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Marvin D. Williams
1935to2024
Marvin D. Williams Jr. was the Director of the Library and Archivist of the Disciples of Christ Historical Society (DCHS) from 1967 to 1976. Williams supervised the Black Materials Project at DCHS around 1970 and indexed multiple Disciples periodicals. Marvin...
Groups
Disciples Abbreviations
Current
The Disciples world and the adjacent Stone-Campbell streams are full of abbreviations. This is an attempt to compile all abbreviations and narrow down groups and ministries that exist today from those that are historical. AAD – Asian American Disciples (1979-1996)...
Institution
Missions Building
1907-1996
The Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Missions Building began as a centennial project of the Christian Woman’s Board of Missions (CWBM). In celebration of the 100th anniversary of Thomas Campbell’s Declaration and Address, CWBM leaders envisioned the construction of a...
Katherine “Sister Katie” Blackburn
1924
Katherine “Sister Katie” Blackburn was the only African American Disciples missionary commissioned by the Foreign Christian Missionary Society to serve in the Congo. She served as a kindergarten teacher and evangelized at the Bolenge Mission from 1907 to 1910. Little...
Claude E. Spencer
1898to1979
Claude E. Spencer was a historian and writer who played a key role in the establishment of the Disciples of Christ Historical Society. His work to assemble and preserve the foundational books and journals of the Stone-Campbell movement created the...
Institution
Japanese Christian Institute
1904-Current
Established in 1904 in Los Angeles, California, the Japanese Christian Institute was sponsored by the Disciples of Christ. Its primary purpose was to support newly arrived Japanese immigrant laborers by offering essential services such as temporary housing, instruction in the...
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Grace Bauer
1896to1976
Grace Bauer was an American missionary and medical technician who dedicated over two decades of her life to service in China. As one of only five United Christian Missionary Society missionaries who stayed in Nanjing during the harrowing Nanjing Massacre—also...
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Itoko Maeda
1918to2008
Itoko Maeda was the first Japanese missionary commissioned by the United Christian Missionary Society (UCMS). She served in Japan, Bolivia, Brazil, and the United States, concluding her ministry as the Director of Interpretation for the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)...
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Maria Butler Jameson
Current
Maria Butler Jameson of Indianapolis was elected the first president of the Christian Woman’s Board of Missions at the Cincinnati meeting and served with distinction from 1874-1890. Butler University is named in honor of her father, Ovid Butler, from whom...