UCC Roots
In March of 1889 a remarkable meeting was held at St. Peter’s Evangelical Church in St. Louis. Seventy people (60 men and 10 women) gathered to charter the Evangelischer Diakonessen-Verein von St. Louis, Mo. (Evangelical Deaconess Society of St. Louis, Mo). It was unusual to involve women in such gatherings. In that era women seldom…
The American Missionary Association (AMA) is primarily remembered for it’s educational work among African Americans. However, in 1884 the AMA sent a missionary into the Cumberland Plateau in eastern Tennessee to found a school to provide liberal arts education, and offer vocational training in agriculture and regional crafts, for Appalachian rural youth. They called it…
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Back Bay Mission Streamlines Food Pantry Process to Increase Guest Services - CHHSM
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Back Bay Mission (BBM) in Biloxi, Miss., is always looking for ways to better serve its community. Over the past year, it has seen a significant increase in the number of individuals and families turn...