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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 ...
Baptist women were among the leaders in the Woman's Union Missionary Movement of 1860. In the spring of that year, Ellen Huntly Bullard Mason, wife of Dr. Francis Mason of Burma, took the long journey home expressly to present her plea in person to the American Baptist Missionary Union and the women of the churches. She held numerous ...
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]
By the early 1920s, 100,000 or more of the books for adults were printed, and proportionately large editions of the books for children and young people. Both bodies sold at wholesale to boards and denominational agencies, the Movement to the general boards, the council to the women's boards. Retail sales were made by the boards to the ...
The Missionary Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate Conception was founded by Mother Ignatius Hayes in Belle Prairie, Minnesota in 1872. Hayes joined a congregation founded by Mary Elizabeth Lockhart, the Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate Conception and St Francis at Bayswater, before completing her training with the "Glasgow Franciscans".
Adult bookstore off I-65 in Kentucky closes after investigation into illegal activity. Karla Ward. September 7, 2022 at 6:58 AM. ... and the sale of volatile substances.” ...
The Kentucky Federation of Women's Clubs (KFWC) is a community and civic umbrella organization for women in Kentucky. It was founded in 1894 and is affiliated with the General Federation of Women's Clubs (GFWC). [1] The KFWC helped bring about various reforms in Kentucky and expanded educational opportunities to citizens.
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