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The Order of Saint Luke (OSL) is a religious order begun within the Methodist Church in the United States that is dedicated to sacramental and liturgical scholarship, education, and practice. [ 1 ] As a Christian religious order, it is a dispersed community of men and women, lay and clergy , from many different denominations, seeking to live ...
The Independent Order of St. Luke was an African American fraternal order founded to promote Black economic independence. It was founded after the Civil War (1861–1865) in Baltimore, Maryland by Mary Ann Prout. [1] [2] It was first called the United Order of St. Luke. [1]
Wanting to synthesize the teachings of Jesus with medical science, psychiatry, and metaphysical movements like New Thought; Banks and his wife founded the interdenominational group International Order of St. Luke the Physician. [4] [6] By the 1960s the conferences drew thousands of people from across the United States and Canada. [8]
The Independent Order of St. Luke ministered to the sick and aged, promoted humanitarian causes, and provided long-term economic and social support in the post-slavery, Reconstruction-era United States by acting cooperatively to provide African Americans with access to education, healthcare, banking, and insurance, among other services.
She led the finance committee at St. Luke Bank and was the underwriter for thousands of mortgages in the Black community in Richmond, Virginia. [5] Payne became editor of the St. Luke Herald, the publication for the Independent Order of St. Luke. [3] The paper focused on political and social issues, in addition to business and membership news. [2]
Whether Luke was a Jew or gentile, or something in between, it is clear from the quality of the Greek language used in Luke-Acts that the author, held in Christian tradition to be Luke, was one of the most highly educated of the authors of the New Testament. The author's conscious and intentional allusions and references to, and quotations of ...
The order had 453 members in 7 lodges in 1856, and 928 in 10 lodges in 1863, all within the state of New York. The first lodge outside of New York was Benjamin #15 in Philadelphia, on July 30, 1865. In 1899 the Order had 15,000 members in 104 lodges spread across 21 states. [73] In 1923 the order had 6,645 members in 78 lodges. [75]
Mary Ann Prout (February 14, 1800 or 1801 – 1884) was an African-American educator and founder of the Black fraternal society, Independent Order of St. Luke. Prout died in Baltimore around 1884. Prout died in Baltimore around 1884.