Date Original
1918-1922
Description
This collection contains 24 pages of minutes from the 4th-8th annual conventions of the Fort Smith District's Society. Topics include committee reports, annual election of officers, committee appointments and missionary reports.
Biographical/Historical Note
The Women's Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church was founded in 1869 in Boston, Massachusetts by leading women in the church to "extend the Gospel to women by women". As it grew, branches were established; all were conducted by women who volunteered their services because of missionary concerns. The "branches" were centers for the recruitment of young women for overseas careers, for education in surrounding churches, and for securing funds for missionary support. The Methodist Episcopal Church South was the so-called "Southern Methodist Church" resulting from the split over the issue of slavery in the Methodist Episcopal Church. This body maintained its own polity until it reunited with the Methodist Episcopal Church and the Methodist Protestant Church to form the Methodist Church in 1939.
Physical Description
Document, 8.5" x 11"
Geographical Area
Fort Smith, Sebastian County (Ark.)
Language
English
Identifier
SMC.036.009
Resource Type
Text
Collection
Women's Foreign Missionary Society, Fort Smith District convention minutes, SMC.036.009
Publisher
Arkansas State Archives
Contributing Entity
Arkansas State Archives
Recommended Citation
Women's Foreign Missionary Society, Fort Smith District convention minutes, Arkansas State Archives, Little Rock, Arkansas.
Rights
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Disciplines
United States History
