman's General Missionary Society of the Churches of God - 1903 [1]
In the wake of the Civil War, the seminary suspended classes for several years. [14] With the financial help of several wealthy Baptists, including John D. Rockefeller and a group of Kentucky business leaders who promised to underwrite the construction of a new campus, [15] [16] the seminary relocated to Fifth Street and Broadway in downtown Louisville, Kentucky, in 1877.
The organization was particularly effective, both at home and abroad, in reaching women and children in settings where it would be difficult or impossible for men to go. [1] For an example of the work being done, see the full program of the Kentucky C.W.B.M. Convention, September 21–22, 1903, published in The Bourbon (Paris, Ky.) News. [2]
Belle Harris Bennett (December 3, 1852 – July 20, 1922) led the struggle for and won laity rights for women in the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. She was the founding president of the Woman's Missionary Council of the Southern Methodist Church.
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Sue Bennett College was a private college in London, Kentucky which operated from 1897 through 1997. It was affiliated originally with the Methodist Episcopal Church, South and later the United Methodist Church. It began as an elementary school and ended its days as a four-year college. Portrait of Susan Ann Bennett of Richmond, Kentucky