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In 1881, the Society entered Mexico, where it had stations at Nuevo Laredo and Saltillo. The girls' school in the former place enrolled 144, and a boys' school of 39 was self-supporting. The Laredo Band was a missionary society in the church, which contributed from US$40 to US$60 in a year. The school for girls at Saltillo closed its first year ...
v. t. e. The African Methodist Episcopal Church, usually called the AME Church or AME, is a Methodist denomination based in the United States. It adheres to Wesleyan–Arminian theology and has a connexional polity. [4] It cooperates with other Methodist bodies through the World Methodist Council and Wesleyan Holiness Connection.
Other female preachers included Sarah A. Hughes, Margaret Wilson, Emily Calkins Stevens, and Lena Doolin Mason. [6] In 1868, the Church's General Conference created the position of stewardesses. While stewardess was a lay position, it was the first one open to women within the Church's hierarchy. Yet, the powers of stewardesses were limited.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Nationality. American. Other names. Sara Allen and Mother Allen. Occupation. Abolitionist. Sarah Allen (also known as Sara Allen[1] and Mother Allen; [2] née Bass; 1764 – July 16, 1849) was an American abolitionist and missionary for the African Methodist Episcopal Church. She is known within the AME Church as The ...
Marie L. Clinton, from a 1922 publication. Marie Louise Clay Clinton (1871 – January 9, 1934) was an American educator, singer, and church leader. She was the founder and superintendent of the Buds of Promise Juvenile Mission Society, under the Women's Home and Overseas Missionary Society (WH&OMS) of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion ...
Jarena Lee (February 11, 1783 – February 3, 1864 [1]) was the first woman preacher in the African Methodist Episcopal Church (AME). [2] Born into a free Black family in New Jersey, Lee asked the founder of the AME church, Richard Allen, to be a preacher. Although Allen initially refused, after hearing her preach in 1819, Allen approved her ...
Sarah E. Gorham (1832–1894) was the first woman to be sent out as a missionary from the African Methodist Episcopal Church. [1] She has been described as a "missionary, church leaders, social worker". Gorham was born in either Maryland or Virginia, [2] but her life is not documented until 1880, when she visited family members who had moved to ...
The Church Mission Society (CMS), formerly known as the Church Missionary Society, [1] is a British Anglican mission society working with Christians around the world. Founded in 1799, [2][3] CMS has attracted over nine thousand men and women to serve as mission partners during its 200-year history.