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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 organization was founded as the Baptist Student Union in 1919 by the Baptist General Convention of Texas. [1] Joseph P. Boone, a Baylor University graduate, was the first secretary. In 1920, the first state-wide convocation members was held at Howard Payne University in Brownwood, Texas . 300 students from twenty schools came for the ...
Early class of students in a physical education program. In the late nineteenth century, several Texas-based groups (including the Texas Press Women's Association, the Texas Federation of Women's Clubs, the Grange, and the Woman's Christian Temperance Union [8]) began advocating for the creation of a state-supported women's college focused on a practical education, including domestic skills ...
College Station is a city in Brazos County, Texas, United States, situated in East-Central Texas in the Brazos Valley, towards the eastern edge of the region known as the Texas Triangle. It is 83 miles (130 kilometers) northwest of Houston and 87 miles (140 km) east-northeast of Austin .
Texas A&M University: College Station, Texas: Active [29] Beta Iota: 2002 Bradley University: Peoria, Illinois: Active [29] Beta Kappa: April 21, 2012: Palm Beach Atlantic University: West Palm Beach, Florida: Inactive [29] Beta Lambda: 2014 Northwestern State University: Natchitoches, Louisiana: Active [29] Beta Mu: 2016 Cincinnati Christian ...
Congregants originally met and worshipped at the Texas A&M Hillel Center. Due to differences, Congregation Beth Shalom left Hillel to meet at different locations in Bryan/College Station including a public school, the Unitarian Church and the College Station Community Center, until a permanent location in Bryan, Texas was obtained.
Originally located in the eastern part of Dallas in the area known as Pleasant Grove", [16] in August 2012, W.V. Grant purchased a historic property in downtown Dallas (the former home of "First Church of Christ, Scientist," located at 1508 Cadiz Street, Dallas, Texas 75201) where "The Eagle's Nest Cathedral" and Grant now hold almost nightly ...
Maud Anna Berry was born in Lockhart, Texas on October 7, 1868. [1] [2] She was the daughter of Hugh and Anna Berry. [3] She attended Tillotson College and then went on to Guadalupe College. [4] Berry went on to teach for some time in Seguin, Texas. [5] She later taught in Austin, Texas and in other Texas cities. [3] [2] Fuller, circa 1913