| In 1888,
a handful of women dedicated to the cause of
missions founded Woman’s Missionary Union®.
Since that time, WMU® has become
the largest Protestant missions organization
for women in the world, with a membership of
approximately 1 million.
From the beginning, WMU’s main purpose
has been to educate and involve women,
girls, and preschoolers in the cause of
Christian missions. Throughout its history,
WMU has been an auxiliary to the Southern
Baptist Convention, which means that it acts
as a "helper" to the SBC. The auxiliary
status also means that WMU is self-governing
and self-supporting.
National WMU receives no funds
from the Cooperative Program allocation
budget, Annie Armstrong Easter Offering®,
or Lottie Moon Christmas Offering®.
National WMU is supported through the
sale of
magazines and products, and from
investments.
WMU supports the following
organizations through age-appropriate
magazines and/or products:
- Women on Mission, for women 18 and
up
- Adults on Mission, for men and women
18 and up
- Acteens, for girls grades 7-12
- Youth on Mission, for boys and girls
grades 7-12
- Girls in Action, for girls grades
1-6
- Children in Action, for boys and
girls grades 1-6
- Mission Friends, for preschool girls
and boys birth through prefirst.
WMU offers
ministry opportunities through:
- Baptist Nursing Fellowship
- Christian Women’s Job Corps and
Christian Men's Job Corps
- Project: HELP
- Pure Water Pure Love
- Volunteer Connection
- WorldCrafts
WMU offers short-term volunteer
missions opportunities
through:
- Volunteer Connection
- Acteens Activators/Acteens
Activators Abroad
- Acteens Interns
- Women on Mission Enterprisers
The Missions Focus of Woman’s
Missionary Union:
- Pray for and give to missions.
- Do missions.
- Learn about missions.
- Develop spiritually toward a
missions lifestyle.
- Participate in the work of the
church and denomination.
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