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In 1915, the First Presidency, Joseph F. Smith, Anthon H. Lund, and Charles W. Penrose, stated that they were "greatly in need of lady missionaries in the United States Missions". [2] With a growing number of returning missionary women, there was a need and a desire to form an organization of returned women missionaries.
Bingham survived and returned to his home in Canada. [3] Bingham reorganized the mission in 1898 as the "African Industrial Mission," with a hope to be self-supporting through the production and trade of cotton. [4] In 1900, Bingham made a second attempt to establish a base in Africa but came down with fever and returned home.
A returned missionary (often abbreviated "RM") is a term used by members of the LDS Church to refer to men and women who have previously served as Mormon missionaries. Once they return home, RMs are generally encouraged to begin dating seriously and to seek marriage.
Zenana missions was the strongest feature of this society's labors from the beginning. In Calcutta, it was known as "The American Doremus Zenana Mission". It included the superintendent (always one of the missionary women); 16 missionaries; 55 native teachers; zenana pupils, 1,000; schools, 50; suburban schools, in Kanpur, 12; and Entally, two.
Saint Daniele Comboni – Italian bishop and missionary to Africa; Peter of Saint Joseph de Betancur – Spanish missionary in Guatemala; Father Damien – missionary to Hawaii known for working with the lepers; Anton Docher – French missionary in New Mexico, defender of the Native Americans; Louis William Valentine Dubourg – missionary to ...
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The bodies of a young U.S. missionary couple killed by gang members in Haiti’s capital were returned to their family in Missouri on Friday. The parents of Natalie ...
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Baptist World Mission (BWM) is an independent, Baptist missionary agency located at 201 Gordon Drive SW in Decatur, Alabama; [1] it also has a center in New Brunswick, Canada. BWM was established in 1961 in Chicago. [2] In 2021, they had a recorded income of approximately $260,000. [3]