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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 ...
The Women's Missionary Union made her appear a martyr to the Christian cause rather than a feminist voice within the Baptist Church. Sullivan emphasizes Moon was a pioneer for gender equality; as she wrote from China in 1893, "What women have a right to demand is perfect equality."
Ellen Huntly Bullard Mason (12 January 1817 – 3 August 1894) was an American Baptist foreign missionary and writer. [1] The founder of the Woman's Union Missionary Society of America for Heathen Lands, she was the first woman in the US to sign an agreement to institute a union effort by women, independent of denominational control, to bring the Gospel to the zenanas of India.
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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 ]
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 ...
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]
Oct. 11—On Monday, the Owensboro Convention Center became the home to the 23rd annual Kentucky Women in Agriculture conference under the banner "Rooted in Community." The two-day conference ...