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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 ...
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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 ...
Constitution, which features craft cocktails and a speakeasy feel, is located at 109 Constitution St. in Lexington, Ky. In keeping with the underground nature of the bar, there isn’t any parking.
Author Randall Munroe signing books at Joseph-Beth in Cincinnati. In 1997, the company absorbed 4 Davis-Kidd Booksellers stores in Tennessee in Nashville, Knoxville, Memphis, and Jackson. [3] The Knoxville store closed in 2000, but the Jackson bookstore remained open until 2006 . The Nashville and Memphis locations remained open until 2010 and ...
Mary Kavanaugh Eagle (née, Oldham; February 4, 1854 – February 15, 1903) was an American community leader, clubwoman, book editor, and activist in Protestant missionary work. She served as president of the Woman's Central Committee on Missions since 1882, and was the first president of the Woman's Mission Union, of Arkansas .
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]
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.