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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 ...
Kentucky Mountain Bible College (KMBC) is a private Holiness bible college in Vancleve, Kentucky. It is a ministry of the Kentucky Mountain Holiness Association . The college claims that over 70% of its graduates have entered Christian ministry, including speakers, missionaries, and pastors in over 60 countries worldwide.
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.
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]
Annie Walker Armstrong (July 11, 1850 – December 20, 1938) was a lay Southern Baptist denominational leader instrumental in the founding of the Woman's Missionary Union. Early life [ edit ]
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]
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Zenana missions was the strongest feature of this society's labors from the beginning. In Calcutta, it was known as "The American Doremus Zenana Mission". It included the superintendent (always one of the missionary women); 16 missionaries; 55 native teachers; zenana pupils, 1,000; schools, 50; suburban schools, in Kanpur, 12; and Entally, two.